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A guided pathway for navigating AI and digital tools with wisdom, integrity, and pastoral care.

If you’re here, you’re likely feeling the tension many pastors feel right now. AI is showing up in ministry workflows—sometimes quietly, sometimes quickly—and leaders are being asked to decide before they’ve had time to discern.

Halo Heuristic exists to help you slow down, ask better questions, and put guardrails in place that protect trust, privacy, and the human work of shepherding.

Technology can serve the Church—but it must never replace presence, prayer, or pastoral responsibility.

Choose Your Path

Start wherever you are. These three paths reflect the most common “entry points” for pastors and leadership teams.

1) We want to think clearly before we decide

Best for: pastors, elders, leadership teams (early conversations)

Begin with theology and formation. These resources help you name what’s at stake—attention, authority, trust, and discipleship— before you adopt new tools.

Read Foundational Articles Download Discussion Guides

2) Our staff is already using AI and we need boundaries

Best for: staff teams, ministry directors, communications, worship, admin

Clarify what is permitted, what is restricted, and what is prohibited—especially around pastoral data, youth information, and sermon integrity.

Protect Sermon Integrity Get Checklists & PDFs

3) Our board is asking questions and we need governance

Best for: elders, boards, executive pastors, administrators

When churches don’t set policy proactively, they often end up responding under pressure—after a mistake has already happened. Governance brings clarity and protection.

View the Governance Kit Start with the Free Kits

If You Have 15 Minutes

If you only have a small window this week, here’s a simple sequence that helps leaders move from discernment to action.

Read one article that frames technology as formation (not neutral).
Download one resource and share it with your staff or elders to start a common conversation.
Skim the Governance Kit overview to understand what policy and guardrails can look like.

A Pastoral Word

None of these resources replace Scripture, prayer, or the Spirit’s leading. They are tools—meant to support discernment, not shortcut it.

The goal is not to adopt technology faster. The goal is to shepherd more faithfully.

Ready to put guardrails in place?

If your church is ready to move from reflection to implementation, the Church AI Governance Kit includes staff policies, privacy audits, youth consent language, and board-ready briefings.

View the Governance Kit

Human review reminder: Before adopting any policy or workflow, have your leadership team review the language for theological clarity and ensure it fits your church’s pastoral responsibilities and context.