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5 Things Church Leaders Must Know About AI in Ministry

By Jedd Medefind

5 Things Church Leaders Must Know About AI in Ministry
Used by Permission

 

AI can provide unparalleled benefits. That’s precisely why it will be so hard to discern when to receive its gifts and when to turn them down.

As AI’s capability expands at breathtaking speed, church leaders will need fresh insight daily. But the starting point doesn’t change: either the church decides how AI fits into discipleship, or the decision gets made without it. We must begin to do that together, starting now.

 

Adapted excerpt from Rule Your Tech (So It Won’t Rule You) by Jedd Medefind. Copyright © 2026 by the Christian Alliance for Orphans. Used by permission.

Jedd Medefind

Jedd Medefind serves as president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans. Previously he was special assistant to President George W. Bush, leading the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

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