Beyond the Headcount!
I love analytics but when managing a church live stream, it is easy to fixate entirely on a single number: the total view count. While seeing a spike in views is encouraging, a raw number only tells part of the…
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Blogs vs. Podcasts? Why Your Ministry Needs Both Working Together
Let’s talk for a moment about the popularity of podcasts and why it should matter to your ministry: 80% (Approx. 230 Million People): That is the share of Americans (ages 12+) who have ever listened to or watched a podcast—marking…
From Vacation Mode to Back-to-Church: Leveraging Your Streaming Video “Front Door” for the Fall Season
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…
3 StreamingChurch.tv Admin Features You’re Probably Underutilizing
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,…
The Myth of the “Total View” Count
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…
How To Beat the Summer Slump
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…
Year End Church Tech Checklist
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…
Find Your Perfect Ministry Streaming Plan
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:…
Stop the Scroll: Embedding Your Stream from YouTube and Facebook!
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…
5 Things Every Church Needs to Know About Streaming
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…