AI For Churches: Resources & Articles
Practical AI insights for pastors, ministry leaders, and church communicators who want to lead well in a world that's changing fast. Curated by Kenny Jahng, founder of AI For Church Leaders and editor of ChurchTechToday.com.
Every year I help run the State of AI in the Church survey. Three years in, the question church leaders ask me has changed completely.
Here's where things stand in the 2026 results:
- 93.5% of churc ...
AI training is one of the cheapest high-return investments a church can make right now, if you buy the right kind. Here is a simple way to think about the cost.
What You Are Actually Paying For
The ...
You do not need a five-year AI strategy. You need ninety days. Here is a simple roadmap that takes a church leader from curious to confident, one month at a time.
Days 1 to 30: Learn
Keep the first ...
A secular AI course and church-built AI training teach the same tools. What surrounds the tools is where they part ways, and that gap decides whether your team can use what they learn.
The Tools Are ...
AI fluency is four transferable skills. Master them and you stay capable as the tools change, instead of starting over every time a new app ships.
The Four Skills
Delegation. Knowing what to hand to...
You cannot learn AI alone. It changes weekly, and no one has it fully figured out yet, so the people keeping up are the ones learning in a group.
Why Solo Learning Stalls
On your own, there is no fe...
Most AI courses are built for marketers and founders. A church staff member sitting through one has to translate every example, and most of it does not translate. That is why generic AI training so of...
I've been in rooms where the question never gets asked out loud.
Leaders nod along to AI presentations. They smile. They take notes. And then, after the session, someone pulls me aside and whispers w...
Everyone's asking the same question.
"Where do I even start with AI?"
They buy the courses. Watch the YouTube videos. Read the newsletters.
And still feel behind.
Here's why.
AI isn't like learni...
Ask church leaders what worries them about AI and the same five fears come up. None of them are silly. Each has an honest answer.
Fear 1: AI Will Replace Me
It will not. AI can draft an email or sum...
AI comes with its own vocabulary, and a lot of it gets used without explanation. Here are twenty-five terms every church leader should recognize, in plain language, so the next article or webinar make...
Start with one tool and one real task this week. Not a course. Not a strategy doc. One task you already have to do, done with a little help from AI. That is the whole beginning.
Most leaders stall be...
