How will AI in ministry change the landscape of our churches? Dale Jenkins and Dr. Michael Jackson analyze emerging trends.

In this episode of Trends with Truth in Churches of Christ, Dale Jenkins and Dr. Michael Jackson dig into survey results of church technology revealing how ministers are incorporating AI into their work. The #1 answer may surprise you: sermon preparation and research.

But where is the line between using AI as a tool and allowing it to replace the preacher’s own study, thinking, creativity, and ministry?

Dale and Michael discuss the opportunities, the dangers, and what AI can—and cannot—do for those preaching and serving in the local church.

They also explore:

• Why sermon preparation is currently the leading use of AI among ministers

• How AI is changing Bible research and sermon development

• The danger of letting AI become a substitute for personal study

• Why AI-generated sermons still struggle to sound truly human

• How ministers are using AI for graphics and social media

• Why ministry relationships can never be automated

• What churches should understand about ministers using AI

• How dramatically ministry technology could change over the next few years

AI may help a preacher become more efficient, creative, and prepared—but can it ever replace the human element of ministry?

That may be the most important question of all.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 — AI Has Taken Over the Conversation

00:57 — Welcome to Trends with Truth

02:42 — When Did We First Start Using AI?

05:19 — Is AI Just Another Tool?

06:19 — Churches Have Been Here Before

08:15 — How Are Ministers Actually Using AI?

09:51 — The #1 Use of AI by Preachers

12:17 — Using AI for Bible Study and Research

14:15 — AI Assistance vs. AI-Written Sermons

15:43 — When Does the Tool Become the Boss?

17:29 — Why AI Sermons Still Feel Different

18:28 — The Human Element AI Cannot Replace

19:31 — Graphics and Social Media

20:17 — Where Ministry AI Is Headed Next

21:49 — Should Church Members Be Concerned?

23:01 — AI Adoption Has Happened Fast

24:01 — What Would Past Preachers Have Done With AI?

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