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A digital welcome desk
on your church's page

Like a greeter at the welcome desk — always on. The Welcome Assistant answers visitors' questions from your church's own website, takes them straight to what they need (service times, kids, giving, groups), and hands off to a real person anytime. You stay in control — and you see what people keep asking.

Preview it with your church website

Enter your website so the demo has real church info — then see how the assistant would work on a Preachly page.

Uses your website for demo knowledge. Nothing saved.

Answers 24/7
It reads your site and replies in your church’s voice — even the questions people are nervous to ask a human.
Takes them there
Not just an answer — it opens the exact page (small groups, giving, beliefs) right inside your church page.
You get insight
See the top things visitors ask about — a quiet read on what your community is looking for.

A guide for every visitor — without a volunteer for every visitor

Churches put greeters and volunteers at the welcome desk in the lobby to answer questions and point guests to the right ministry. But you can't put a person next to every visitor. The Welcome Assistant does that same job — on your page, 24/7, for everyone. A first-time guest who would never walk up to a stranger will quietly ask a chat, tell it exactly what they're looking for, and get taken right there — and it tells you what your community keeps asking for.

Set up in minutes

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Point it at your church website so it learns your ministries and pages.
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Add the Welcome Assistant to any of your Preachly pages.
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It welcomes visitors, guides them, and quietly reports what they ask.
$19/mo

An add-on for any Solo or Team plan.

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Already on Preachly.io? Add it from your dashboard.
Answers in your church’s voice
Opens the right page automatically
Shows you what people ask

Questions churches ask

What is the Welcome Assistant?

The Welcome Assistant is an AI chat guide that lives on a church's Preachly.io page — a friendly guide for every visitor, always on. It reads the church's own website and, when a visitor asks a question, takes them straight to the exact page they need — service times, kids check-in, how to give, small groups, beliefs, or how to plan a visit — and can hand them off to a real person by email. It also shows the church, in aggregate, what visitors keep asking about.

How can a church help first-time visitors find their next step?

Many churches station volunteers at a 'next steps' or 'welcome' table in the lobby to answer questions and point guests to the right ministry. The Welcome Assistant does that same job on the church's page — 24/7, for every visitor, and without anyone having to walk up to a stranger. A first-time guest who would never approach a table will quietly ask a chat, and it takes them right to what they're looking for.

Can AI answer church visitors’ questions on a website?

Yes. The Welcome Assistant is grounded in the church's own website — it only answers from the church's real pages, so it doesn't make things up. It answers common questions (service times, location, kids, giving, groups, what the church believes) and opens the relevant page for the visitor. For anything personal or pastoral, it warmly hands off to a real person at the church instead of guessing.

How is the Welcome Assistant different from a normal website chatbot?

A generic chatbot just replies with text. The Welcome Assistant actually takes the visitor to the exact page — opening it right inside the church's page so they never leave — answers only from the church's real site (no hallucinating), hands off to a person for anything pastoral, and quietly reports to the church what visitors keep asking so leaders can see what their community is looking for.

How much does the Welcome Assistant cost?

The Welcome Assistant is a $19/month add-on for any Preachly.io Solo or Team plan. You can preview it using your church website as the knowledge source before adding it to your Preachly pages.