This week’s Barna Minute looks at the top admin tasks pastors say they'd be comfortable using AI for.

According to a recent Barna article, Three Takeaways on How Pastors Can Use AI, nearly nine in 10 pastors (88%) say they’d be comfortable utilizing AI within the realm of “assisting in graphic design,” and over three-quarters (78%) are okay using the technology to “assist with marketing and marketing materials.” For participation statistics, seven in 10 pastors (70%) are willing to use AI for “tracking church attendance / engagement.”

In the marketing-adjacent realm of church communication, nearly three in five pastors (58%) tell Barna they are comfortable using AI to assist in general communication, such as creating newsletters or programs, and just under half (47%) are okay using AI for “organizing and prioritizing church tasks.”