Navigating the Ethical Issues with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Evangelism in the 21st Century Church

This research, navigating the ethical issues with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and evangelism in the 21st century Church, underscored the moral considerations in relation to evangelism and the emerging technological advancements like AI today. The work focused on providing the Church with much-needed technological tools and ethical guidelines for engaging Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the 21st century evangelism. The relevance of Christian Churches and the mode of operation in the twenty-first century is much more different from what it used to be in the previous centuries. Technological advancement affects our lives and forces a shift to a more progressive era. These shifts will happen increasingly faster as development and technological breakthroughs increase; and at the same time come with lots of ethical and theological issues that challenge the status quo. This crisis, occasioned by the emergence of these new technologies has much to do with changing contexts of the existing praxis of the Church. Using descriptive phenomenology and secondary sources of data collection and analysis, this paper, uncovered that, while AI and other technological givens are relevant to evangelism in the 21st century, its ethical implications should be taken into consideration at every point in time. The work advised the Church to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the advancement of the gospel truth, to avoid being left behind or remaining in the old tradition. It noted however that, the fast-changing technological landscape will require shifts from the Christian community in all aspects and the Church must take advantage of this to advance its evangelical actions bearing in mind the ethical and theological implications involved.