Will AI replace Directors, Religious Activities and Education?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
45/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 72% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 9% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 59% of the work
What the job involves
Coordinate or design programs and conduct outreach to promote the religious education or activities of a denominational group. May provide counseling, guidance, and leadership relative to marital, health, financial, and religious problems.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(2)
- Develop or direct study courses or religious education programs within congregations.
- Locate and distribute resources, such as periodicals or curricula, to enhance the effectiveness of educational programs.
Within reach(10)
- Implement program plans by ordering needed materials, scheduling speakers, reserving space, or handling other administrative details.
- Schedule special events, such as camps, conferences, meetings, seminars, or retreats.
- Select appropriate curricula or class structures for educational programs.
- Analyze member participation or changes in congregational emphasis to determine needs for religious education.
- Counsel individuals regarding interpersonal, health, financial, or religious problems.
and 5 more
Out of reach(7)
- Identify and recruit potential volunteer workers.
- Collaborate with other ministry members to establish goals and objectives for religious education programs or to develop ways to encourage program participation.
- Train and supervise religious education instructional staff.
- Confer with clergy members, congregational officials, or congregational organizations to encourage support of or participation in religious education activities.
- Visit congregational members' homes or arrange for pastoral visits to provide information or resources regarding religious education programs.
and 2 more
Also called
Religious Education Director · Religious Education Coordinator · Youth Ministries Director · Children's Director · Religious Activities Director · Youth Director · Campus Ministries Director · Children's Ministries Director
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics