Most general-purpose AI doesn't know your theology, your preaching voice, or which Bible translation you use — so pastors end up fighting it for sermon prep that still comes out generic. AlignedAI is a free, doctrine-aware AI assistant built specifically for pastors and church leaders.^1
During setup you configure your theological tradition, statement of faith, and preferred Bible translations, and AlignedAI grounds its answers in that context. It handles deep study and exegesis with Strong's word studies, drafts sermons, Bible studies, and devotionals in an editable canvas, and builds a "Church Brain" trained on your own sermons, website, and documents so drafts come back in your voice. Beyond sermon prep, it now generates branded media (sermon slides, social posts, event graphics), records and summarizes meetings (in person or via Google Meet), manages tasks and calendar/email through Google and Outlook integrations, auto-repurposes every sermon into devotionals, studies, and emails, and can plan and draft entire books from your existing content. A Pro tier adds a personal AI assistant you can text over SMS, daily briefs with church KPIs, unlimited requests, and 40+ church-software integrations (like Planning Center) that automate church busywork.^1
AlignedAI was built by Jonathan Bodnar, a SaaS founder who previously built and exited a church management and giving platform, after watching his best friend — a pastor in McKinney, Texas — struggle to get generic AI to produce doctrinally sound, on-voice messages. Scripture is served through API.Bible with each translation quoted from its copyright holder, and the assistant is intentionally designed as a tool, not a replacement — consistently pointing users back to Scripture, prayer, and their local church.^2 Independent coverage has profiled AlignedAI as a leading doctrine-aware option for pastors, and the platform now reports serving thousands of pastors and church leaders across traditions.^3
AlignedAI is available on the web at aligned.church and as a free iOS app ("AlignedAI For Churches") for iPhone, with Android not yet announced.^4
Notable- Free tier includes 200 requests per month (about 6 per day) with no credit card required; a Pro plan adds unlimited usage, staff seats, the SMS assistant, and automations.^5
- Privacy-first by design: sermon content, member notes, and church data are not used to train public models.^5
- Doctrine-aware and translation-aware (ESV, NIV, KJV, NASB, NKJV, NLT, CSB, WEB, ASV, and more), with Greek and Hebrew word studies via Strong's concordance built in.^5
- Built by a founder with 12+ years shipping software, including a prior church management and giving platform; editorial standards page commits to "Scripture first" and treats AI as an assistant to faithful ministry, never a replacement for the pastor or the Holy Spirit.^2
