8 Ways AVL Solutions Help Churches Deliver Inspiring Messages
Since the beginning of the pandemic AVL solutions?have become increasingly important in helping fulfill the churches' spiritual missions. Here is how they are using it.
1. Multisite Campuses:?Pastor Jim Tomberline, Founder of Multisite Solutions, says,?“Church leaders are focusing more on serving their local communities through multiple campuses."?Churches?are leveraging technology to create an immersive experience across all campuses, even installing the same equipment at all sites to make troubleshooting and substituting for tech teams much easier. 1 in 10 churches now have multiple sites.
2. Bible Study:?Members work missions in local communities and around the globe. Leaders?create an online space where missionaries can come to gather the tools they need to share the Gospel outside the boundaries of the church walls.
?3. Ministry/Volunteer Spotlight:?Videos are used to highlight a churches' ministries, coach staff or?acknowledge volunteers. It's a valuable tool that helps strengthen culture across locations, as well as nurturing and developing staff and volunteers.
4.?Social Media Outreach:?33% of people now say they choose a place to worship based on their online?experience. Sharing engages tech-savvy followers, and the simplicity of the tools allows volunteer producers?take more ownership of outreach.?
?5. Personalized Experience Builds?Deeper?Connections:??Video creates meaningful engagement between those sharing the messages and those hearing it. Analytics help personalize the worship experience and let members and visitors know the church values and appreciates them.
?6. Video-Centric Communication:?Providing streamed and recorded video content allows the church to share with congregants near and far,?inviting call-in guest speakers and other off-site participants to share their stories during services enhances the experience. The use of video displays around the facility make it easy to convey announcements and important information.
?7. Remote Management:??Now, advanced audio and video networking is enabling?churches to?manage AV needs remotely, from anywhere.
?8. Growing Fundraising Avenues:?Capturing entire seasons of services provides rich archives, opening new opportunities to create themed programs or highlights for compilations and donor gifts.
THE VIDEO BOOM! 94%?of churches now create their own video content in-house (May 2021 survey)
WILL THEY SPEND? 89%??intend to invest $50,000-$200,000 in AVL gear in 2022.(October 2021 survey)
THE OUTLOOK ? 69%??who?currently?do not create their own video, plan to add that capability in 2022. (May?2021 Survey)
STATE OF THE PLATE? 64%??of churches have seen giving increase or stabilize since the pandemic started. (National Association of Evangelicals Survey)
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