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.
You type short prompts because typing is slow. Short prompts get you weaker answers from Claude.
When you type, you cut corners. You leave out the background, who the message is for, and what a good ...
You open a new chat with Claude. Before you ask anything, you type out your job.
You explain your church. You explain the project you’re working on.
You did the same thing yesterday. You’ll do it ag...
Every church leader knows what the back half of fall brings. Thanksgiving gatherings, Advent planning, Christmas Eve services, and year-end giving all land on top of each other, right as the groups an...
Most pastors who try AI for sermon prep quit for the same reason. They ask it to help with a sermon, it hands back something competent and completely soulless, and they think, "That is not me, and it ...
You’ve probably seen the word “Effort” in Claude’s model menu. Maybe you left it alone. Maybe you turned it all the way up because more sounded better.
It’s worth 5 minutes to learn what it does. The...
Here is the frustration with AI image tools. The technology is astonishing, and most church staff still stare at the blank prompt box with no idea what to type. So they write "make a graphic for our w...
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 ...
