AI is Becoming a Spiritual Authority, Even Among Practicing Christians - Barna

[Asia Joe]

https://www.barna.com/research/christians-trust-ai-flourishing-spiritual-authority/

At a Glance

• Practicing Christians express majority-level trust in AI across most domains of personal flourishing—and nearly half (48%) say they would trust AI with their spiritual growth. Pastors, by contrast, express far lower trust across all the same domains.
• Trust has a ceiling: 83 percent of practicing Christians worry about AI misinterpreting scripture, and 72 percent worry about AI replacing the role of pastors or spiritual leaders.
• Even so, one in three U.S. adults say AI’s spiritual guidance is as trustworthy as a pastor’s—a share that climbs among younger adults, approaching two in five among Gen Z (39%) and nearly half among Millennials (44%).