Justin R. Lester says almost half of AI messages come from people under 26, and churches need to teach Gen Z how to ask AI faith questions with discernment instead of ignoring the technology. He recommends running AI workshops and offers free toolkits.
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Almost half of AI messages come from people under 26, which means AI is not coming. It's already a part of Gen Z's discipleship world and you still arguing on what choir needs to sing on Sunday. So what does the church do? Use it well. Run AI workshops. How to ask AI the right questions about faith, life and relationships. Show them how to use tools with discernment and biblical grounding. Because if we ignore it, TikTok and YouTube will continue to do the discipling for us. And you'll keep getting mad at the pastors in Atlanta for stealing your members because you keep thinking using hymn books and paper are going to reach them. Let's guide the questions they're already asking and show them that Jesus is both the question and the answer. ChatGPT released all this research. It gave us data. Let's be data driven institutions and not get left behind. Now if you need help with all of this, I made a bunch of toolkits for you. They're completely free. If you comment the word toolkit below, I'll send that over to you so you don't let your church continue to perpetuate what's already dividing our people. Like and follow for more.