How We Evaluate Your Preaching
Every message you upload gets a real debrief — not a grade, but specific, actionable feedback grounded in what you actually said. We listen to your sermon and evaluate you across four pillars.
Clarity
Can your audience follow you?
What we listen for
Whether your main point comes through clearly, how well your message is structured from opening to close, how often filler words break your flow, and whether hedging language undermines your authority. We identify the exact moments where clarity shines or slips — with specific quotes from your transcript.
Why it matters
If people can't follow you, the most important truth in the world won't land. Clarity isn't about dumbing things down — it's about making sure your one clear message reaches every seat in the room.
Your score bands
Connection
Are you reaching your audience?
What we listen for
How often you ask questions that invite your audience to think, whether you use personal stories that create vulnerability and trust, how frequently you speak directly to your listeners with "you" and "your," and what your highlighted moments reveal about your overall engagement pattern.
Why it matters
Great preaching isn't a lecture — it's a conversation. Connection is how your words reach hearts, not just ears. When your audience feels spoken to rather than spoken at, everything else you say carries more weight.
Your score bands
Conviction
Do you believe what you're saying?
What we listen for
How often you reinforce your main point throughout the message, whether your opening creates momentum, how much hedging language ("I think maybe," "sort of") dilutes your authority, whether your pauses are strategic or uncertain, and what your strongest moments of conviction look like in the transcript. (Hedging affects both your clarity and your conviction — it muddles your message and undercuts your authority at the same time.)
Why it matters
Your audience will never be more convinced than you are. Conviction isn't about volume — it's about the quiet confidence that comes from standing behind your words. When you speak with authority, people lean in.
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Call
What should they do about it?
What we listen for
Whether your message ends with a clear call to action, what kind of response you invite — practical steps, personal reflection, a commitment, a challenge — how specific and actionable your ask is, and whether your closing tone is invitational rather than passive or pressuring.
Why it matters
A message without a clear next step is just information. Your audience needs to know what to do with what they just heard. The call turns inspiration into transformation.
Your score bands
More than a score
Every pillar score is backed by specific highlighted moments — exact quotes from your message with observations about what worked and what to try differently. You'll get actionable recommendations with practice exercises and a weekly focus area to work on. This isn't a rubric. It's the kind of honest, specific debrief you'd get from a mentor who just listened to your entire message.
How scoring works
Each pillar is scored from multiple factors — and the weight of those factors shifts based on who you're speaking to and where. A youth group message to teenagers emphasizes different things than a Sunday morning sermon to adults.
Strong · 85+
Consistently effective
Developing · 65–84
Building momentum
Needs Focus · Below 65
Priority area
Your overall score
A weighted average of all four pillars — adjusted based on your audience and context. It's the big-picture view of how your message landed.
Personalized to your context
Your feedback is shaped by how you preach and who you're preaching to. A youth group message to teenagers and a small group study for seniors are evaluated with different priorities — because what makes communication effective changes with every audience and setting.
Message type matters too. A sermon is evaluated differently than a teaching or a talk — a sermon might ask "would this still carry power if delivered quietly?" while a teaching asks "could someone summarize this in 2–3 sentences?" When you upload, you tell us the type, style, audience, and age range. We calibrate the coaching feedback and the scoring to match.