AI and the Pulpit
How to use AI in sermon prep without losing the sermon.
A free 60-minute Zoom for pastors, seminary students, and ministry leaders. Live demo of the Socratic approach, 15 minutes of Q&A, and a clear framework you can take to your next session.
60 minutes. One honest conversation about AI and preaching.
The sermon I didn't write
How I preached a technically correct sermon during a manic episode — and what I felt at the pulpit. Why I built SermonCoach.
Generators vs. coaches
The two kinds of AI tools and why it matters which one you're using. How to tell the difference in 30 seconds.
The methodology
How Socratic questioning maps onto Lowry, Robinson, and Stanley. Why the coach cannot let you skip a step.
Live demo
Screen share: a real coaching session on Luke 15. Watch a thin answer get rejected. Watch a draft emerge from the preacher's own language.
Four rules for ethical use
A framework you can take to your next session. Ends with the one test that covers everything.
Q&A
15 minutes for the hard questions — theological alignment, time pressure, and "is this just ChatGPT with extra steps?"
After the webinar
Available for purchase after the live event — watch on your own time or share with your preaching team.
Book a session with Matt to work through a specific sermon or AI-in-ministry question. Limited spots.
Try the full Socratic coaching tool free — your first three sermons are on us, no card required.
Who this is for
- Pastors who are already using AI and feel something is off
- Pastors who won't use AI because they don't trust it yet
- Seminary students developing their preaching practice
- Preaching professors thinking through AI with their students
- Ministry leaders drafting a church policy on AI
Rev. Matthew Headley
12 years in the pulpit · Builder of SermonCoach
I spent 12 years in ministry before a bipolar diagnosis, a farm sale, and a hospitalization put me in my parents’ camper for a month. SermonCoach came out of that season — and out of preaching a sermon I didn’t fully write, standing at the pulpit knowing something was off. This webinar is the honest version of what I learned.
Free to attend. Date announced by email.