Key Takeaways
- A Colorado company, Gloo, is providing a platform with AI technology to strengthen ministry work and help reach a larger audience.
- One City Church in Littleton has been utilizing Gloo for about a year, and the pastor says it’s helped them in many ways, including creating content and connecting with the congregation.
- The AI tool can create bible studies, kid’s ministry content, and devotionals, and can also help pastors prepare sermons.
- Gloo’s AI technology is used by over 140,000 churches, ministries, nonprofits, and rescue missions, and the company went public in late 2025.
- The company aims to shape technology for good and serve those who serve, while also addressing concerns about the safe and responsible use of AI.
Introduction to AI in Churches
Artificial intelligence is transforming many spaces, including churches. A Colorado company, Gloo, is providing a platform with AI technology to strengthen ministry work and help reach a larger audience. As Co-Pastor Jessie Davis of One City Church in Littleton notes, "Their AI tool, it can do everything from creating bible studies, to creating content for our kid’s ministry, based on a sermon that we’ve already given." This technology is helping churches like One City Church to better connect with their congregation and serve their community more effectively.
Gloo’s AI Technology
Gloo’s AI technology is designed to help churches and nonprofits serve their community more effectively. According to Rebecca Kelly, the chief growth officer at Gloo, "Any pastor who’s preparing a sermon is doing a great deal of studying around the topic that they’re going to present on, and it is way more efficient to leverage AI to help you do that." The AI tool can create a range of content, including bible studies, kid’s ministry content, and devotionals. For example, Co-Pastor Jessie Davis can upload her sermon’s transcript and turn it into more tools and content for the congregation, such as a five-day devotional. As Davis notes, "Here, I can say, ‘immeasurably more devotional,’ and it’ll create a five-day devotional for me. Then, I can upload this to our website. I can go in and change some of the language, and I can edit it."
The Impact of AI on Churches
The use of AI technology is having a significant impact on churches like One City Church. According to Co-Pastor Jessie Davis, "I would say that it has helped our church grow by just marketing in general to our community and letting people know that we’re here." The AI tool is also helping the church to communicate more effectively with its congregation. As Davis notes, "When people are moving into the neighborhood and into our community, we use it as a way to easily mail or communicate with them." Additionally, the AI technology is saving the church staff time, allowing them to focus on serving the community and connecting with people.
Gloo’s Mission and Values
Gloo’s mission is to shape technology for good and serve those who serve. As Rebecca Kelly notes, "We believe that it is part of our role and the faith and flourishing ecosystems role to ensure that AI is shaped as a technology for good." The company is working to address concerns about the safe and responsible use of AI, and to provide tools and resources to help churches and nonprofits use AI with confidence. As Kelly notes, "We are working very diligently to enable pastors, leaders, business owners to leverage AI with the full confidence that they are going to gain efficiency, that they are going to do their jobs faster and easier, but also using it in a way that is aligned with their faith and with their values."
The Future of AI in Churches
The use of AI technology in churches is likely to continue to grow and evolve in the coming years. As Rebecca Kelly notes, "We can all think of AI as a tool to make us more efficient, to save us time, but in any context, to help us focus on the things that only humans can do, which are make value judgments, actually connect with people, help people." Gloo’s AI technology is already being used by over 140,000 churches, ministries, nonprofits, and rescue missions, and the company went public in late 2025. As the use of AI technology continues to grow, it is likely that we will see more innovative and effective ways for churches to use AI to serve their communities and connect with their congregations.
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