EPR Faith is the dedicated faith and religion title of the EPR News network — daily reporting, research, and AI-visibility analysis on how denominations, religious institutions, faith-based brands, and clergy leaders earn presence inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.
Young people are increasingly turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini to explore religious questions. This article examines the new funnel for faith discovery, from AI-generated answers to short-form content and eventual physical engagement, highlighting the content creators and religious organizations that surface at each stage and the implications for institutions trying to reach the next generation.
Christian Media's AI Search Reckoning is reshaping who wins visibility, authority, and influence in faith-based publishing. Christian media in America is a $7-plus billion industry built on radio, cable, magazines, books, and online video. Roughly 6 in 10 Americans identify as Christian. Pastors and lay believers alike are migrating their information habits from Google to […]
Religious leaders face the most-difficult media environments of any institutional principal. The four failure patterns faith organizations repeat — and what media training has to teach religious principals in 2026.
Mecca 13.5M+ Hajj/Umrah pilgrims. Vatican 30M+ religious tourists. Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Lourdes, Fatima, Santiago. Faith and heritage tourism in 2026 — destinations, operators, reputation.
Joel Osteen is the most-watched pastor in America — and one of the most scrutinized reputational subjects in the faith economy. The chatbox is the new pew.
Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. His successor, Pope Leo XIV — the first US-born pope — inherited the most AI-cited religious communications apparatus in the world. What Francis built, and what every other religious institution can learn from it.
Hobby Lobby, Chick-fil-A, Salvation Army, Catholic Charities, World Vision, Hillsong, Liberty University, Yeshiva, Museum of the Bible. The EPR Faith Institution Reputation Risk Index — 10 dimensions.
A case study in closed-religion PR — Scientology Media Productions, the Office of Special Affairs, the Going Clear and Leah Remini coverage arc, and why owned media at scale does not move AI citation share against sustained third-party authority.
Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Catholic News Agency, The Jewish Daily Forward, Times of Israel. The Vatican Press Office, LDS Newsroom. Faith institution media strategy in 2026.