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.
Your AI writing sounds generic because you keep giving it nothing to work with.
Type "write a welcome email for new visitors" into ChatGPT and you get a welcome email for a church. Any church. Warm, ...
Every pastor is running a second job as a librarian. Sermon notes live in one app, counseling follow-ups sit in a notebook, and that article you meant to reference in three weeks is buried somewhere i...
People on your team are probably already using AI. Some have questions for you, and a few are hoping you won't ask any questions back.
That puts you in a leadership spot. When your staff says "LLM" o...
Some people will never watch your 40-minute sermon video. They will, however, listen to two people talk about it while they do the dishes.
That is the insight behind one of the most interesting forma...
You've probably seen it in your feed already. A friend posts about texting their new AI assistant like it's a coworker, and it books the reservation, answers the email, or handles the errand without t...
Your church produces one genuinely valuable piece of content every single week, and then throws most of it away.
The sermon. Somebody spent 10 or 15 hours studying, praying, and preparing it. It was ...
You have 13 weeks left in 2026. October 1 starts the last quarter of the year, and the busiest stretch of the church calendar comes with it.
Advent starts Sunday, November 29. Christmas Eve falls on ...
Most people visit your website before they ever visit your church. They find you on a Sunday morning from the parking lot, or on a Tuesday night when life has gotten heavy, and they make a quick, quie...
Every church has a welcome plan for the guest who comes back. Almost none have a plan for the one who doesn't.
Think about the math for a second. A first-time guest shows up, maybe fills out a card, ...
Imagine opening your laptop each morning to a single short page that already pulled together what you need for the day: the 3 things on your calendar that actually matter, the emails that need a real ...
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 ...
Most pastors use AI the way you'd use a stranger at a bus stop. You ask a question, get an answer, and walk away. Next time, you start over from scratch, re-explaining who you are and what you need. I...
