AI-ANTICHRIST HERE NOW? CHURCHES ADOPT AI TO BOOST ONLINE REACH AS PEWS EMPTY ACROSS AMERICA
Texas based streaming company Resi launched Studio AI on November 12, 2025, a new artificial intelligence tool designed to help churches increase their online engagement through automated video content creation. The product generates video clips, transcripts, and content suggestions directly within Resi Studio, the company's web based streaming platform.
Resi General Manager Matt Smith announced the company currently serves approximately 7,000 churches, primarily in the United States, with additional customers in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. The launch comes as data from the State of the Church Tech 2025 report indicates growing AI adoption in American church ministries, with pastors stopping short only of using the technology for sermon preparation.
Studio AI costs $59 per month as an add on to Resi Live Streaming subscriptions, or $49 annually.
The service allows churches to create up to 10 videos monthly, with additional videos costing $5.99 each. For each livestreamed service, Studio AI generates complete searchable transcripts and suggests promotional clips with titles and summaries.
Justin Huang, Resi's product manager, stated that generative AI is becoming "something of a copilot for content creation to improve workflows, increase creativity" across churches, educators, and communicators. Huang noted that creating short form content requires significant skill and proves "too demanding to add on top of an existing job description" in churches while being "too little to warrant hiring a whole new person to do it."
The release occurs amid unprecedented church closures across America, with up to 15,000 churches expected to shut their doors in 2025 as 29 percent of Americans now identify as religiously unaffiliated, according to data from the Public Religion Research Institute.
THE CRUSADER'S OPINION
Fifteen thousand churches closing this year.
AI won't fix that.
Empty pews aren't a marketing problem. They're a discipleship crisis. Western churches compromised on truth, watered down the Gospel, and made Christianity comfortable instead of transformative.
Now we're buying tools to make better Instagram clips while the faith hemorrhages believers.
The early church grew under Roman persecution without streaming platforms or engagement algorithms. They had the Holy Spirit and uncompromising witness.
Technology is neutral. But when churches spend more time optimizing content than making disciples, something is deeply wrong.
TAKE ACTION
1. Prioritize discipleship: Evaluate whether your church invests more in digital tools or actual spiritual formation. Contact your pastor about deepening discipleship programs.
2. Support church planting: Give to Acts 29 Network at www.acts29.com or Redeemer City to City at www.redeemercitytocity.com to plant Gospel centered churches rather than just sustaining dying ones.
3. Challenge your church: Ask leadership how they're addressing the root causes of declining attendance beyond technology solutions. Email your elders or pastor directly.
