AI Benchmarking

Andrew and Joel sit down with Scott Hurst, a self-described 'average' Toronto pastor, to hear how the AI conversation actually sounds between pastors. Less 'should AI write your sermon' (nobody is) and more rental agreements, meeting minutes, the capacity for mystery, and the pain points a shepherd should never automate away.

SEO is dead, so Andrew reframes the whole question: communication is how we love our neighbor, which means choosing the right medium. The hosts work through email, group texts, church apps like Planning Center, a Google Voice text ministry, and the new robots.txt era of search.

A constructive case for using AI well in Christian life and work.

What happens to reading, writing, and teaching when AI can do the homework.

Setting the tone: neither breathless nor fearful, how to talk about AI with wisdom.

Paul Hoffman on AI in ministry, the shepherd's irreplaceable work, and what machines cannot pastor.