Apps for Pastors | Sermon Prep & Pastoral Care

BibleBolt

A free Bible Society add-on for Google Docs and Microsoft Word that lets pastors, students, and Bible communicators insert and format Scripture from 10+ translations in 7 languages — right inside their documents.

NextSteps by Jesus Film Project

A free interactive journey builder from Jesus Film Project that lets ministries create shareable digital gospel experiences with video, polls, and branching stories — now with AI translation into ~80 languages and access to 200+ films in 2,200+ languages.

Undershepherd

Undershepherd is a pastoral care tool that helps pastors and churches log interactions, track life events, assign tasks, and stay organized with privacy-first design — integrating with Planning Center and Breeze ChMS.

Streamlingo

AI-powered real-time audio translation in 80+ languages for church services and events — no app needed, just scan a QR code and listen through your headphones.

RewriteBar

A lightweight macOS menu bar AI writing toolkit that fixes grammar, adjusts tone, translates in 500+ languages, and supports 37 AI providers — all inside whatever app you're already using, with one-time purchase licensing available.

Christian Productivity Planner

An all-in-one Notion template for Christians that unifies task management, goal tracking, prayer, Bible reading plans, and journaling in a single workspace — created by Reagan Rose of Redeeming Productivity, a Moody Publishers author and Master's Seminary graduate.

Thrive and Cultivate

A membership-based training platform equipping pastors and church leaders with mental health skills, strategies, and expert-led video sessions across topics like burnout, anxiety, grief, trauma, suicide prevention, and building a mentally healthy church culture.

myChelper

A free, all-in-one church engagement platform offering a branded mobile app, drag-and-drop website builder, and mobile giving — built by a YouVersion engineer with the lowest fees in the category.

FULLER Equip

FULLER Equip is Fuller Theological Seminary's online learning platform offering 160+ self-paced courses and professional certificates in theology, leadership, ministry, and spiritual formation — no degree required.

MinistryHelper.ai

AI-powered platform that turns a single sermon into 30+ pieces of discipleship and outreach content — video clips, social posts, devotionals, study guides, and kids lessons — all in the pastor's own voice.

Sermon Live

Sermon Live provides AI-powered real-time text and audio sermon translations in 30+ languages, letting multilingual congregations follow along live with just a shareable link — no app or special hardware needed.

ChurchSocial.Media

A library of 300+ done-for-you social media reels for churches — Bible verses, invites, quotes, and more — with 50 new reels added monthly. Free tier available; built in St. Louis by Ben Read.

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

One of the world's most downloaded leadership podcasts (37M+ downloads, 797+ episodes), hosted by former pastor Carey Nieuwhof. Features conversations with top church and business leaders on leadership, culture, personal growth, and navigating ministry in a changing world. Part of The Art of Leadership Network.

Fext

Fext is a mass texting app for iPhone and iPad that sends personalized, private SMS messages to each recipient individually — no group chats or reply-all. Widely used by pastors, churches, and community leaders for devotionals, event updates, and outreach.

Journeys - Custom Discipleship App

A church app builder and digital ministry platform that lets churches and ministries launch branded discipleship apps for iOS, Android, and web — with Bible integration, in-app giving, AI translation, and multi-platform publishing.

Planning Center

A complete, modular church management system trusted by 100,000+ churches. Includes worship planning, volunteer scheduling, giving, check-ins, groups, events, and free congregant and staff mobile apps. Independently owned, bootstrapped, and committed to never being acquired. Now with AI assistant integration via MCP.

Spf.io

AI-powered translation and accessibility platform by TheoTech that delivers real-time captions, audio interpretation, and translations in 100+ languages for church services, conferences, and conversations — all web-based, no download needed. Now with distinct AI interpreter voices, private translation modes, and custom theme branding.

Sermon Send

Sermon Send transforms each sermon into a branded, shareable page with clips, devotionals, summaries, and reflections — all in one link, powered by AI through its Sermon Shots Suite integration.

Open Network

Free library of 100K+ church resources from Life.Church — sermon videos, kids/youth curriculum, worship music, graphics, training, and leadership development tools. 45 ministry partners including Bible Project, Elevation Church, and YouVersion. Serving 1M+ pastors and leaders worldwide since 2006. Completely free, no strings attached.

Sermon Central

The world's largest sermon research library with 240,000+ free pastor-contributed sermons, illustrations, and church media — equipping pastors in 100+ countries to preach with excellence.

Pulpit AI

AI-powered sermon repurposing platform that helps pastors turn one sermon into 20+ content pieces — video clips, devotionals, group guides, newsletters, and more — now integrated directly into the Subsplash Dashboard, saving hours weekly while extending the reach of their message beyond Sunday.

Two Ten Creatives

A done-for-you church website design and management service built on Webflow, founded by Evan Smith in Richmond, VA, so churches can focus on ministry while their digital front door stays beautiful and optimized.

