Resource Library
Practical tools to help pastors and church leaders steward technology with wisdom, integrity, and care.
These resources are offered to help pastors, staff, and church leaders navigate technology and AI with clarity and restraint. You are free to read slowly, adapt thoughtfully, and use what serves your context.
Choose a section below based on what you need today. If you’re not sure, start with Discernment & Formation.
Orientation & First Steps
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Short, pastor-safe PDFs designed to help you orient to AI without rushing adoption, and to help leaders ask better questions early.
AI Discernment: A Quick Start for Pastors
A one-page guide to help pastors begin with formation, name red lines, and keep shepherding human.
AI Questions for Elders & Church Boards
Board-level questions to clarify authority, privacy, formation, and pastoral risk before adoption.
Human-in-the-Loop Ministry Checklist
A one-page checklist to ensure technology supports care without outsourcing pastoral responsibility.
Discernment & Formation
Start Here
Guided questions and discussion tools for pastors and elders to evaluate how technology is shaping the spiritual formation of the congregation.
Questions for Leaders on Tech & Formation
A guided conversation for elder boards to reflect on attention, authority, discipleship depth, and limits.
Discussion Guide (Halo Heuristic)
A structured discussion guide for teams to build shared language and practice discernment together.
AI in Church Ministry Discussion Guide
A practical conversation starter for teams navigating AI use together.
Integrity & Pastoral Practice
For Pastors
Checklists and safeguards to protect pastoral integrity, authorship, and the human presence that ministry requires.
Sermon Prep Integrity Checklist
A quick filter for sermon preparation: soul check, fact check, authorship test, and privacy safeguards.
Governance & Guardrails
Policies
Starter governance kits sized for your church. Designed to remove guesswork and protect pastoral trust, privacy, and integrity.
Small Church AI Starter Kit
A simple usage policy and guidance for small teams and key volunteers.
Medium Church Standard Kit
AI usage policy plus staff training outline with practical prompts and clear red lines.
Large Church Comprehensive Kit
Governance policy plus risk assessment guidance for departments and enterprise adoption.
Need a Full Governance Framework?
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