Apps for Pastors | Sermon Prep & Pastoral Care

BibleBoard

A free visual Bible study web app that lets you lay out verses, notes, interlinear Greek/Hebrew words, and worship plans on a shared canvas — built for visual learners, seminary students, and small group leaders who want to see how everything connects.

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.

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.

Open Network

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

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.

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.

Faithly.co

A free networking platform built for Christians in ministry — connecting 4,000+ pastors, church staff, worship leaders, and volunteers across 650+ churches and 50+ denominations through profiles, job boards, groups, events, and resources. Freshly redesigned in April 2026 with a new visual identity and expanded podcast.

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.

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.

CareNote

A pastoral care platform that helps churches track care visits, prayer requests, and follow-ups in one system — with SMS-based volunteer coordination, 13 ChMS integrations, AI-powered care briefings, and a morning Daily Beacon report. Now serving 700+ churches across 17 time zones.

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.

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, civic meetings, conferences, and conversations — all web-based, no download needed. Now with real-time voice gender switching, civic government adoption (City of Elgin, IL), and a free pastor's guide to multilingual ministry.

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.

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, named to the Inc. 5000.

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 40 million hours transcribed. Created by Leif Foged, a former Meta AI engineer.

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.

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.

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.

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, led by CEO Steve Atkinson.

Sermonly

An all-in-one sermon writing platform 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.

CP Sermons

A modern, feature-rich WordPress sermon management plugin with persistent player, SermonAudio integration (including WP-CLI), transcript support, podcast feed generation, and built-in analytics — now at v1.6.2 with visibility recovery and improved imports. Built by Tanner Moushey of Church Plugins.

Streamlingo

AI-powered real-time audio translation with live transcription in 140+ input and 80+ output languages for church services and events — no app needed, just scan a QR code and listen through your headphones.

Sermonary

Sermonary is an all-in-one sermon writing and preaching platform that helps pastors build messages using a patented drag-and-drop editor, preach distraction-free with Podium Mode, research with integrated commentaries, and repurpose sermons into devotionals and blog posts — all from any device.

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 10,000 churches worldwide.

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.

myChelper

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

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, plus a structured Leadership program for church elder development. 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.

Sermon Central

The world's largest free sermon research library — plus AI-powered sermon outlines, research assistants, and funeral sermon generators — equipping 250,000+ church leaders weekly in 100+ countries to preach with excellence.

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. Used by hundreds of churches worldwide with a generous free tier.

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, with an SEU academic partnership and a growing library of church AI policy resources, saving hours weekly while extending the reach of every message beyond Sunday.

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.

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.

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. Now at Version 50 (April 2026) with unified reading plans, expanded Study Assistant filtering, and retiring standalone Faithlife Study Bible/Ebooks apps. Free tier with 40+ books; optional Premium subscription.

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 with integrated group management, Workflows, and AI-powered tools (Pulpit AI for sermon repurposing, Trends AI for data analytics) — trusted by 20,000+ churches. Acquired by Roper Technologies in 2025 for $800M. Ranked #1 ChMS on G2.

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.

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.

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.

Undershepherd

Pastoral care software helping pastors and care teams log interactions, track life events, assign tasks, and stay organized — with privacy-first design, Planning Center and Breeze integrations, and active blog resources. $10/month. By Sabbath Ventures.

ChurchSocial (formerly Discipls)

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

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. First major ChMS to achieve SOC 2 compliance. Now with AI assistant integration via MCP, background checks, and Rails Foundation membership.

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.

SermonSpark

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

Polaris Bible

AI Bible companion for theologically conservative believers — now on iOS and web. Scripture-grounded chat, OIA devotion generation, full Bible reading, and theological guardrails anchored in historic orthodoxy.

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.

SermonAudio

The largest free library of nearly 3 million audio and video sermons from conservative Christian churches worldwide, with live webcasting, AI transcription of the entire archive, Global Sermons translation into 46 languages, and physical preservation infrastructure across four Vault sites in three countries. Founded 2000, now fully independent of cloud services.

Journeys - Custom Discipleship App

A tiered digital discipleship platform that lets churches and ministries launch branded mobile apps, group facilitation tools, and multi-platform content delivery — with Bible integration, AI translation into 30+ languages, and engagement analytics.

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. Accepted into the Missional Labs Faith & AI Accelerator 2026.

Two Ten Creatives

A done-for-you church website design and management service built on Webflow by founder Evan Smith in Richmond, VA. Now also an official Tithely partner offering discounted all-in-one church management tools, plus premium Framer templates for churches on tighter budgets.

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.

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.

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 (with Sermonary Plus) for sermon writing, Churchly for church websites, editable Canva templates, a drag-and-drop Series Planner, and strategic preaching calendars to plan your year.

Gloo Communications

Church text messaging platform with automated workflows, prayer inbox, broadcast messaging, and an Explorer program for community outreach — built by Gloo (Nasdaq: GLOO), a publicly traded faith-tech company serving over 450,000 churches. Acquired EMD (Workday partner) in April 2026 to expand enterprise capabilities.

Notebird

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

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.

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.

Sermon Live

Sermon Live provides AI-powered real-time text and audio sermon translations in 30+ languages with 99% accuracy, letting multilingual congregations follow along live with just a shareable link — no app or special hardware needed. Part of the Sermon Shots Suite trusted by 8,000+ churches.

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.