Our editorial standards

How We Create and Review Prayer Resources

Our goal is simple: create useful, respectful, and transparent prayer resources that readers can trust.

Principles

Our editorial principles

These six principles govern what we publish and what we decline to publish.

01

Accuracy

We aim to verify factual, historical, biblical, and religious claims using appropriate and reputable sources.

02

Transparency

We clearly distinguish original devotional writing from established prayers, Scripture, quotations, and traditional practices.

03

Respect

Religious traditions are represented carefully and respectfully.

04

Usefulness

Articles should genuinely help the reader rather than exist solely to attract search traffic.

05

Originality

We aim to provide meaningful organization, context, explanations, and original devotional material rather than simply reproducing information found elsewhere.

06

Updates

Important articles may be reviewed and updated when information, sources, or best practices change.

Technology

How We Use AI and Other Technology

Prayerium may use AI-assisted tools at points in the editorial workflow: organizing research, brainstorming angles, drafting, structuring, and formatting. We say so openly because readers deserve to know how the material in front of them was made.

AI output is not automatically treated as authoritative. A generated draft is a starting point, not a source. It carries no religious authority, and it is never used to settle a question of doctrine, attribution, or historical fact.

Content is reviewed and edited before publication, with particular attention to articles containing religious, historical, factual, or cultural claims. Where a claim can't be supported by an appropriate source, it is rewritten or removed.

Human editorial judgement decides what is published, how a tradition is described, and how a prayer is labelled. Questions about a specific article can go to our editorial team.

Sources

Religious sources

Depending on the topic, Prayerium may consult:

  • Bible translations, with the translation identified when quoted
  • Official denominational resources
  • Established religious organizations
  • Theological and reference works
  • Historical sources
  • Reputable educational institutions
  • Primary sources, where appropriate and available

Sources are cited on the articles where they are used. We do not list source names or affiliations that have not actually informed a piece of content.

Labelling

Traditional, Scripture-based, and original prayers

Every prayer we publish falls into one of three categories, shown on the article itself.

Traditional Prayer

A prayer associated with an established religious tradition or historical source. We note the tradition it belongs to and, where known, its origin.

Scripture-Based Prayer

A prayer inspired by or incorporating biblical Scripture. The passage and translation are identified where quoted.

Original Prayer

A devotional prayer created specifically for Prayerium. It is not presented as traditional, historical, or authoritative.

This distinction is carried through article templates, alongside author, review, and publication details. See our editorial team for who covers which areas.

Questions

Common questions about our process

Frequently asked

Corrections & Feedback

If you believe an article contains an inaccurate statement, attribution, quotation, or representation of a religious tradition, please tell us. Include the page and the passage in question.