A pastor who builds AI

Use AI with wisdom, not fear.

I am John Moelker. I spent fifteen years as a software engineer and the last fifteen in pastoral ministry, and I build AI for a living. I help Christians use these new tools with a clear conscience, as a bridge to people and to God, never a replacement for either.

John Moelker
Engineer for fifteen years. Pastor for fifteen. Still both.

The free guide

40 ChatGPT prompts every Christian should try

A short, practical guide to using AI for the things that matter, with the guardrails built in. You will see where AI genuinely helps your faith, and the lines it should never cross.

  • Ready-to-paste prompts for Bible study, prayer, parenting, work, and the hard questions
  • The one habit that keeps AI from leading you astray, because it invents Bible verses, confidently
  • Where to let the tool help, and where to close the laptop and pray
  • Written by someone who builds these systems and pastors real people

My story

Fifteen years building software. Fifteen years with people.

For fifteen years I was a software engineer. Then I spent fifteen years as a pastor, and I am one still. These days I build AI products, which puts me in a strange and useful place.

I know how these machines actually work, because I build them. And I know what people actually need, because I have sat with them in hospital rooms and at gravesides. This is where those two worlds meet. No hype. No fear. Just honest help for following Jesus in the age of intelligent machines.

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What I believe

AI is a bridge to people, never a replacement for them.

It can hand you to a real pastor. It cannot be your pastor. It can point you to Scripture. It cannot be the Word. It can help you find your people. It cannot be the body of Christ. Everything I build and everything I teach runs on that one line.

Coming soon

Wise in the Age of AI

A growing library of courses to help Christians, families, and churches use AI with discernment. The first one answers the question underneath all the others: should we even use this? Join the list and you will be the first to know when the doors open.

Articles

Answering the questions Christians ask about AI

Is it a sin to use AI? Is it the mark of the beast? Can AI pray? Clear, calm, biblically serious answers, from a pastor who builds AI.

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New videos every week.

Honest, sometimes funny, always grounded. Find me where you already watch.