Last month, Barna Group reported that a growing number of practicing Christians express a higher level of trust in AI than even non-practicing Christians do.

Read about it here.

Practicing Christians express majority-level trust in AI across most domains of personal flourishing—and nearly half (48%) say they would trust AI with their spiritual growth. Pastors, by contrast, express far lower trust across all the same domains. One in three U.S. adults say AI’s spiritual guidance is as trustworthy as a pastor’s—a share that climbs among younger adults, approaching two in five among Gen Z (39%) and nearly half among Millennials (44%).

This is a disturbing harbinger for the church and opens the door to manipulation and deception.