Most churches pour hours into a single Sunday sermon — but what happens to that message on Monday? Pastors.AI helps churches extend the life of every sermon by turning a YouTube video or manuscript into a full suite of resources: Bible study guides, five-day devotionals, captioned social media clips, and an AI chatbot that lets congregants ask follow-up questions grounded in what their pastor actually preached.^1
Founded by tech entrepreneur Joe Suh, who attends Menlo Church in Silicon Valley, Pastors.AI won the 2024 AI & the Church Hackathon Grand Prize for its real-time sermon translation feature — enabling churches to translate sermons into over 150 languages with AI-powered audio, including lip-sync and voice cloning.^2 Menlo Church partnered with Pastors.AI to roll out live translation across its campuses, removing language barriers for the 45% of San Mateo households that don't speak English at home.^3
Each church gets its own branded pages and an embeddable chatbot trained exclusively on its sermons and website — meaning the AI answers are rooted in the actual teaching of that church's pastors, not generic theology. The platform also generates a TikTok-style feed of sermon highlights and auto-creates shareable quote clips with captions, background music, and the church's logo.^1
Why Churches Love It"My parents do not know English at all and have never been to church before. With the translation software, they are able to join me in the church community, listen to the sermon together and feel the power of worship." — Menlo Church congregant^3
"We're all building for a kingdom." — Joe Suh, founder of Pastors.AI, at the 2024 AI & the Church Hackathon^2
Notable- Won the 2024 AI & the Church Hackathon Grand Prize ($100,000) in Boulder, Colorado^2
- Featured in The New York Times ("At the Intersection of A.I. and Spirituality," January 2025)^4
- Active partnership with Menlo Church for real-time sermon translation in 8+ languages^3
- Offers a free tier with 4 sermons per month and 2 clips per sermon^1
- Founded by Joe Suh, tech entrepreneur and Menlo Church attendee^4
