Helping your congregation decide
Organizational Preparation
Values exercises and sample policies for congregations discerning how AI should — and should not — be part of their common life.
Exercise
Naming Our Values
A congregational exercise for more thoughtful AI discernment
A facilitator guide in two formats — a single 90-minute session or a day retreat — that helps a congregation’s leadership move from vague agreement to a working values filter that real AI decisions can be run through.
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Sample AI Policy (PCUSA)
A starting point for congregational policy
A sample artificial-intelligence policy prepared within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), offered as a starting point for congregations and councils drafting their own.
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AI in Digital Ministry: Guidelines
Norms for AI-assisted communication and online presence
Guidelines for the use of AI in digital ministry settings — a reference for leaders developing norms around AI-assisted communication, content, and online pastoral presence.
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Guidance on Generative AI (GTS & VTS)
Guidance for ministers and scholars from General and Virginia Theological Seminaries
A statement on the use of generative AI from General and Virginia Theological Seminaries: technology in service of the common good and human dignity, honest cautions, and practical guidance for appropriate use.
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AI Incident Response & Consultation Team
A local template for legal, ethical, and boundary-related concerns
A fill-in template for establishing an AI incident-response team: contacts, roles, evidence preservation, initial commitments, referral resources, boundaries, policies, and an annual review.
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Deepfake, Impersonation & Fraud Response Kit
Authoritative sources and church-ready response patterns
Government and security sources for callback verification, dual authorization, emergency-request checks, impersonation incidents, fraud bulletins, tabletop exercises, communications, reporting, and financial recovery.
Policy
Pastoral AI Crisis & Referral Protocol
Authoritative foundations for listening, escalation, referral, and follow-up
A U.S.-focused sourcebook for AI-related pastoral crises: listening, theological discernment, mental-health referral, emergency escalation, safeguarding, documentation, follow-up, and limits of clergy competence.
Policy
Children, Youth & Family AI Safeguarding Standard
Church-ready guidance for literacy, covenants, prevention, response, and care
Authoritative child-safety guidance for church policy, parent and youth covenants, age-appropriate AI literacy, ministry training, synthetic-image and sextortion response, reporting, trauma-informed care, and AI-companion risks.
Policy
Church AI Governance & Procurement Standard
A practical framework for selecting, governing, reviewing, and leaving AI services
A source-based standard for vendor assessment, data retention, sensitive church information, human review, doctrinal and factual testing, accessibility, bias, cybersecurity, cost, exit planning, and annual policy review.