Five years after the start of the COVID pandemic, here are three ways congregations continue to be affected
The emergence of COVID changed our lives. Professor and researcher Scott Thumma highlights how congregations have changed.
Technology
Technology
Recently published
Tags
Tags
Anna Robbins: What happens when a seminary course is AI-generated?
Acadia Divinity College is experimenting with a course created entirely by AI, part of a project to understand and reflect on the impact of this emerging technology on theological education.
Larger churches have had an easier, more successful transition to using technology after the pandemic
New research reveals uncertainty about technology use among smaller churches, while for larger churches it has become “second nature.”
Link to author Shari Finnell
By
Shari Finnell
Journalist
Technological hesitancy and digital reluctance can be barriers to digital justice
Negative attitudes toward the adoption of technology during the pandemic raise issues of fairness and justice into the future, writes the author of a study on the post-pandemic church.
Link to author Heidi A. Campbell
By
Heidi A. Campbell
Professor, Texas A&M University
Church attendance is still evolving in a post-pandemic world
The latest findings from a five-year study reveal church attendance is recovering but without a discernible pattern.
Link to author Shari Finnell
By
Shari Finnell
Journalist
The emergence of AI requires ministers to be proactive
Rather than reacting with overblown fear or uncritical acceptance, Christian leaders should learn the benefits and pitfalls of artificial intelligence.
Link to author A. Trevor Sutton
By
A. Trevor Sutton
Pastor and writer
Learning from Saddleback, veteran of online church
Saddleback Church’s Jay Kranda explains how the megachurch uses innovative approaches to better serve its members.
Link to author Shari Finnell
By
Shari Finnell
Journalist
Valuing our virtual companions on the journey
Important relationships began over Zoom during COVID-19. Let’s not discount their significance as we return to in-person gatherings, writes a communications specialist with Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Emily Lund
By
Emily Lund
Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
What Paul can teach us about distance education
Paul formed many Christian communities without being with them in person.
Link to author Colin Yuckman
By
Colin Yuckman
Senior director of digital learning formation at Duke Divinity School
Humbly sustaining the weary with a word, post or reel
Faith leaders have a responsibility to use social media with intentionality and humility, writes the director of grants at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Mycal X. Brickhouse
By
Mycal X. Brickhouse
Director of programs and grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Pastors were not prepared for the digital demands of the pandemic. What does that teach us about the next crisis?
Of all the new things they were asked to take on during the pandemic, it was technology work and decision making that pastors felt the least prepared for, according to a two-year study from Texas A&M University.
Link to author Heidi A. Campbell
By
Heidi A. Campbell
Professor, Texas A&M University
