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CHURCH VIDEO + STREAMING HANDBOOK
LAUNCH YOUR CHURCH ONLINE SERVICES THIS WEEKEND | by Life.Church
When our world is shaken, it’s easy for fear to Once your streaming provider is in place, you powerful tool that God has given us to meet
spread. But God promises to be with us no can add service times, video content, and other people right where they are and no matter what
matter what comes our way. content like message notes to the platform they’re going through.
  admin.
STEP 8: Plan for the long-term. As your online
Now more than ever, we’re reminded that the
Church isn’t about the building. It’s the people STEP 4: Choose a service style and gear. The presence grows and your church reaches more
gathering to worship our God who is faithful, in platform can stream a prerecorded service people, start connecting people with online
control, and with us wherever we are. (simulated live) or it can stream a live service. small groups that will help them grow in Christ
Choose which one, or what combo of both, and grow in community.
We created the following content to serve the will work best for your church, and gather pressing need for churches who need to get the appropriate camera, editing software, etc. Learn even more about the different facets of
their services online in this season and hope it necessary. You can find lots of tricks, tips, and online ministry with these free Open Network
will serve you well. – Life.Church support in the online ministry Facebook Group training videos:
Online + Digital Church Leaders. •
If you’ve been thinking about starting online
Leveraging Facebook Groups for Church
Online
church services for a while, or you’re feeling STEP 5: Recruit and train your chat hosts. There • Church Online Volunteers and Hosts
the pressure to launch quickly—think of this as are people in your church who would love the • Church Online: Different Lobby, Same
your Church Online Platform starter kit. opportunity to be a part of your global online
ministry through church online. Share the vision
Ministry
•
and more.
Follow these steps to quickly launch a unique with them and provide them with training that online experience for your church and start can set them up for success on their first day Starting an online church ministry is possible.
reaching people for Christ no matter where connecting with people that come to your And, with Church Online Platform, it’s free. The
they are. church. Here are the Life.Church Church platform team at Life.Church is working hard
Online Host training resources you can use to remove every possible barrier or excuse
STEP 1: Sign up for the Church Online Platform. for reference in creating your own. There you’ll you might be encountering in setting up online
This is the same platform Life.Church uses for find useful trainings such as  Excellent Online church because it’s a tool that can save lives.
their Church Online services, and they give it Communication,  Leading Someone Through away and provide operating and tech support the Salvation Prayer, Live Prayer Training, Chat If you’re spinning up online services quickly or
completely for free to any church in the world. Host Training, and more! you’ve been thinking for years about stepping
STEP 2: Set up and customize your Church STEP 6: Make a plan for following up. Think encourage you—do it. God has placed you in
Online Platform account. Once you’re signed through how your church already does followup this specific time and armed your church with
up, you’ll walk through selecting a domain, and formulate a plan to do the same for your the technological tools of today for a reason: to
adding your logo and colors to match your online guests. Find ways to continue someone’s draw more people to Himself.
branding, and hooking up links to important exposure to your church past the time they’re sites and tools. in service. Social media and email make great VIDEO: EQUIPMENT NEEDS
tools for following up. (some of these resources may be backordered)
streaming provider hosts your video content STEP 7: Communicate to your church. Before Life.Church Broadcast team recently did
and encodes it into a format ready for the web. your first church online service, let your church a YouTube Live answering your technical
Once you’ve set up your streaming provider, know it’s coming! Have them invite their friends questions. View the full video below, and then
you’ll be able to stream all of your video content and family—they can even invite loved ones check out their recommendations for church
seamlessly through the Church Online Platform. who don’t live near your physical church. Cast online equipment.
into this unfamiliar technical opportunity, we’d
STEP 3: Choose a streaming provider. A
vision to your church that online church is a
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