# Exegete

> Exegete (exegete.church) is a free, independent directory of 103 real, sourced ways pastors and churches use AI for study, research, admin, care and accessibility. Research-only: AI helps with study; Exegete does not list or recommend AI that writes sermons or manuscripts. Every entry links to a public source.

Each entry page (/u/...) gives a one-paragraph summary and the original source link. Guides (/best/...) open with a short direct answer, then a ranked list drawn only from directory entries, and an FAQ. Sponsored placements are always labeled and are never ranked.

## Answer pages

- [Free church management software](https://exegete.church/best/free-church-management-software): Free and low-cost church management systems for people, groups and giving, plus real ways churches use AI on top of them.
- [Church livestream tools](https://exegete.church/best/church-livestream-tools): Streaming software, church-focused platforms and captioning options for livestreaming a service, with real examples of AI clips and captions.
- [Sermon research and study tools](https://exegete.church/best/sermon-research-tools): Research and study tools for sermon preparation: original languages, commentaries, background and cited research. We do not list sermon-writing generators.
- [Bible study AI tools](https://exegete.church/best/bible-study-ai-tools): AI and study tools for Bible study: original-language word studies, cross-references, background and answers cited to your own sources.
- [Church admin AI tools](https://exegete.church/best/church-admin-ai-tools): AI tools for church office work: plain-English database lookups, meeting notes, email summaries and routine questions, with people kept in charge.
- [Church translation and captioning tools](https://exegete.church/best/church-translation-captioning-tools): Live captions and translation for church services: phone translation by QR code, ProPresenter captions, livestream captions and multilingual events.
- [AI for small groups](https://exegete.church/best/ai-for-small-groups): How small group leaders use AI to prepare discussion questions from teaching already given, send recaps and keep track of prayer requests.
- [AI tools for pastoral care follow-up](https://exegete.church/best/ai-pastoral-care-follow-up): How churches use AI to route prayer and care needs, keep guest follow-up from slipping, and keep sensitive conversations with people.
- [Best AI for Greek word studies](https://exegete.church/best/best-ai-for-greek-word-studies): The best AI setups for New Testament Greek word studies: AI to find range and usage, a free lexicon to verify it.
- [Best AI for Hebrew Bible study](https://exegete.church/best/best-ai-for-hebrew-bible-study): The best AI and study tools for Biblical Hebrew: word studies checked against free lexicons, and help seeing structure in Hebrew poetry.
- [Best AI for church history research](https://exegete.church/best/best-ai-for-church-history-research): AI tools for researching church history and historical background: cited research reports, academic search, foreign-language reading and old handwriting.
- [Best AI for searching commentaries](https://exegete.church/best/best-ai-for-commentary-search): The best AI tools for searching your commentaries: cited answers from your own library and notebooks that answer only from what you upload.
- [Best AI for sermon illustration research](https://exegete.church/best/best-ai-for-sermon-illustration-research): How to use AI to research and verify illustrations, stories and statistics for teaching, without letting AI write the sermon.
- [Best AI for small group study prep](https://exegete.church/best/best-ai-for-small-group-study-prep): The best AI uses for small group leaders: discussion questions from teaching already given, recap emails and private prayer tracking.
- [Best AI for theological reading](https://exegete.church/best/best-ai-for-theological-reading): AI tools that help you read more theology and scholarship: questions while you read, summary cards, listening and article triage.
- [Free AI Bible study tools](https://exegete.church/best/free-ai-bible-study-tools): Free tools for Bible study with AI: free lexicons and concordances, translation comparison, a free lexicon connection for AI assistants, and free reading aids.

## Categories

- [Accessibility & translation](https://exegete.church/c/accessibility-and-translation): Live captions and translation so the hard of hearing and speakers of other languages can follow the service.
- [Admin](https://exegete.church/c/admin): Office and operations uses: answering routine questions, finding records and handling follow-up so staff have more time for people.
- [Bible translation & missions](https://exegete.church/c/bible-translation-and-missions): How translation teams use AI drafting to speed up Scripture translation under human review.
- [Care & follow-up](https://exegete.church/c/care-and-follow-up): Follow-up and care routing that gets needs to the right person quickly, with sensitive conversations kept with humans.
- [Communications](https://exegete.church/c/communications): Everyday church communication help: emails, announcements and visuals, written and checked by people.
- [Ethics & policy](https://exegete.church/c/ethics-and-policy): Research, surveys and essays on where AI belongs in ministry and where it does not, to help a church set its own guardrails.
- [Giving](https://exegete.church/c/giving): AI-driven giving insights, with notes on which claims to check against your own numbers.
- [Kids & youth](https://exegete.church/c/kids-and-youth): Lesson-planning help for children's and youth leaders, always reviewed by a teacher before it reaches a classroom.
- [Media](https://exegete.church/c/media): Tools that turn a recorded service into captioned clips and short resources for people who could not attend.
- [Repurposed](https://exegete.church/c/repurposed): Proven AI uses from research, business, education and media that a pastor can borrow for study, leadership, care, communication, delivery, admin, time, team, learning and health. Each entry notes how a pastor would apply it.
- [Sermon research](https://exegete.church/c/sermon-research): Ways pastors use AI to research a passage: background, original languages, commentaries and cross-references. AI gathers and organizes; the preacher studies, verifies and writes.
- [Small groups](https://exegete.church/c/small-groups): Uses of AI that help groups prepare better questions and discussion from teaching that has already been given.

## Key pages

- [Directory home](https://exegete.church/): searchable list of every entry
- [Recently added](https://exegete.church/new): newest entries with dates added (RSS: https://exegete.church/new/feed.xml)
- [Tools directory](https://exegete.church/tools): study, admin, media, translation and care tools
- [Guides index](https://exegete.church/best)
- [About and policy](https://exegete.church/about): the research-only rule
- [Daily 5](https://exegete.church/daily5): free weekday email

## Optional

- [Full entry list](https://exegete.church/llms-full.txt): every entry as one plain line
- [Data (JSON)](https://exegete.church/data.json)
- [Sponsor](https://exegete.church/sponsor): one labeled weekly slot