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.
If you preach, you may already use AI somewhere in your sermon prep. It can help you brainstorm ideas, sketch an outline or gather background on a passage.
Any AI draft needs a careful review before ...
Your sermon has a Monday problem. On Sunday it hits home, people nod, a few are genuinely moved, and then the week swallows it. By Wednesday, most of your congregation could not tell you the main poin...
Ask 10 churches why they gave up on AI for writing, and most will describe the same thing. The output was fine, technically. It was also generic. It sounded like every other church, or worse, like a b...
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...
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...
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 ...
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, ...
Your sermons are full of the exact questions people type into Google. Turned into text, they can pull search traffic to your church all week long. Most churches never make the move.
Why Sermons Are S...
One sermon should not end on Sunday. Pastors who get the most from their content run everything through one pattern: long-form to mid-form to short-form. Learn it once and every message works harder.
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You spend hours on a message. You preach it once. The full video goes up, a few hundred people scroll past it, and by Tuesday it is buried under the next thing. That is the normal life of a sermon, an...
