Charles C White: AI for Busy Pastors, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Every pastor knows the feeling: drowning in emails, bulletins, reports, newsletters, and meeting prep while the work you're actually called to do - being present with people in grief, crisis, and spiritual formation - gets squeezed into the margins.

What if you could reclaim 5-10 hours a week without sacrificing quality or pastoral care?

AI can responsibly handle many of the time-intensive and administrative tasks of ministry - freeing pastors, staff, and volunteers to focus on what's most important: human presence, spiritual discernment, and compassionate leadership.

AI for Busy Pastors is not about replacing pastoral work with technology. AI is a strategic tool that can help you spend less time on tasks and spend more time being the pastor you were called to be for your church.

In this book, you will learn how to use AI to help you...

• Create sermon outlines, illustrations, and small group questions

• Craft thoughtful communications, address conflict resolution, and respond to crises

• Produce engaging material for newsletters and social media

• Manage event planning and coordinate volunteers

• Build templates, policies, job descriptions, and budgets

• And much more!

With 101+ practical prompts organized by ministry area, AI for Busy Pastors teaches transferable principles that work across any AI platform - now, and as technology evolves.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rev. Charles White is a United Methodist pastor serving First UMC in Lodi, CA. After 25 years in printing and publishing, he earned his M. Div. from Claremont School of Theology and has served congregations in Nevada and California since 2019.His background in production workflows and his direct, practical approach to ministry inform this book's results-focused guidance. Charles and his wife, Anne, live in Lodi with their dog, Sophie.