Directors, Religious Activities and Education
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.
22,160 people do this job in the US. $52,100 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 44%
- 54%
- 2%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
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At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 5%. Today's estimate: 9%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 19 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop or direct study courses or religious education programs within congregations.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 29% | 1.7 work days5 h to 4.2 work days | Stays with people | |
| Collaborate with other ministry members to establish goals and objectives for religious education programs or to develop ways to encourage program participation.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 8% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Identify and recruit potential volunteer workers.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Train and supervise religious education instructional staff.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Implement program plans by ordering needed materials, scheduling speakers, reserving space, or handling other administrative details.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | 32%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Analyze member participation or changes in congregational emphasis to determine needs for religious education.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | 19%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Select appropriate curricula or class structures for educational programs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Analyze revenue and program cost data to determine budget priorities.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 5 h1.7 h to 1 work day | 20%Half by Feb 2027 | |
| Schedule special events, such as camps, conferences, meetings, seminars, or retreats.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 1.3 work days2.5 h to 2.5 work days | 3%Half by Nov 2027 | |
| Interpret religious education activities to the public through speaking, leading discussions, or writing articles for local or national publications.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | 10%Half by May 2027 | |
| Plan fundraising activities for the church.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 1 work day2.5 h to 3.1 work days | 5%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Publicize programs through sources, such as newsletters, bulletins, or mailings.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 2% | 1.7 h38 min to 4.2 h | 72%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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