This monthly series highlights the key trends shaping churches and communities today. We’ll explore emerging trends, challenges and insights to help you stay ahead. Think of it as a quick, thoughtful guide to what’s happening now—and how it could impact your ministry. Here are a few things grabbing our attention right now:
AI and Ecclesiology
AI is changing faster than AI experts can keep up, but with this societal uncertainty in technological advancement, arises complex theological questions—questions pressing deep into our ecclesiology: What is church? Who is church? Can church exist in the digital? Is God sovereign over the seen and the unseen? Our answer: yes.
Digital Community
How do you define community? Can it only be experienced in person? Can a community exist asynchronously? Can it exist in digital non-spaces? The definition may challenge your assumptions: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community.
The End of Motherhood?
Remember when the headlines were filled with fear of overpopulating the world? Over the last few years, there has been a dramatic shift, with headlines now focused on declining birthrates and fertility rates and, ultimately, the delay of motherhood. What responsibility, if any, does the church have for stabilizing population rates?
