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What if your church’s website could talk back? Not with static forms or outdated contact pages but with real-time intelligent conversations. That’s the future Eric Kidwell is building. As the founder…
Jeff Reed sits down with Eric Kidwell, founder of LiveAI.co, to explore what happens when you put an AI-powered door greeter on your church website — one trained in your voice, your beliefs, and your ministry DNA, available 24/7. They dig into AI's role as a traffic cop (not a people-replacer), the death of the static contact form, multilingual outreach, and the wild frontier of pushing AI into Discord, WhatsApp, and live stream chat. Concrete takeaway: your website can be doing ministry right now while you sleep.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro: upcoming Digital Missionary Conference featuring four free summits ▶ 5:06 Embracing artificial intelligence ▶ 8:05 Church engagement and community building ▶ 10:42 Personalized website experience for visitors ▶ 18:40 Encouraging your team to engage with AI solutions ▶ 23:17 Overcoming the complexities of live stream management ▶ 28:46 Utilizing AI as a co-pilot for deepening spiritual conversations ▶ 32:57 Demonstration of AI capabilities ▶ 47:15 Revolutionizing church engagement ▶ 48:36 Preventing disengagement in church communities ▶ 53:30 42 critical questions every church website needs to answer ▶ 57:30 Synergistic approach to digital and physical church ▶
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Eric Kidwell
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HostJeff Reed
SeriesThe Church Digital Podcast
Runtime58:56
Recorded liveJul 16, 2025
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EP348 - Jeff & Eric Kidwell Talk AI, Digital Mission, and Killing the Contact Form
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