Your church already has people using AI.
You just don't know it.

Your volunteers are using ChatGPT to write announcements.
Your youth pastor drafted last week's small group content with it.
Someone on your communications team is using an image generator you've never approved.

AI is already inside your building MORE than you think.  I promise you.

And many pastors haven't said a word about it to their teams.

I get it. It feels like one more thing.
You're already stretched thin.

AI policy sounds like a corporate HR project, and you don't have an IT department!

What I've watched happen in churches without a policy - pastoral care staff have told me (more than one in fact) that they love how good AI is writing stuff related to their work - how it's suprisingly really really good at what it does. . . AND that their senior pastor has no clue.  It's not that they're hiding anything, it's just that they don't think the senior leaders really are paying attention to this AI stuff.

This is more common than you think

A basic AI policy doesn't need to be 20 pages.
Honestly, one page is fine to start.

You just need your team aligned on 3 things:

1. Which tools are okay to use.
2. Which conversations or content always need a real human making the call.
3. How often you're going to revisit it as things change.
   
   

You don't have to be perfect the first time.  Just build from there.

Pastors ask me all the time how to get started with AI.
My answer is the same every time:
figure out your values before you figure out your tools.

Also, this is really important - an AI policy is a pastoral move not just a tech doc.

It tells your staff you've thought about this.
That you have convictions here.
That AI is something your church has a perspective on, and someone is paying attention.

The window to lead on this is still open. But it won't be for long.

What does your church currently have in place?