Seedling - Prayer Platform

An intelligent prayer platform that helps churches track, follow up on, and gain AI-powered insights from prayer requests — so no one slips through the cracks.

Logos Bible Study App

The world's #1 Bible study platform — 30+ years of development, 250,000+ titles, Greek/Hebrew tools, side-by-side commentaries, AI-powered Study Assistant and Smart Search, and research-grade features used by 750K+ Christians monthly. Founded by Bob Pritchett in 1992. Free tier with 40+ books; optional Premium subscription. 2026 Libraries now refreshed annually.

Doctrinally.AI

Doctrinally.AI lets churches create their own AI assistant trained on their pastor's sermons and documents, so congregation members get cited answers grounded in their church's actual teaching rather than generic internet content.

Faithly.co

A free networking platform built for Christians in ministry — connecting 4,000+ pastors, church staff, worship leaders, and volunteers across 650+ churches through profiles, job boards, groups, events, and resources in an ad-free, algorithm-free space.

Scatter

A survey and insights platform from Made to Flourish that helps church leaders understand their congregation's daily work, skills, and passions — bridging the Sunday-to-Monday gap with data-driven vocational discipleship tools.

Gloo Communications

Church text messaging platform with automated workflows, prayer inbox, broadcast messaging, and an Explorer program for community outreach — built by Gloo, a publicly traded faith-tech company serving over 450,000 churches.

SermonSpark

AI-powered sermon preparation assistant by Missional Marketing with tools for research, writing, transcription, brainstorming, and content repurposing — now with denomination and Bible version personalization to align AI output with a pastor's theological tradition.

Ministry Pass

Ministry Pass is an all-in-one sermon resource library for pastors, offering 25,000+ resources including 2,000+ sermon series with graphics, videos, illustrations, talking points, and small group questions — plus Sermonary for sermon writing, Churchly for church websites, editable Canva templates, and strategic preaching calendars to plan your year.

Church Canvas

Church Canvas is the first AI design tool built for church ministry — describe the graphic you need in plain language and get professional sermon slides, social posts, event banners, and more in seconds. Used by over 9,500 churches worldwide.

BiblicalTraining

Free seminary-quality Bible education from 84 world-class professors across 180+ classes and 2,700+ hours of instruction. Four learning levels from basics to graduate-level, with community-focused study guides and a 17,000+ article library. Founded by Dr. Bill Mounce (NIV translation committee). ECFA accredited. Partnered with Okanagan Bible College for accredited degrees.

Glossa

AI-powered real-time voice translation for churches in 100+ languages — attendees scan a QR code and hear or read the sermon in their own language, with voice cloning that preserves the speaker's voice.

SermonAudio

The largest free library of over 2 million audio and video sermons from conservative Christian churches worldwide, with live webcasting, AI translation to 46 languages, sermon transcription, and physical preservation infrastructure via The Vault.

Notebird

Pastoral care software helping church leaders and care teams track visits, conversations, follow-ups, and life milestones in one place — with end-to-end encryption, ChMS integrations, and care reporting — so no one falls through the cracks.

Pastor Notes App

A church engagement platform that lets pastors share sermon notes, run live polls and Q&A, collect prayer requests, and connect with their congregation through the companion Bible Notes app — replacing scattered communication channels with one dedicated ministry tool.

Navigate The Way ✝️

Navigate The Way ✝️ is a free AI assistant for Scripture and theology, built on a conservative reformed evangelical foundation with an open-source AGPL-3.0 system prompt. Created by Ted Hallum of Ligonier Ministries, it uses AO Lab's Bible API for direct Scripture access and is available on ChatGPT and Apologist Agent.

Sermon Shots

AI-powered platform that repurposes sermons into clips, quote images, carousels, devotionals, discussion guides, blog posts, and social content in minutes — trusted by 8,000+ churches worldwide.

Subsplash

All-in-one church engagement platform offering custom mobile/TV apps, websites, ad-free media hosting, live streaming, online giving, church management, group messaging, Workflows, and AI-powered tools (Pulpit AI for sermon repurposing, Trends AI for data analytics) — trusted by 20,000+ churches. Now part of Roper Technologies.

Common Good Magazine

A quarterly print and digital magazine from Made to Flourish exploring faith, work, economics, arts, and culture — thoughtful commentary for Christians who want to integrate their faith with all of life.

ChurchSocial (formerly Discipls)

ChurchSocial is an AI-powered social media management platform built for churches, featuring sermon clip creation with speaker tracking, AI caption writing, Design Studio with monthly templates, and multi-platform scheduling with Planning Center, Pushpay, and Breeze integrations.

BibleProject Classroom

Free, self-paced Bible courses taught by Dr. Tim Mackie and guest scholars — 15 classes covering Genesis through Matthew's Sermon on the Mount with video lectures, teacher's notes, quizzes, and reflection questions. Seminary-depth study, zero cost. Built by the BibleProject nonprofit.

