In a world where religious differences often divide, a new animated series asks: What if faith traditions teamed up to fight darkness — not with dogma, but with light?
That’s the premise of “God’s Gang,” an action-adventure comedy series that features an animated team of five justice fighters.
The show, which just wrapped its first season, follows five gang members: Sumuslim, a Muslim who fights sumo-style and whose power is hypno-storytelling; TaekWonHindu, the group’s big sister who loves heavy metal and fights with Taekwondo; Ninjew, a basketball-loving Jew who has laser vision and employs special Kabbalah invisibility powder; and ChrisCross, a Southern Baptist street preacher who uses karate, and whose power is that when he turns his cheek, he can deflect anything thrown at it.
Ms. Dogma, the leader, is a dog with wings and a halo, whose office is located in heaven. The gang’s raison d’être does not flow out of religion, but out of faithful values most people heartily embrace.
The show’s message is the teaching of love, with a “why can’t we all get along’ premise.
Emmy and Grammy award-winning head writer, Rob Kutner, says the project pushed all the right buttons for him. “It’s a demonstration of the great commandment, show, don’t tell,” a message Kutner says appeals to all people of faith, because everyone can belong to “God’s Gang.”
Having just completed its first series of six episodes on the topic of faith, the show recently celebrated the season finale with a digital carpet event with the cast, creators, and producers.
Who wouldn’t enjoy a show whose theme song says, “Four different faiths, one God, one love, saving the day with some help from above. We may not agree on when to pray, but when we join hands, help is on the way!”
While the target audience is 9- to 15-year-olds, the show appeals to most people, according to show creator and CEO Nimrod-Abraham May.
“I know many people who are not Jews or Israelis who are kind and compassionate and truthful and positive and friendly and loving, and why not build these bridges instead of bombing them? People are our most important factor,” May says.
“God’s Gang” has been on YouTube since September 2024, acquiring over two million subscribers. The show’s content is supported by an interfaith council with a Baptist pastor, a Buddhist expert and Shaolin disciple, a Hindu specialist, two imams, a rabbi, and a spiritual advisor.
“God’s Gang” has also partnered with Autism in Entertainment and Spectrum Laboratory to cast neurodiverse actors. Actor and autism awareness advocate Atticus Baldwin joined the cast, in keeping with the series’ mission to promote diversity both on and off screen. Baldwin says the show has “the right heart and the right talent.”
The next chapter’s theme: hope. As the show’s song says, “Together we’re better. We stand for each other. We’re fighting for others, for now and forever. We’re ‘God’s Gang’.”