The Conversation
The questions shaping the future of ministry
AI is here. The church is adapting. These are the tensions pastors are navigating — and the conversations we're having.
Every pastor we talk to is wrestling with the same thing: technology is changing how people seek help, find community, and grow in faith. The question isn't whether to engage — it's how to do it without losing what makes ministry sacred.
There are no easy answers. Just honest conversations with leaders who are figuring it out in real time.
Below are the questions that keep coming up — the tensions at the heart of every episode. Some guests tackle several. Some go deep on one. All of them bring perspective you won't find anywhere else.
The Landscape
Questions we're exploring
Should AI respond to your congregation at 2am when you can't?
The tension between human limitations and the expectation of constant availability.
If AI helps write your sermon, is it still your voice?
Where's the line between tool and ghostwriter in ministry?
Can a chatbot ever replace the ministry of showing up?
What technology can do—and what only humans can.
How do you extend teaching beyond Sunday without losing the sacred?
Multiplying your voice while keeping it meaningful.
What if AI handled the admin so you could actually shepherd?
Reclaiming time for what only the pastor can do.
Gen Z Googles before they call. How do we meet them there?
Reaching a generation raised on instant answers.
When does "helpful technology" start to feel like surveillance?
The ethics of knowing what your congregation is struggling with.
Can AI level the playing field for the 75-person church?
What happens when small churches get big-church tools?
How do you follow up with the curious without losing the personal?
Moving people from first visit to true belonging.
Does AI have a place in spiritual formation—or is that a line?
Where technology serves the soul and where it shouldn't.
Your ChMS knows who's drifting. Should you act on that?
The power and responsibility of congregational insights.
Can technology actually bring people closer together?
Using digital tools to foster real relationships.
People are Googling their hardest questions at midnight. Are you there?
Meeting seekers in the moments that matter most.
How do you lead your team through the AI transition?
Change management for the church staff.
What does the church look like in 10 years if we get this right?
The vision worth building toward.
Your perspective belongs in this conversation
We're not looking for experts who have it all figured out. We're looking for pastors and church leaders who are in it — navigating the tension, asking hard questions, and finding their own way forward.
Whether you lead a church of 50 or 5,000. Whether you're excited about AI or skeptical of it. Whether you've been in ministry for 30 years or 3.
Your voice matters here.
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