Churchlytics

Churchlytics builds custom church analytics dashboards that unify ministry data — attendance, giving, groups, and more — into one clear view, helping church leaders make data-informed decisions.

3-16

Free Christian prayer network app connecting believers worldwide to share requests, pray in groups, join live prayer events with voice broadcasting, and connect through Ministry Pages — built by Andrei Baburin in Indonesia, supporting 7 languages.

Church.tech

An AI-powered platform that turns sermons into transcripts, clips, discussion guides, devotionals, and social content — built by a former church planter to help pastors spend less time with technology and more time with people. Official AI partner of Carey Nieuwhof, with a growing Ministry Tools library spanning preaching, outreach, children's ministry, and more.

Pastors.AI

AI-powered platform that turns church sermons into Bible studies, devotionals, social media clips, embeddable chatbots, and real-time translations — all from a YouTube link or uploaded manuscript.

Sermonary

Sermonary is a sermon writing and preaching platform built by pastors, featuring a drag-and-drop editor, Podium Mode for distraction-free preaching, the Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary, an AI assistant for editing and expanding content, and tools to repurpose sermons into devotionals and blog posts.

FlockConnect

FlockConnect is the first Church Relationship Manager (ChRM), helping pastors identify isolated members by mapping the friendships and connections within their congregation — complementing existing church management systems with AI-powered relational insights, isolation alerts, and discipleship tracking.

ICF EQUIP

Free resource-sharing platform from the ICF church movement offering sermon series, ministry manuals, leadership videos, job descriptions, and small group studies to equip local church leaders across 12 countries.

Tapos

AI-powered discipleship platform that transforms your church's sermons and teachings into searchable, interactive resources — study guides, devotionals, and Q&A — all drawn exclusively from your trusted theological sources. Free for churches forever with an Enterprise upgrade for advanced features.

TurboScribe

AI-powered transcription tool trusted by hundreds of pastors and churches, converting audio and video to accurate text in seconds across 98+ languages with speaker recognition, live recording, and subtitle export. Over 37 million hours transcribed.

Lessons.Church

Free, open-source church curriculum platform offering 526+ video-based Bible lessons for all ages — preschool through adult — with automatic scheduling, companion TV apps (Android TV, Fire TV, Apple TV), and downloadable leader guides, all at zero cost. Part of ChurchApps, serving 14,764+ churches in 130+ countries.

CP Sermons

A modern, feature-rich WordPress sermon management plugin with persistent player, SermonAudio integration, transcript support, podcast feed generation, and built-in analytics — now at v1.6.1 with improved iOS support and accessibility. Built by Tanner Moushey of Church Plugins.

CareNote

A pastoral care platform that helps churches track care visits, prayer requests, and follow-ups in one system — with SMS-based volunteer coordination, nine ChMS integrations, and AI-powered care insights.

Bible Notes

A Bible note-taking app with an auto-verse feature that instantly inserts full scripture passages as you type references. Includes sermon recording with timestamps, personal devotion tools (B.R.E.A.D. method), multi-language Bible reader, and a companion Pastor Notes App for church leaders. Updated April 2026.

Sermonly

An all-in-one sermon writing tool by Tithely with AI-powered research, built-in Bible access, snippet collection, drag-and-drop organization, and a distraction-free writing environment — built by pastors, for pastors.

Polaris Bible

Polaris Bible is a conservative AI Bible study tool built on Anthropic's Claude API, designed for theologically conservative believers who want Scripture-grounded answers without the hedging or progressive drift common in general-purpose AI. [^1](https://polarisbible.com) Created by Jonathan Hensley out of Knoxville, Tennessee, Polaris offers AI Bible Chat and an AI Devotion Generator to help believers engage deeply with God's Word. [^2](https://polarisbible.com/how-it-works) Every response is filtered through a four-layer guardrail system: theological prompt tuning by conservative evangelicals, conservative source filtering that prioritizes word-for-word translations (ESV, NASB, KJV), a human review process for flagged responses, and a user feedback loop. [^3](https://polarisbible.com/philosophy) Theologically, Polaris is anchored in historic orthodoxy — affirming the Trinity, biblical inerrancy, salvation by grace through faith alone, complementarianism, the sanctity of life, and biblical sexual ethics. It explicitly rejects open theism, prosperity theology, and progressive revisionism. [^4](https://polarisbible.com/philosophy) The app serves multiple denominations including Southern Baptist, PCA, Non-Denominational, Reformed Baptist, Conservative Methodist, and Evangelical Free churches. [^5](https://polarisbible.com/about) Polaris is refreshingly transparent about what AI can and cannot do. Their dedicated AI Disclosure page states clearly: AI is an "assistant, never authority" and "not the Holy Spirit." They encourage users to stay rooted in their local church and pastoral relationships. [^6](https://polarisbible.com/ai-disclosure) Available as a web app with a free tier and also a Pro subscription for unlimited access. Ministry and iOS versions are on the roadmap. [^7](https://polarisbible.com/pricing)