Grow Your Pastoral Care Skills with AI-Guided Assessment

The Center for Lay Chaplaincy Evaluation Agent provides immersive, voice-based assessments that help you develop and measure your spiritual care competencies.

Currently speaking with

Sarah

at the airport terminal

How It Works

A structured 4-phase evaluation designed to assess and develop your pastoral care competencies

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1

Onboarding

Quick profile setup and microphone test to prepare for your evaluation

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2

The Encounter

20+ minute voice conversation with an AI parishioner in a realistic scenario

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3

Reflection

Guided Grounded Theory exercise to process and learn from the experience

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4

Report

Receive detailed, strengths-based feedback with competency scores

Competencies We Assess

Based on the CFLC Training Manual (Sessions 1-12), we evaluate core skills essential for effective lay chaplaincy.

Emotional Literacy

Distinguishing stress vs. overwhelm, empathy vs. pity

Listening Skills (STAY)

Safety, Tracing, Attunement, Yielding

Compassionate Inquiry

Asking questions that invite exploration

Perspective Taking

Adopting the other's first-person POV

Spiritual Care Practice

Non-anxious presence, witnessing vs. fixing

Sample Score Report

Listening SkillsLevel 4/5
Spiritual CareLevel 4/5
Emotional LiteracyLevel 3/5
Perspective TakingLevel 3/5

Strength Highlight: You demonstrated exceptional attunement during the conversation, particularly when Sarah shared her uncertainty about her mother's health.

Ready to Assess Your Pastoral Care Skills?

Join other trainees in the Adapted CPE program and receive personalized, AI-powered feedback on your ministry practice.

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