Church Technology Trends 2026: How AI is Transforming Ministry

There are over 1,000 AI-specific tools that were launched into the world this year already. No one has the time to try them all out! So we asked several practitioners and pastors, what AI tools they have been using regularly that offer real value and impact to their work. What we got is a list…

Sometimes a major change in society makes all the headlines. For instance, public opinion around the issue of same-sex marriage had been shifting toward support for decades, but when the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, everyone saw a tangible manifestation of that societal change. When Barack Obama was elected president in…

Some churches have disagreements over matters of consequence—doctrine, governance, or leadership. This article is not about such cases.  We’ve encountered some strange reasons for church conflict.  There was the time a church fought over the appropriate length of the pastor’s beard. Or the case of a church fighting over whether to build a children’s playground…

For decades, denominations have experienced a slow-motion deterioration. The declines in any one year are subtle, but each year’s cumulative effects have become a serious problem. Why should we care?  Some look at denominations like the folding divider walls in a large room—unnecessarily compartmentalizing believers into theological camps and keeping them from uniting for the…

Pastors visit church members and others in the hospital. It’s what pastors do. Most patients appreciate the ministry and efforts of these pastors. But that doesn’t mean the pastors’ visits are uneventful. I turned to social media to learn about some of the unusual visits pastors have experienced. Here are my top fifteen submissions: Amen…

My parents were not Christians when I was growing up. Nor was anyone else in our family, to my knowledge. I became a Christian at age 13—a tumultuous age for teenage guys, whether or not they’re Christians. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I quickly longed for someone to show me how to…