Artificial intelligence has officially made its mark on the church, with a majority of pastors now reporting that they use AI tools to prepare for sermons.

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Data shared in the new “ 2025 State of AI in the Church Survey Report ” from AiForChurchLeaders.com and Exponential AI NEXT shows that 61% of pastors report using AI weekly or daily. This is up from 43% who said the same in 2024.

Meanwhile, 26% of church leaders are using popular tool ChatGPT for a variety of tasks, including “sermon preparation, research, and crafting church communications,” The Christian Post reported .

Other tools also have widespread use: 11% of church leaders use Grammarly to clean up emails, blogs, and other church communications; 9% use Microsoft Co-Pilot; an

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