AI and The Church | BLOG

The Men Nobody's Talking To About AI, Identity, and Loss

Erin L. Ward

AI job displacement is creating an identity crisis most pastors aren't seeing yet. See what AI and the future church means for pastoral care, why men grieve lost work in silence, and how ChurchReady frames the shift every church must prepare for.

Why Pastoral Burnout Might Be a Church Structure Problem

Erin L. Ward

Barna's 2026 data shows 1 in 4 pastors is still close to leaving ministry. As AI and the future church raise the care load, build a church whose care doesn't rest on one person.