Our framework

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, weighed across four pillars.

Pillar 01
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 mark the exact moments where clarity shines or slips, with direct 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
Crystal Clear85+Getting Clearer65–84Losing the ThreadBelow 65
Pillar 02
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
Deeply Connected85+Building Rapport65–84Not LandingBelow 65
Pillar 03
Conviction
Do you believe what you're saying?
What we listen for

How often you reinforce your main point, 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.

Why it matters

Your audience will never be more convinced than you are. Conviction isn't about volume. It's the quiet confidence that comes from standing behind your words. When you speak with authority, people lean in.

Your score bands
Fully Convinced85+Growing Conviction65–84WaveringBelow 65
Pillar 04
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 is what turns inspiration into transformation.

Your score bands
Compelling Call85+Finding the Ask65–84Unclear Next StepBelow 65
More than a score

Every number is backed by real evidence.

Each pillar score is grounded in specific highlighted moments. Exact quotes from your message, with observations about what worked and what to try differently.

Highlighted moments

Exact quotes from your transcript, marked with what landed and what to sharpen, so feedback is never vague.

Practice exercises

Actionable recommendations with drills you can actually run, not abstract advice you have to decode.

A weekly focus

One area to work on before next Sunday. The kind of honest debrief you'd get from a mentor who heard the whole thing.

How scoring works

Calibrated to who you're reaching.

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.

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Your overall score

A weighted average of all four pillars, adjusted for your audience and context. The big-picture view of how your message landed.

Strong · 85+
Consistently effective.
Developing · 65–84
Building momentum.
Needs Focus · Below 65
Your priority area.

Personalized to your context

Your feedback is shaped by how you preach and who you're preaching to. A youth-group message 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 two or three sentences?" You tell us the type, style, audience, and age range when you upload, and we calibrate to match.

Because every message matters

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