FROM THE SEMINARIES: MBTS Spurgeon sermons, AI panel; SBTS Gheens Lecture
Vol. 2 of Spurgeon’s sermons released through MBTS partnership; MBTS panel considers churches’ use of technology; Sean McDowell says ‘God is back’ at SBTS lecture.
AI ripe for worship music planning, budget, admin help, most Christians say
BOULDER, Colo. (BP) – Artificial intelligence could organize worship music sets, plan church budgets and perform administrative tasks as well as or better than humans, half or more of Christians said in new research from Barna Group and Gloo.
Most Americans see no moral, spiritual good in AI, State of the Bible finds
PHILADELPHIA (BP) – Most Americans don’t see a moral or spiritual benefit to artificial intelligence (AI), the American Bible Society (ABS) said May 9 in the latest release from its 2024 State of the Bible.
Peachtree Publishing, B&H among its clients, celebrates 1 billion Bibles
CHICAGO (BP) – When Jan Gibbs began proofreading Bibles 14 years ago for Peachtree Publishing Services, which celebrated in December the distribution of a billion copies of its works, she first had to learn to draw lines.
Most Christians don’t want churches to use AI, Barna research finds
VENTURA, Calif. (BP) – Christians have less confidence in artificial intelligence (AI) than non-Christians, especially when it comes to AI use by churches, Barna Group researchers found in a study conducted in partnership with Gloo.
Paying for X (Twitter)? Churches, pastors consider the cost
NASHVILLE (BP) — When it comes to X (formerly Twitter), church leaders may soon get the opportunity to truly take it or leave it.
Threads launches, challenges Twitter immediately
NEW YORK (AP) — Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live.
Resolution on AI, emerging technologies intended to be timely statement
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – With artificial intelligence becoming an increasingly hot-button issue and other technologies being developed at a rapid rate, representatives from the 2023 SBC Committee on Resolutions hope the resolution “On Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies,” will serve as a “timely” statement on the topic.
Biden meets with AI panel, Southern Baptist ethicist calls on continued policy work
SAN FRANCISCO (BP) – President Biden met with tech leaders Tuesday (June 20) to discuss the rewards and risks of artificial intelligence (AI). He believes there will be more technological changes in the next 10 years than there has been in the last 50 years.
AI demands Christians have ‘robust understanding’ of humanity, ethicist says
NASHVILLE (BP) – As society continues to wrestle with the complicated issues surrounding artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT, Christians should be ready to engage as the ones holding the ultimate answers, one ethicist told Baptist Press.
