AI to Answer Church Giving and Tithing Questions

AskMyChurch answers giving and tithing questions from your own published content and routes people to your existing giving platform — without replacing it.

The question nobody wants to field on a Sunday morning

"Where does the offering actually go?" "How do I set up recurring giving?" "Is there a fund for the building project specifically?"

These are real questions, and they come in at every hour — Sunday night, Tuesday afternoon, the week before year-end taxes. Right now, they either go unanswered until Monday or land in a staff inbox that already has sixty other things in it.

AskMyChurch answers them. Not from a generic knowledge base. From your church's own published content: your website, your stewardship pages, your giving FAQs, your pastor's sermons on generosity. If you have explained it somewhere on your site, the assistant can surface it — cited, in your words, with a link back to the source.

What this looks like in practice

A member opens your website at 10 p.m. and types: "Can I designate a gift to the missions fund?" The assistant checks your published content, finds that your site explains the missions fund and how to designate a gift through your giving platform, and returns that answer with the source link. It does not attempt to process the gift. It points the person to the right place.

That handoff matters. AskMyChurch is built to complement your existing giving platform — Pushpay, Tithe.ly, Planning Center Giving, or whatever you use. It does not replace it. It handles the question that comes before the transaction: what can I give to, how does it work, what is this church's actual teaching on tithing. When someone is ready to give, the assistant directs them to your platform.

Grounded in your content, not general church doctrine

Tithing and generosity look different across traditions and congregations. Some churches tithe off gross, some off net, some frame generosity differently than a ten-percent rule. AskMyChurch does not ship a built-in theology of money.

It answers from what your pastor has actually said. If your sermon archive has a series on stewardship, that teaching becomes part of the index. A question about tithing gets answered in your pastor's own words, linked to the exact moment in the message. If the question goes beyond what your church has published, the assistant says so — and offers to connect the person with someone on your team.

This is not a workaround. It is the design. The assistant cannot speak for your pastor on things your pastor has not addressed.

Crisis check, every time

This may seem unrelated to giving, but it is not. Financial stress is real, and giving platforms sometimes surface it. Every message through AskMyChurch runs a hard-coded check before any AI responds. If a message signals acute distress — in English or Spanish — it routes immediately to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741), and your church's own care team. The AI never attempts a pastoral or clinical response.

What it costs and how long it takes

Three plans, sized by weekend attendance: $99/month under 500, $249/month from 500 to 2,000, $500/month for 2,000 or more or multi-campus. Every plan includes the full assistant and the Canon layer — no giving-specific add-on, no feature gating.

Setup is a link or a QR code. No IT project, no integration required. Point it at your giving page and your sermon library and it builds the index. Works with WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Shopify, Framer, Google Tag Manager, and most other platforms. Live in about 30 minutes.

Founding churches get free setup and a price lock for 12 months.

Built by Vision Genesis in Knoxville, Tennessee — learn more about AskMyChurch.

Frequently asked

Will AskMyChurch process donations or connect to our giving platform?

No. AskMyChurch answers questions about giving — what funds exist, how to designate a gift, what your church teaches about generosity — and then directs people to your existing giving platform to complete the transaction. It does not process payments or integrate with giving software.

What if a member asks something about tithing that our church has not addressed publicly?

The assistant says it does not have that information and offers to connect the person with someone on your team. It will not invent doctrine or speculate about your pastor's position. If the answer is not in your published content, it does not give one.

Can it answer giving questions in Spanish?

Yes. AskMyChurch auto-detects the language of the question and replies in kind. The crisis check also runs in both English and Spanish before any AI response is sent.

Do we need a separate plan or add-on to include giving FAQs?

No. Every plan includes the full assistant. You add your giving pages and stewardship content to the index the same way you add any other content from your site.