The Church and AI Is Now Free to Download
Artificial intelligence has stopped being a topic for the technology pages. It is in our phones, our workplaces, our children's homework and, increasingly, in the way churches write, plan and communicate. Most of us are forming opinions about it faster than we are forming convictions.
That is the gap The Church and AI sets out to fill — and from today you can download the book for free.
What the book is about
Written by Dr Christopher Peppler and Lance Peppler, The Church and AI looks at what this moment asks of the Church. It is not a scare-story, and it is not a manual for automating your ministry. It sits between the two: a thoughtful, Jesus-centred look at what AI is, what it is likely to do to the world we minister in, and how believers can meet it with clarity rather than panic or naivety.
The authors bring an unusual pairing of backgrounds to the subject. Dr Christopher Peppler is a theologian, pastor and the founder of the South African Theological Seminary, with decades of writing on the centrality of Christ. Lance Peppler brings a working familiarity with the technology itself. The result is a book that takes both the theology and the technology seriously.
Running underneath it is the Acts 8 idea that gives the wider project its name: a Church that was gathered, comfortable and settled — until it was scattered, and the gospel went further than it ever had before. That pattern has something to say to us as the ground shifts again.
Who it is for
Pastors and elders wondering how to speak to their congregations about AI. Small group leaders looking for something substantial to work through. Parents. Students. Anyone who has felt the pull of a technology they do not quite know how to think about Christianly.
You do not need a technical background. You do need a willingness to think carefully.
How to get your copy
Head to the Acts 8 Hub and download the book at no cost:
While you are there, you will also find study guides, resources for churches, and the podcast and blog that continue the conversation the book starts.
Download it, read it, and pass it on. If it helps your church think more clearly about the years ahead, it has done its job.
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