# 150 AI prompts for Pastors & Church Leaders — free list of every prompt

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150 AI prompts for Pastors & Church Leaders

Every one of the 150 prompt titles in the book, in the book's own eight
groups. Twelve are printed in full and marked; use those today.
The yellow parts are the blanks you fill in.

Setup & Voice Prompts 1–15

#1Your permanent profilePaste 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.”

#2The tone calibrator

#3The plain-English filter

#4Shorter, always

#5Three versions

#6The insider-language translator

#7Teach it your voice

#8The reverse brief

#9Fix my dictation

#10Email to text

#11The second opinion

#12Explain for a new believer

#13The checklist maker

#14Spanish version

#15What did I forget

Sermon & Teaching Prep Prompts 16–40

#16The 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.”

#17The exegesis capture

#18The gaps interrogator

#19The big-idea sharpener

#20The congregational lens

#21The structural draft

#22The transitions pass

#23Three doors in

#24The landing options

#25The illustration brainstorm

#26The illustration verifier

#27The quote tracer

#28The 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.”

#29Sermon to devotional

#30The kids’ adaptation

#31The youth adaptation

#32The series arc planner

#33Series title options

#34The teaching handout

#35The liturgy formatter

#36Manuscript to pulpit notes

#37The transcript cleanup

#38The structure critique

#39The study-leader prep sheet

#40The guest preacher brief

Congregational Communication Prompts 41–65

#41The 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].”

#42The weekly email engine

#43The 25-second announcements

#44Slide text

#45The event blurb, every format

#46The sign-up ladder

#47The hard announcement

#48The correction notice

#49The care-note frame

#50The new-baby frame

#51The surgery-week frames

#52The milestone note

#53The 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.”

#54Visitor welcome, touch one

#55Visitor touches two and three

#56First-time giver thank-you

#57The real ask

#58The volunteer thank-you

#59The schedule reminder

#60The honest shortage note

#61The giving update

#62The year-end letter

#63The service-change notice

#64The frustrated-member reply

#65The congregational survey

Church Operations Prompts 66–85

#66The 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.”

#67The committee agenda

#68Draft minutes

#69Motion language

#70The congregational meeting summary

#71The template adapter (child safety)

#72The policy first draft

#73The volunteer handbook section

#74Facility-request responses

#75The key & security procedure

#76The 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].”

#77The paper-trail email

#78Insurance documentation

#79The budget narrative

#80The annual-meeting Q&A prep

#81The stewardship series

#82The annual report assembly

#83The job description

#84The difficult letter

#85The office SOP writer

Community Presence Prompts 86–105

#86The 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].”

#87A month of listing posts

#88The plan-your-visit page

#89The what-to-expect page

#90The series promo kit

#91The design brief

#92The community event kit

#93The workshop promo

#94The funeral coordination set

#95The memory organizer

#96The grief follow-up rhythm

#97The wedding order of service

#98The wedding coordination kit

#99The premarital logistics sequence

#100The rental info sheet

#101The holiday info blast

#102The press release

#103The new-resident welcome

#104The community needs survey

#105The ‘church near me’ Q&A pack

The Pastoral Workload Prompts 106–120

#106The 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.”

#107The quarterly refresh

#108The crisis card

#109The counseling-request reply

#110The visitation week planner

#111The visitation frames set

#112The weekly admin batch

#113The office-hours perimeter

#114The day-off auto-reply

#115The delegation brief

#116The associate handoff

#117The email triage

#118The only-you sort

#119The end-of-week brain dump

#120The Sabbath audit

Outreach & Growth Prompts 121–145

#121The 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.”

#122The connect-card responses

#123The second-visit note

#124The visitor feedback ask

#125The social calendar month

#126The clip selector

#127The partnership letter

#128The partnership follow-through

#129The serve-day kit

#130The midweek word

#131The pull-quote check

#132Stream & podcast descriptions

#133The 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.”

#134The invite card

#135The holiday services grid

#136The member’s invite text

#137The small-group promo

#138The leader recruiting note

#139The ministry fair kit

#140The ministry one-pager

#141The VBS/camp promo

#142The recap post

#143The story assist

#144The new-here page

#145The outreach hour

Admin & Momentum Prompts 146–150

#146The 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.”

#147The Sunday run sheet

#148The quarterly ministry review

#149The year planner

#150The edition-one graduation