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What’s Up:
Most churches are missing one of the biggest ministry breakthroughs since the Gutenberg press: practical, everyday use of AI.
So What:
You can preach all day long about transformation, but if your systems, staff, and schedules are stuck in the 90s, you’re limiting your reach and effectiveness. AI is already changing the game … if you’ll let it.
The Point Is:
AI supports your mission
This isn’t about robots in the pulpit. It’s about using smarter tools to better disciple people at every level.
It works for real churches
After attending our AI in Ministry MasterClasses, one of our Growing Church Network pastors taught his children’s minister to use AI to align Sunday kids’ worship with his sermon series.
It reduces time and cost
She spends less time prepping and saves money on curriculum, but produces a better, custom experience.
You should train your team
Don’t hoard the tools. Teach your receptionist, your volunteers, your Sunday school leaders how to use AI to make disciples.
And … ?
According to Gallup, only a tiny fraction of workers are using AI at all. Most never got training. Most don’t know what’s possible. And yet, one of our Growing Church Network pastors is already seeing radical results just by showing his team how to use the tools. His children’s minister no longer uses expensive canned curriculum. Instead, she uses AI to create a fast, fun, and fully-aligned worship experience for kids that matches the theme of the adult worship. That means families leave church talking about the same lesson. At lunch. At bedtime. At school. And instead of an hour reviewing someone else’s content, she spends 30 to 45 minutes creating her own, and it’s better than what they were paying for.
That’s a double win: deeper discipleship and lower costs. AI isn’t the future. It’s now. If you’re not equipping your team to use it, you’re already behind. But the good news? It only takes a few minutes to make a massive difference. Once your staff and volunteers catch on, you’ll wonder why you didn’t do this last year.
Action!
Set aside one hour this week to train your team on using AI to strengthen your church’s mission delivery. Need help, here’s the recordings of the one day AI in the Church MasterClass, complete with workbook.
