AskMyChurch's Canon layer finds the exact sermon moment, cites the source, and answers in the pastor's own words — included in every plan.
Most church websites have a sermon archive. A visitor lands on it, sees a hundred titles, and has no idea which one answers the question they came with. They type something into the search bar, get a list of results sorted by date, and give up.
Canon — the sermon layer built into every AskMyChurch plan — works differently. A person asks a real question: *What does our pastor say about forgiveness?* The assistant searches the indexed sermon library, surfaces the relevant passage, answers in the pastor's own words, and links directly to the exact moment in that message. Not a page. Not a title. The moment.
That link is part of the answer, not a footnote.
Point AskMyChurch at the church's sermon library — YouTube channel, podcast feed, or uploaded PDFs — and it builds the index. No IT project. No developer. The setup takes about 30 minutes, and the sermon archive is searchable from the first day.
The assistant re-checks every answer against the indexed content before it sends. If the answer is not in the church's sermons or website, it says so. It does not pull from the open internet. It will not quote a theologian the pastor has never cited or put words in his mouth that are not in the record.
That is not a prompt instruction. It is how the system is built.
AskMyChurch builds the Canon from the church's own published content:
Private member data, internal communications, and anything not published by the church stays out. The boundary is the church's own public canon.
A seeker who found the church online at 11 PM on a Tuesday is not going to call the office. But they might type a question. If the answer comes back in the pastor's voice — with a link to the message where he said it — that is a cited answer, not a list of links or a dead search page.
For members, it means they can actually find that message from three years ago about anxiety, or the series on marriage, without scrolling through a full archive.
Before any sermon search runs, AskMyChurch checks every incoming message for acute distress signals. In English or Spanish. If a message signals a crisis, it routes to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741), and the church's own care team. The AI does not attempt a pastoral or clinical response in a crisis. This check runs first, every time, and cannot be turned off.
Every plan includes Canon — the sermon search layer is not an add-on.
| Plan | Monthly | Congregation size |
|---|---|---|
| Base | $99 | Under 500 weekend attendance |
| Growth | $249 | 500 to 2,000 |
| Premium | $500 | 2,000+ or multi-campus |
Founding churches receive free setup and a price lock for 12 months. Billed monthly.
There is no feature tier that excludes sermon search. You pick by congregation size.
AskMyChurch is built by Vision Genesis in Knoxville, Tennessee. See a live demo at askmy.church.
Yes. AskMyChurch indexes your existing sermon library — YouTube channel, podcast feed, or uploaded audio and PDFs. No migration or rebuild required. The index builds during setup, which takes about 30 minutes.
No. The assistant is grounded only in your church's published content. If the answer is not in that content, it says so and offers to connect the person with a real staff member. It does not draw from the open internet.
Canon is included in every plan — Base, Growth, and Premium. You choose a plan based on congregation size, not based on which features you want.
A hard-coded check runs before any AI response. If the message signals acute distress in English or Spanish, the assistant routes to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741), and your church's own care team. The AI does not counsel.
Updated 2026-06-26 · AskMyChurch by Vision Genesis · Knoxville, TN
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