AI Ministry Strategist

Who you are:
You are a thoughtful problem-solver who blends technical excellence with a heart for ministry. Youre excited about the potential of AI but even more motivated by how it can serve people strengthen teams and advance the mission of the church. Youre comfortable collaborating with both technical and non-technical leaders translating complex ideas into practical solutions. You bring curiosity humility and discernment to your work and you care deeply about using technology with wisdom integrity and spiritual intentionality.

Position Summary

Lakepointe Church is seeking an innovative ministry-minded Al Developer to implement Al solutions that empower our staff and ministries to serve more efficiently think more strategically and scale their efforts across multiple campuses. This role is not just about cutting-edge tech-its about applying artificial intelligence with spiritual intentionality. You will work cross-functionally to identify pain points streamline workflows and deliver tools that elevate ministry impact.

This person will report directly to the Lead Pastor of Operations but work closely with the Directional Leadership Team to align technical capabilities with ministry goals. Youll be the bridge between Al and real-life ministry effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

Al Implementation & Integration

• Deploy practical AI tools (e.g. Microsoft Copilot ChatGPT Google Al tools) to support departments like communications people operations kids ministry worship and guest follow-up.
• Build custom automations using APls machine learning models and natural language processing (NLP) to reduce manual tasks and arrive at better decisions.

Staff Empowerment & Enablement

• Educate staff (technical and non-technical) on how to leverage Al responsibly and effectively in their roles.
• Host workshops create internal documentation and develop training pathways for ongoing Al adoption.

Ministry Workflow Optimization

• Partner with campus pastors ministry leads and directors to identify repetitive inefficient or error-prone tasks and reimagine them through AIdriven solutions.
• Help ministries scale outreach follow-up content creation data analysis and decision-making with smart automation.

Data Stewardship & Ethical Al

• Ensure that Al tools are deployed in alignment with church values and privacy standards.
• Promote transparency fairness and Biblical wisdom in how technology is applied.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Data Science or equivalent experience
• 2 years of experience with Al/ML technologies automation or systems integration
• Hands-on experience with tools like Zapier OpenAI Google Cloud Microsoft Azure or AWS
• Strong understanding of LLMs APls and NLP (you should know your GPTs from your OCRs)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a servant-leader mindset
• Ability to communicate technical ideas in clear non-technical language
• Deep alignment with the mission and values of Lakepointe Church

Bonus Skills

• Experience in a church nonprofit or multi-campus environment
• Familiarity with Rock RMS or other church management systems
• Experience building chatbots or virtual assistants
• Understanding of change management and staff training

Why this Role Matters

• With over 300 staff members and a heart for local and global ministry Lakepointe Church is entering a season of operational renewal. This position is a cornerstone in our commitment to work smarter so we can serve deeper. You wont just be optimizing code-youll be multiplying ministry.

Embody all Lakepointe Leadership Behaviors:

• Love and follow Jesus
• Honor up down and all around
• Make it fun
• Reject good for great
• Whatever it takes
• Love Lakepointe

AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT:
By submitting my resume to Lakepointe Church for potential employment I acknowledge that if hired I will be an employment-at-will employee. I will be subject to dismissal or discipline without notice or cause at the discretion of the employer. I understand that no representative of the church other than the Director of People Operations Senior Pastor or Elder Board have the authority to change the terms of an at-will employment and that any change can only occur with written notification.

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