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'Do I call  you Servant or Friend? Baptists, Dissent and AI.'

Revd Dr Sally Nelson 2025-26 ESG Lecture  

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'Do I call you Servant or Friend? Baptists, Dissent and AI.'

Revd Dr Sally Nelson

A lecture and discussion and Seminar on how AI might affect our congregational dynamics and the way we interpret and inhabit our Baptist principles.

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A 2025 survey of evangelical church leaders in the US found that a majority of respondents viewed AI as a neutral tool in church life. We do not currently have comparable data for UK Baptists, but it would be difficult not to be impacted at some level by AI in everyday church and ministry, given the ubiquity of AI assistants and the AI focus of the UK government. Are there particularly Baptist questions that we should ask of our digital companions? And, as a gathered people, might AI affect our congregational dynamics and the way we interpret and inhabit our Baptist principles? 

Revd Dr Sally Nelson is a Baptist Minister with research interest in theological anthropology, suffering and disability. She is currently Lecturer in Pastoral Studies at Trinity College, University of Glasgow.

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Thursday 21st May 2026​

14:00 - 15:30​ - Lecture and discussion in English​

15:45 - 16:30 -  Seminar in English 

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This lecture is a public lecture which is free of charge.

Parking available on a first come first serve basis. 

​Attendance for the lecture only is possible in person or online. 

Attendance for the Seminar in person only.

Cardiff Baptist College may on occasion live stream and/or record video of its lectures;

if you are unable to attend in person but are interested in participating in this way do let us know.

To register for attendance please email us at:

events @cbc.cymru

or visit link below​

Y Ddarlith Edwin Stephen Griffiths Lecture 2026 – Fill in form​

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