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How to Turn Sermons into Carousels for Church Social Media Posts

Posted by on May 4, 2025

How to Turn Sermons into Carousels for Church Social Media Posts

A carousel is a swipeable series of slides you can share on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, your church website, or in email. This format turns sermons into highly engaging church social media posts that are easy to read, visually structured, and widely shareable. Why Turn Your Sermons into Carousels? Boost Engagement on Social Media Visual storytelling through carousel posts keeps people...

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How to Keep Sermons Short but Powerful

Posted by on Apr 8, 2025

How to Keep Sermons Short but Powerful

In today’s world of nonstop notifications and shrinking attention spans, lengthy sermons can be a challenge, not just to deliver, but to land effectively. The heart of preaching hasn’t changed, but the context has. People are used to consuming ideas in quick, digestible pieces, and sermons that are focused and intentional often make a deeper impact than those that stretch too long. Short doesn’t...

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Amplify Your Sermon’s Meaning Through Multi-Platform Content

Posted by on Feb 13, 2025

Amplify Your Sermon’s Meaning Through Multi-Platform Content

How to Make Your Sermon’s Meaning Clearer and More Impactful   In today’s digital world, your sermon’s impact doesn’t have to end on Sunday morning. Churches now have powerful tools to extend their message all week long, reaching people where they are—on social media, in small groups, and through personal devotionals. Let’s explore how you can make your...

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The Ethics of AI in Sermon Writing

Posted by on Jan 30, 2025

The Ethics of AI in Sermon Writing

As I’ve discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, AI offers incredible opportunities to assist church leaders in the ministry functions of the local church. In Part 3 I began to discuss the ethical considerations of AI use in ministry. In this final installment, I want to offer cautions and opportunities for consideration for how church leaders should (and should not) integrate AI in...

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What’s Too Far: Ethical Guardrails for AI in Ministry

Posted by on Jan 30, 2025

What’s Too Far: Ethical Guardrails for AI in Ministry

As I’ve discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, AI offers incredible opportunities to assist church leaders in the ministry functions of the local church. Some argue that AI application in ministry is dangerous––that in a society already disconnected and isolated from one another, AI can create an unhealthy chasm between church leader and church people. Similarly, there is a great...

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What AI Tools are Pastors Using Well

Posted by on Jan 29, 2025

What AI Tools are Pastors Using Well

AI has been around for a while, even though you may have noticed it recently. The term was coined all the way back in 1956 at the Dartmouth University Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. It’s used by college students employing spellcheck and grammar check in Microsoft Word, anyone talking to Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant, and has helped in medical diagnoses for years. Recently,...

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