# 150 AI prompts for Pastors & Church Leaders

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*Every prompt title in AI on the Job: Pastors & Church Leaders Edition. Twelve printed in full; the rest are in the book.*

## Setup & Voice (Prompts 1–15)

- **#1 Your permanent profile** — Paste into custom instructions: “I’m the [ROLE] of [CHURCH NAME], about [SIZE] people in [CITY, STATE], [DENOMINATION OR ‘nondenominational’]. Services: [DAYS/TIMES]. Congregational and public writing: warm, plain, brief, 8th-grade level, no buzzwords, no exclamation points unless I use them. Never invent facts, Scripture references, quotes, or stories — say so when uncertain. I never share congregant names or private details; flag anything I paste that seems to contain one. You draft; I decide.”
- #2 The tone calibrator
- #3 The plain-English filter
- #4 Shorter, always
- #5 Three versions
- #6 The insider-language translator
- #7 Teach it your voice
- #8 The reverse brief
- #9 Fix my dictation
- #10 Email to text
- #11 The second opinion
- #12 Explain for a new believer
- #13 The checklist maker
- #14 Spanish version
- #15 What did I forget

## Sermon & Teaching Prep (Prompts 16–40)

- **#16 The study collator** — “I’m preaching [PASSAGE] on [DATE]. Here are my raw study notes — my own reading and my commentaries, typed scraps and dictation: [PASTE/RAMBLE]. Organize into a study sheet: CONTEXT & BACKGROUND (only what I gave you), KEY TERMS & LANGUAGE NOTES, INTERPRETIVE QUESTIONS I RAISED, POSSIBLE DIRECTIONS I MENTIONED, and GAPS — questions my notes raise but don’t answer. Add no commentary content of your own; keep my citations attached to their points.”
- #17 The exegesis capture
- #18 The gaps interrogator
- #19 The big-idea sharpener
- #20 The congregational lens
- #21 The structural draft
- #22 The transitions pass
- #23 Three doors in
- #24 The landing options
- #25 The illustration brainstorm
- #26 The illustration verifier
- #27 The quote tracer
- **#28 The small-group guide** — “Here’s my finished sermon [PASTE MANUSCRIPT OR FULL OUTLINE]. Build a one-page discussion guide faithful to what I actually said: an opening question anyone can answer, 3 observation questions in [PASSAGE], 3 application questions calibrated to real weekday life, one prayer direction. Nothing I didn’t preach.”
- #29 Sermon to devotional
- #30 The kids’ adaptation
- #31 The youth adaptation
- #32 The series arc planner
- #33 Series title options
- #34 The teaching handout
- #35 The liturgy formatter
- #36 Manuscript to pulpit notes
- #37 The transcript cleanup
- #38 The structure critique
- #39 The study-leader prep sheet
- #40 The guest preacher brief

## Congregational Communication (Prompts 41–65)

- **#41 The bulletin engine** — “Build this week’s bulletin from my scraps. Sections in order: THIS SUNDAY (sermon [TITLE], text [PASSAGE], series [SERIES]); ANNOUNCEMENTS (each under 50 words, warm, plain, date/time/place/contact, [CONFIRM] tag on anything I didn’t specify); LOOKING AHEAD (3 weeks, one line each); SERVE THIS WEEK ([SLOTS/HOLES]). No exclamation points, no clichés, nothing invented. Scraps: [PASTE].”
- #42 The weekly email engine
- #43 The 25-second announcements
- #44 Slide text
- #45 The event blurb, every format
- #46 The sign-up ladder
- #47 The hard announcement
- #48 The correction notice
- #49 The care-note frame
- #50 The new-baby frame
- #51 The surgery-week frames
- #52 The milestone note
- **#53 The shut-in note frame** — “A monthly note frame for our homebound members: news of church life in two warm sentences (from: [THIS MONTH’S HAPPENINGS]), one line of belonging (‘you are part of us’), [PERSONAL LINE] marker. Under 80 words, large-print friendly.”
- #54 Visitor welcome, touch one
- #55 Visitor touches two and three
- #56 First-time giver thank-you
- #57 The real ask
- #58 The volunteer thank-you
- #59 The schedule reminder
- #60 The honest shortage note
- #61 The giving update
- #62 The year-end letter
- #63 The service-change notice
- #64 The frustrated-member reply
- #65 The congregational survey

## Church Operations (Prompts 66–85)

- **#66 The board agenda** — “Build our [BOARD/SESSION/VESTRY/COUNCIL] agenda for [DATE] from my notes: [PASTE]. Format: opening devotion & prayer ([WHO]); consent items grouped for one motion; discussion items each with a one-line ‘decision needed’ and a time box; FYI items last. Flag any item where I haven’t said what decision is being asked for. One page.”
- #67 The committee agenda
- #68 Draft minutes
- #69 Motion language
- #70 The congregational meeting summary
- #71 The template adapter (child safety)
- #72 The policy first draft
- #73 The volunteer handbook section
- #74 Facility-request responses
- #75 The key & security procedure
- **#76 The vendor RFQ** — “Write an RFQ email for [PROJECT — roof section replacement / HVAC service contract] to send three vendors identically: scope as I describe it [DETAILS], our building’s facts [AGE/TYPE], what the quote must include (itemized labor/materials, timeline, warranty, insurance cert), site-visit scheduling, deadline [DATE].”
- #77 The paper-trail email
- #78 Insurance documentation
- #79 The budget narrative
- #80 The annual-meeting Q&A prep
- #81 The stewardship series
- #82 The annual report assembly
- #83 The job description
- #84 The difficult letter
- #85 The office SOP writer

