train church staff to review AI drafts

Train staff to review Collie drafts

Collie is strongest when staff know what they are approving. A short review habit keeps AI-assisted ministry work accurate, warm, and accountable.

Quick answer

Train church staff to review AI drafts by checking the source, recipient, tone, guardrails, and Pending action before approving anything that leaves Collie.

Steps

1. Teach the five checks: Ask staff to review source, facts, tone, recipient, and channel before approving a draft.
2. Review refused categories: Make sure staff can name what Collie should refuse: sermon generation, counseling content, specific children summaries, finance writes, and auto-sends.
3. Practice on one draft: Use a sample visitor follow-up or announcement and have staff mark what they would edit before approval.
4. Use Pending as the shared queue: Keep approvals visible in Pending so work is not scattered across private chats or personal notes.
5. Escalate unclear drafts: When a draft touches sensitive context, unclear facts, or pastoral judgment, discard it or ask the responsible pastor to review.

Details

The five-check review habit

A simple review pattern helps staff move quickly without treating AI output as final.

Source: did the draft use approved context?
Facts: are dates, names, and next steps correct?
Tone: does it sound like the church?
Recipient: is the right person or group selected?
Channel: should this be email, call, social, or no action?

When not to approve

A staff member should stop the workflow when the draft crosses a ministry boundary or feels uncertain.

The draft references counseling or crisis content.
The draft guesses at a person’s spiritual condition.
The draft includes personal data about a specific child.
The draft would send or publish something without the right owner.