Churches and ministries looking for an always-on way to engage visitors and members with Scripture-grounded answers will find Faith Assistant a compelling solution. This AI-powered chatbot is trained on each organization's own content — sermons, Bible studies, event details, and more — so every response reflects that ministry's unique voice and teaching.^1
Originally launched as Bible Chat AI by co-founders Chase Cappo and Andrew Rogers, Faith Assistant was acquired by Gloo (Nasdaq: GLOO) in January 2025 and now runs on Gloo's Kingdom-Aligned Large Language Model (KALLM), purpose-built for faith-aligned conversations.^1 By mid-2026, the standalone faithassistant.com domain redirects to Gloo AI, reflecting the product's full integration into Gloo's values-aligned platform.^2 Organizations like the Assemblies of God (3 million members across 13,000 U.S. churches), Luis Palau Association, Concordia Church, Hope With God, Lakeland Church, The Christian Post, and KCBI Radio use it to field questions, recommend resources, and connect users with real staff or volunteers when conversations call for it.^1
Faith Assistant provides a customizable brand experience — churches can match fonts, colors, and messaging to their identity — along with a dashboard of anonymized conversation insights, topic clustering, and trend analytics.^3 The KALLM can be tailored to a church's own statement of faith, so answers align with that congregation's doctrinal position rather than a one-size-fits-all model.^4 Under Pat Gelsinger's technology leadership, Gloo has engineered the platform to deliver what he describes as 100% accurate biblical quotation — a meaningful step up from the 60–70% citation accuracy he says the major frontier models achieve on their own.^5
Why Ministries Love It"The platform lets us provide 24/7 answers, encouragement and support, which means we can serve our audience whenever they need us. It's also helped us think differently about how we engage listeners and even how we approach donors." — Emily Haring Thevarajoo, Digital Content Director, KCBI Radio^3
"Our journey has always been about using technology to support the Church's mission. Partnering with Gloo means we can expand that vision while staying true to our core values." — Andrew Rogers, Co-founder of Faith Assistant^1
"My role as a pastor is to be with people. There are so many demands of this position that pull you away from that. Gloo can take care of those nitty-gritty logistics. This is a direction that the church is going in." — Johnny Bennett, Discipleship Pastor, St. Mark Missionary Church (Mishawaka, IN)^5
Notable- Acquired by Gloo (Nasdaq: GLOO) in January 2025; co-founder Chase Cappo now serves as Director of Gloo's AI Enterprise Division^1
- Free tier available for churches via Gloo KALLM; advanced features through Gloo+ membership; enterprise options for larger ministries and publishers^1
- Gloo reported Q1 2026 revenue of $41.5 million (up 238% year-over-year), with FY2026 guidance raised to $195M and breakeven targeted for Q3 2026; closed a $22.75M follow-on public offering in July 2026 to fund further acquisitions and product investment^5^8
- Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University partnered with Gloo to pioneer an AI-powered ministry lifecycle ecosystem connecting leaders with personalized resources^9
- 12 of 14 U.S. organizations that do Bible translation are Gloo clients, along with a majority of U.S. campus ministry organizations^5
- Founded the AI For The Church open-source initiative, making ChristianGPT models freely available on GitHub and Hugging Face for other developers^10
- Backed by Gloo's Flourishing AI Standards, led by former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger as executive chair; CTO is Greg Lavender (formerly Cisco)^5
- Part of Gloo's expanding AI ecosystem: Gloo AI Studio (GA March 2026, 80+ LLMs), the Scripture in New Frontiers virtual developer challenge with YouVersion (Kaggle, July 2026), and the annual Gloo AI Hackathon — the 2025 event drew nearly 700 builders and awarded $250,000, with the 2026 edition set for October 6–8 in Boulder, CO^12^14
- New Barna/Gloo research (June 2026) finds 87% of pastors now use AI in ministry, with biblical research among the top use cases^16
- Acquisitions through 2026 include Masterworks (marketing/fundraising), Igniter (creative media), XRI Global (voice/multilingual AI), Midwestern Interactive (engineering), Westfall Group (donor engagement), and EMD (Workday services)^5
