Updated October 2026
The AFC AI Toolbelt
The 59 AI tools AI For Christians actually uses to run the ministry: research, writing, images, music, video, agents, and the business side. No paid rankings. Just what’s in our belt and how we use each one.
“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.” Colossians 3:23 (KJV)
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AI Assistants & Research
Perplexity AI
How we use it: Research and general questions, with sources
Research with real-time web citations
Affiliate linkClaude (Anthropic)
How we use it: Coding, writing, and role-play practice
Writing, long documents, general assistant
ChatGPT (OpenAI)
How we use it: Brainstorming and images
General drafting, agents, everyday AI
Gemini (Google)
How we use it: Research and images
Research, Google Workspace, images and video
NotebookLM
How we use it: Learning and video overviews from our sources
Research notebooks from your sources
Microsoft Copilot
How we use it: Brainstorming and general questions
Microsoft's AI assistant
Qwen (Alibaba)
How we use it: Long conversations, long projects, and images
Multilingual open model: reasoning, vision, coding
Pi (Inflection)
How we use it: Friendly conversation and a personal AI journal
Conversational AI assistant
Grok (xAI)
How we use it: Images, video, conversation, and writing
Real-time news aggregation and conversation
DeepSeek
How we use it: Prompting and reasoning
Open reasoning model: code, math, logic
Poe
How we use it: Hosting our chatbots
Multi-model chat hub
Zi.ai
How we use it: Comparing LLMs with different training
AI research and assistant tool
Muse (Meta)
How we use it: Personal assistant
Meta's personal AI (Muse Spark)
Perplexity Comet Browser
How we use it: Research assistant that sees the page you are on
AI browser
Genspark
How we use it: Slide shows and research
Autonomous AI search agent
Affiliate linkGrammarly
How we use it: Spell check and polish
Writing polish, clarity, tone
Images & Design
Leonardo.ai
How we use it: Images
AI image generation
Ideogram
How we use it: Images with clean text
Image generation with precise text/typography
Playground AI
How we use it: Images
Image generation and editing
Bing Image Creator
How we use it: Images
Image generation
Magnific AI
How we use it: Image upscaling
AI image upscaler and detail enhancer
Gamma App
How we use it: Slide shows
AI presentations and slide decks
Video, Voice & Music
Suno AI
How we use it: Song creation
AI music and song creation
ElevenLabs
How we use it: Voice-overs
Text-to-speech, voice cloning, audio
Affiliate linkHeyGen
How we use it: Avatar videos and voice-overs
AI avatar video generation and translation
Kling AI
How we use it: Video
Video generation and video-to-video editing
Higgsfield
How we use it: Video (Seedance)
AI video generation
Google Flow (Labs)
How we use it: Images, video, and keeping projects together
Google's AI filmmaking studio
Pika Labs
How we use it: Images and motion
AI video generation and motion graphics
Hedra AI
How we use it: Video
Character video generation
Vidful.ai
How we use it: Video
AI video
Vidnoz AI
How we use it: Video
AI video and avatars
Lumen5
How we use it: Teaching videos
Video creation from text
LipSync AI
How we use it: Lip-sync video
Lip-sync video
AI Agents: Our Worker Bees
Manus
How we use it: Worker bee: short one-off projects
Autonomous task execution agent
MuleRun
How we use it: Worker bee: short one-off projects
Workflow automation platform
MiniMax Agent
How we use it: Worker bee: short one-off projects
Agentic task execution
Helena (Enrich Labs)
How we use it: Marketing agent
AI marketing agent
Affiliate linkIrisGo
How we use it: Organizing the downloads folder
File cleanup and organizing
Skip
How we use it: Keeping assets in one place
AI cofounder, grants, and a free AI business agent
Affiliate linkJack and Jill
How we use it: Help find jobs
AI job-search / career tool
Affiliate linkHark
How we use it: Personal AI agent that builds and runs tasks
Personal AI agent on web, iOS, and Android
Running the Ministry
tawk.to
How we use it: Website chatbot (Prayer Guide)
Website live chat
HubSpot Free CRM
How we use it: Contact management (CRM)
Free CRM
Klaviyo
How we use it: Email newsletter and signups
Email marketing and newsletter
Airtable
How we use it: Keeping records
Database and spreadsheets
Google Docs
How we use it: Communication between our AI agents
Shared documents
Google Sheets
How we use it: Spreadsheets and tracking
Spreadsheets
WordPress
How we use it: Website, blog, pages
Website and blog platform
GoDaddy
How we use it: Domains, hosting
Domain registrar + hosting
Cloudflare
How we use it: Hosting or staging
Hosting and site security
ClickUp
How we use it: Task management
Projects and tasks
Zoho Mail
How we use it: Business email
Professional business email
Stripe
How we use it: Payments
Online payments and checkout
PayPal
How we use it: Payments and invoicing
Payment processing / invoicing
Formspree
How we use it: Website forms
Website form backend
Linktree
How we use it: Link-in-bio hub
Public links page
Buffer
How we use it: Social media scheduling
Social media scheduler
ManyChat
How we use it: Comment and dm automation
Chat automation
How We Use AI the Spirit-Led Way
- AI is a tool, never the final authority. Scripture is.
- Test every answer against the Bible, like the Bereans did (Acts 17:11).
- Pray first, then prompt. Let the Holy Spirit lead the work.
- Use AI to serve people faster, not to replace real relationship and community.
New to AI? Start with Getting Started, or build your own Scripture-first assistant with our Bible GPT guide.
Want Help Picking the Right Tools?
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Click any tool to go straight to it. Tools and prices change fast; this list was reviewed in October 2026.