In the leadership and communication of your church your probably never imaging that you would be able to have the luxury of large churches with the ability to broadcast your services live. Well with the advent of video sites on the web many have moved to giving you the ability to stream video live. The typical setup for this sort of thing is to have a computer running with a video camera connected, point the camera in the right direction and hit “live” on the website.
All of these sites will give you what is called an “embed” code. This code allows you to put a video player anywhere on your website or blog that will display your live stream when you are sending the video out!
Churches like lifechurch.tv and Saddleback are doing this because they have the bankroll to make it happen, but now any church can have their services live on their websites. The reasons to do this are the same as it is for the big boys:
- Give a preview of your services to those interested in the community
- Allow traveling members to still be a part of the service
- Connect with people who are searching for answers across the internet
Youtube is even getting into the “live video streaming” game now, which is significant because they have millions of people who are familiar with their video site. Follow the link below, it has a great listing of all the websites that offer this service.
