As August rolls on and the lazy, hazy days of summer start winding down, a familiar shift begins to happen in communities everywhere. Schedules are tightening up, back-to-school shopping is in full swing, and families are getting ready to slide…
If you haven’t dug deep into your NEW StreamingChurch.tv admin panel lately, you are likely paying for third-party tools or doing manual work that your streaming backend can handle automatically. If you have bookmarked the old admin control panel login,…
As a former pastor I can tell you every Monday morning, pastors and church leaders look at numbers. We look at the giving reports, the physical attendance in the pews, the number of kids in children’s ministry, and—increasingly over the…
As a former pastor I know it happens every year like clockwork. The weather warms up, school lets out, vacations get booked, and suddenly your physical attendance takes a noticeable dip. The “summertime slump” is a reality that ministry leaders…
A simple year-end streaming church tech checklist to help churches review audio, video, software, and network readiness before the new year. How to use this checklist This checklist is designed to be simple and practical. You can walk through it…
Episode #497 of the Church Solutions Podcast — recap & guide By Phil Thompson & Steve Lacy Allergies and moving trucks aside 😅, (listen here), this week’s Church Solutions Podcast dove into a super-practical question we get all the time:…
If your church’s live stream is currently battling cat videos, political arguments, and clickbait ads, (and it proably is), it’s time to reclaim your digital sanctuary. You can now continue to stream using YouTube or Facebook and have it embedded…
I was a senior pastor, executive pastor and a church online pastor for many years. I love technology that’s why I work for a company that helps churches use it. So when it comes to streaming your church’s services, here…
Full disclosure: In case you did not know, I work for a streaming company that serves churches. There have been many times where a leader from a church has called me with regrets about a streaming company they chose because…
The Data Says Yes. In a world increasingly connected by screens, the question for churches isn’t if they should embrace digital ministry, but how effectively they can. While the thought of cameras, microphones, and internet bandwidth might seem like “trouble,”…