CNLP 832 | Building Your Personal Board of Directors: Annie F. Downs on AI Friendship vs. Real Friends and Why Christians Need to Stay in the Secular World

Annie F. Downs joins the show to talk about why every leader needs a personal board of directors and who actually belongs there.

Carey and Annie discuss why AI friendship can never replace the real thing and why Christians need to stay in the secular world instead of retreating from it.

Plus, we get a massive update on her recent marriage and what that does to her singles ministry.

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AI AND THE FUTURE CHURCH

I wrote AI and the Future Church to give church leaders a practical playbook for what's ahead. It's built around three shifts every church leader needs to make, and it's grounded in what's actually happening right now.

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THE CHOSEN

Season 6 of The Chosen begins the powerful journey to the cross. Your church can host a free Early Access screening of the first episode now through November 14.

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