Pastoral Caregiving Assistant (PCGA)

PCGA is designed so that a typical response includes:

• A brief acknowledgment of your concern, without pretending to understand more than you have shared.
• One or more practical pastoral-care observations or next steps.
• Relevant Bible passages, explained briefly in relation to your concern rather than simply listed.
• A suggested prayer that you may adapt.
• A recommendation to involve a pastor, trusted caregiver, physician, counselor or emergency service when that is appropriate.

PCGA was developed to provide a pathway to greater scriptural and spiritual comfort and help. It was designed with three kinds of people and situations in mind.

• Your own walk with Christ

  For the Christian who wants Scripture, suggestions and prayer ideas to apply in their personal life.

• One-another caring

  For the Christian meeting with someone for caregiving, discipling, or looking at the Scriptures as a basis for continued growth.

• Pastors and caregivers

  For the caregiver or pastor helping those they minister to with resources for continued Christian growth. When you are not sure what to say next in a conversation, PCGA offers a number of suggestions.

If you are a pastor or ministry leader and would like to talk with Brent about PCGA for your church or organization, please contact us.

PCGA is designed to take you beyond a basic Scripture search and begin a discovery process.

1. Ask a question

   Describe, in your own words, what you or the person you are caring for are facing.

2. Receive Scripture and suggestions

   Responses bring Scripture together with suggestions and options to follow up on in your own life.

3. Pray

   Responses usually close with a suggested prayer for your situation. Pray it as it is, or use it as a springboard for your own prayers.

Ask one question and get what you need for that moment, or carry on a series of questions and answers. PCGA works best alongside the people who know and care for you, not in place of them.

PCGA can help you reflect, read Scripture and pray, but it has real limits.

• It does not provide medical, psychological, psychiatric, legal or emergency diagnosis, treatment or professional advice.
• It does not replace a pastor, physician, counselor, therapist or other qualified professional.
• It is an AI tool, not a person. It knows only what you tell it, and it is not a spiritual authority.
• It may make mistakes, including incomplete or inaccurate information.

You remain responsible for how you use what PCGA suggests. Weigh its responses carefully, including their consistency with Scripture and your Christian convictions, and seek appropriate human help when you need it.

PCGA is meant as one part of the many ways we build deeper relationships with Christ, alongside caregiving and personal study.

PCGA is for adults 18 and older.

A young person under 18 may take part only together with a parent or legal guardian. The parent or guardian must be present for the whole conversation and takes responsibility for it. A young person under 18 may not use PCGA alone.

Here is a short summary. The Privacy Notice gives the full details.

• PCGA runs on a platform provided to Care Resources International by a technology partner. Your messages, PCGA’s replies and the web page where you used PCGA are processed and stored on that platform.
• To write replies and to translate and organize conversations, your messages are sent to AI service providers.
• Authorized members of our team, and staff of the company that runs the platform, can read conversations for support, review and safety.
• If you give PCGA your name with an email address or phone number, they are saved and sent to our team together with an AI-written summary of your conversation.
• PCGA remembers your conversation in this browser, so anyone who uses the same browser and device may be able to see it.
• Conversations are kept until they are deleted. You can delete a conversation from the PCGA menu. The Privacy Notice explains what deleting removes and what may remain for a time.

Do not enter information that you do not want processed or stored. When you describe someone else’s situation, leave out their name and other details that would identify them.

PCGA is not an emergency or crisis service. If you or another person may be in immediate danger, may harm yourself or someone else, or needs urgent medical or mental-health assistance, call emergency services in your location. In the United States, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Do not wait for a PCGA response.