New Study: Practicing Christians in the U.S. Use AI More Than the Average American

According to the latest data from the Barna Group, practicing Christians in the U.S. show a significantly higher level of engagement with artificial intelligence technologies compared to the rest of the country’s population. This was reported by Christian Today.

The study, which surveyed 1,514 American adults, found that 26% of practicing Christians use AI for personal purposes “very often,” while among the general population, this figure is only 15%. A similar gap is observed in the professional sphere: 21% of religious respondents actively use neural networks in their work, while among other Americans, this figure stands at 12%.

Notably, there is a clear contrast between laypeople and church leadership. A survey of 442 Protestant pastors revealed that only 5% of them use AI in their personal lives “very often,” and in their work, this figure drops to 6%. Daniel Copeland, vice president of research at Barna, notes that “pastors understand that AI exists, but they are not as deeply immersed in it as their congregants.” The expert emphasized that there is a risk of underestimating how deeply algorithms are already integrated into the daily lives and decision-making processes of believers.

Regardless of religious views, the most common use of AI remains searching for specific information—as reported by more than 60% of respondents. However, practicing Christians are more likely than others to use neural networks for writing, editing, and translating texts, indicating a broader integration of technology into their intellectual work.