## Community Presence (Prompts 86–105)

- **#86 The listing overhaul** — “Write my church’s Google Business Profile content: (1) description under 750 characters — who we are, service times [TIMES], where, one honest sentence about what we’re like, no insider language; (2) plain 2–3 sentence answers to the 8 visitor questions: service times? length? dress? kids’ program and is it safe/screened? parking? will I be singled out? wheelchair access? what kind of church? Facts only from: [FACTS]; anything unstated stays [BLANK].”
- #87 A month of listing posts
- #88 The plan-your-visit page
- #89 The what-to-expect page
- #90 The series promo kit
- #91 The design brief
- #92 The community event kit
- #93 The workshop promo
- #94 The funeral coordination set
- #95 The memory organizer
- #96 The grief follow-up rhythm
- #97 The wedding order of service
- #98 The wedding coordination kit
- #99 The premarital logistics sequence
- #100 The rental info sheet
- #101 The holiday info blast
- #102 The press release
- #103 The new-resident welcome
- #104 The community needs survey
- #105 The ‘church near me’ Q&A pack

## The Pastoral Workload (Prompts 106–120)

- **#106 The referral list builder** — “Help me build my pastoral referral list as a clean one-page document: LICENSED COUNSELORS & THERAPISTS (specialty, insurance notes, taking new clients?); CRISIS LINES (suicide & crisis, domestic violence — numbers left as [VERIFY] for me to confirm from official sources); FOOD & HOUSING; ADDICTION & RECOVERY; FINANCIAL & LEGAL AID. Entries: name, [PHONE — VERIFY], [HOURS — VERIFY], one line on who they serve and how to start. My local names: [LIST]. Structure only — fill in no number or hours yourself.”
- #107 The quarterly refresh
- #108 The crisis card
- #109 The counseling-request reply
- #110 The visitation week planner
- #111 The visitation frames set
- #112 The weekly admin batch
- #113 The office-hours perimeter
- #114 The day-off auto-reply
- #115 The delegation brief
- #116 The associate handoff
- #117 The email triage
- #118 The only-you sort
- #119 The end-of-week brain dump
- #120 The Sabbath audit

## Outreach & Growth (Prompts 121–145)

- **#121 The visitor sequence** — “Write my three-touch visitor follow-up, each with [BRACKETS] for hand-added personal details: TOUCH 1 (48 hours, handwritten-card length): thanks, one [SPECIFIC DETAIL] slot, service times, my name, no ask. TOUCH 2 (one week): two or three real ways in ([GROUPS/CLASSES/MEAL]), one gentle question. TOUCH 3 (one month): honest and unhurried — ‘whether or not [CHURCH] is your place, we’re glad you visited.’ Warm, zero pressure, nothing that sounds like a drip campaign.”
- #122 The connect-card responses
- #123 The second-visit note
- #124 The visitor feedback ask
- #125 The social calendar month
- #126 The clip selector
- #127 The partnership letter
- #128 The partnership follow-through
- #129 The serve-day kit
- #130 The midweek word
- #131 The pull-quote check
- #132 Stream & podcast descriptions
- **#133 The Christmas/Easter push plan** — “Build our [CHRISTMAS/EASTER] communication plan working backward from [SERVICE DATES/TIMES]: week-by-week from six weeks out — website and listing updates first (service times are what searchers want), member invite-card text, two social posts weekly (warm, plain, no countdown hype), press/community-calendar submission, day-before volunteer logistics email, and the day-after guest follow-up plan. All drafted with [BRACKETS] for our facts. Tone: the town’s church with the porch light on — never a product launch.”
- #134 The invite card
- #135 The holiday services grid
- #136 The member’s invite text
- #137 The small-group promo
- #138 The leader recruiting note
- #139 The ministry fair kit
- #140 The ministry one-pager
- #141 The VBS/camp promo
- #142 The recap post
- #143 The story assist
- #144 The new-here page
- #145 The outreach hour

## Admin & Momentum (Prompts 146–150)

- **#146 The Monday morning brief** — “Organize my week from this mess: [PASTE — services, meetings, visits by category (no names), deadlines, promises]. Output: conflicts, the 3 things that protect Sunday, calls owed today, what’s drifting from last week [PASTE LAST WEEK’S LIST IF I HAVE IT], and where sermon-prep mornings and my day off sit — flag anything scheduled on top of them.”
- #147 The Sunday run sheet
- #148 The quarterly ministry review
- #149 The year planner
- #150 The edition-one graduation


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