TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

• Chron: AI at Houston’s Lighthouse Church.

• Church Production: Perfect PTZ camera for small churches?

• Church Visuals: Leveraging technology for global impact.

• ChurchTrac Software: AI-powered phone scams targeting churches.

AI at Houston’s Lighthouse Church

Chron shares “God, man and tech: Pastor Keion Henderson on role of AI in church” (5-minute read / 14-minute listen), an interview exploring Pastor Keion Henderson of Houston's Lighthouse Church's use of artificial intelligence (AI) in various church operations, including sermon preparation and event planning. Henderson acknowledges potential ethical challenges but emphasizes AI's benefits in streamlining church operations and enhancing outreach.

Perfect PTZ Camera for Small Churches?

Church Production shares “Perfect PTZ Camera for Small Churches? We Test the BZBGear ADAMO 4K Camera” (3-minute read / 3-minute watch) exploring the Church at Rock Creek’s (Little Rock, Arkansas) experience “road testing” the aforementioned PTZ camera. Highlights include video quality, connectivity options, AI auto-tracking and solid construction. Spoiler alert: The article title should have had the qualifier “…for Small Affluent Churches…” as the MSRP for this PTZ camera is $2,999, which is likely out of reach for many small churches.

Leveraging Technology for Global Ministry Impact

Church Visuals shares “Leveraging Technology for Global Ministry Impact with Ben Boykin” (14-minute watch), an interview exploring CTO Ben Boykin of San Diego's Rock Church's insights ranging from the use of high-quality visuals to catch scrollers’ attention to the importance of selecting vendors who will be post-sale partners and applying a systems approach to ensure that solution components work together as a coherent whole.

AI-Powered Phone Scams Coming to a Church Near You

ChurchTrac Software shares “AI Powered Scams Targeting Churches“ (1 minute watch), warning of phone scams where the caller may sound like your Church’s pastor.

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