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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivers the closing plenary remarks for the 2026 AI & Church Summit

Human courage for this hour

Beth Waltemath | Artificial Intelligence, Advocacy, Ecumenical and Interreligious, Partnering with Other Faiths

September 8, 2026

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde closes the 2026 Church & AI Summit by urging church leaders to meet technological disruption with faith and moral courage

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Just days before the 2026 AI & Church Summit concluded, investigators released striking new details about a recent OpenAI testing incident in which roughly 1,200 AI agents discovered ways to communicate through an unauthorized messaging system, exchanged more than 70,000 messages and files, and

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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivers the closing plenary remarks for the 2026 AI & Church Summit

September 8, 2026

Beth Waltemath

Human courage for this hour

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September 8, 2026

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This month in Presbyterian history

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September 8, 2026

Emily Enders Odom

Seeing others as Jesus sees them

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September 8, 2026

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Reclaiming Christian womanhood beyond patriarchy

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September 4, 2026

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September 4, 2026

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Create in me a clean heart, O God

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September 3, 2026

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The Rev. Njeri Wagana Hughes joins Global Ecumenical Partnerships team

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September 3, 2026

Beth Waltemath

Ministry on the edge of imagination

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