AI for Church Leaders Resource Guide

Gloo's suite of AI tools built specifically for the faith ecosystem. CALLM (Christian-Aligned Large Language Model) provides faith-centered AI responses. Aspen offers AI-based search and chat personalized for faith-aligned answers. Data Engine helps churches analyze giving, attendance, and engagement data. Free and premium tiers available.

Rev. Dr. Justin Lester (Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church, Vallejo, CA) is the creator of PastorGPT, an AI platform built to serve pastors and churches. He founded TheoXTech, a national conference exploring theology, innovation, and emerging technology. A Bay Area voice at the intersection of AI and pastoral ministry.

A suite of AI tools designed to help church staff spend less time with technology and more time with people. Offers AI-powered content creation, communications, and administrative tools purpose-built for ministry contexts. Growing rapidly among mid-size and large churches.

Enter a YouTube URL of your church service or upload a manuscript and receive AI-generated sermon clips, Bible studies, devotionals, discussion questions, and church chatbots within 30 minutes. Completely free. Turns one sermon into dozens of ministry resources without additional staff time.

Instantly generates 20+ pieces of content from one sermon: social media clips with captions, small group discussion guides, daily devotionals, blog posts, newsletters, and sermon summaries with timestamps. Acquired by Subsplash in 2024.

Exponential's 2025 State of AI in the Church Survey Report found 91% of church leaders support AI in ministry; 45% currently use it. Exponential offers live AI training tracks at their National and Global conferences. Reports and top-12 AI tools lists available free online.

Kenny Jahng is one of the most connected voices in the church-tech space. His podcast covers AI and digital ministry with best practices, theological reflection, and interviews. Co-authored the Nieuwhof AI guide and co-produced the Exponential AI survey.

A step-by-step masterclass helping churches create AI use policies for their staff and volunteers. Covers transparency, attribution, data privacy, and ethical guardrails. Essential for any church deploying AI tools.

How do we use AI for good while accounting for the risks? The Shortcut–Support–Superpower (S3) Model identifies the helpful and redeeming aspects of AI while calling attention to the 'shadows' of each — and how we know if we're crossing a line. Provided by Evergreen.faith.

Founded by Ron Ivey (Harvard Human Flourishing Program Fellow, Global Solutions Initiative Fellow). Noēsis convenes cross-sector leaders — technologists, policymakers, researchers, and faith leaders — to shape how AI is built and governed. Developed product design principles for AI interactions with children, presented to the G20, and informing bipartisan Congressional policy.

FLI's Religions Initiative explores how faith perspectives can inform responsible AI. They've funded grants for religious groups to voice faith-specific concerns about AI, and partnered with AI & Faith and the Institute for Security and Technology. Resources help clergy teach and adapt AI safety materials locally.

Explains digital trends, social media, and AI to families through live talks, courses, and community. Provides biblical worldview presentations for Christian schools. Co-authored the Child Device Protection bill (Utah, 2025). Their 'Complete Guide to Deepfakes and AI for Caregivers' is essential for parents and youth pastors.

AI product ratings, AI literacy curricula, and original research. Their November 2025 'Talking to Kids About AI' toolkit covers privacy, bias, misinformation, and human connection. Key finding: 75% of teens use AI companion chatbots, but only a third of parents know. Free resources for families and schools.

An education platform giving communities everything they need to protect kids online. Vast library of videos and guides on parental controls, social media, and AI. Partnered with school districts and county agencies across the U.S. Free subscriptions available through many school districts.

The foundational evangelical statement on AI ethics addresses data privacy, algorithmic bias, warfare, labor displacement, and the protection of human dignity. Its protection-focused articles cover surveillance, deepfakes, and the dangers of AI-generated content. Signed by 70+ faith leaders.

The protection-relevant findings: 30% of U.S. adults trust spiritual advice from AI as much as from a pastor; only 12% of pastors feel comfortable teaching on AI; congregations are navigating AI without pastoral guidance. Churches that don't address AI risk losing trust and relevance.

The ERLC's scenario-based guide directly addresses PROTECT concerns: AI in counseling, AI-generated misinformation, data privacy in small groups, surveillance, and the dangers of AI chatbots posing as spiritual guides. Free and designed for leadership team discussion.

Common Sense Media rates companion apps as 'Rated R,' and 72% of teens have used them — but most parents don't know a thing about them. This guide gives parents the essential information on these apps and how to reduce the allure of them. Provided by Evergreen.faith.