Churches and houses of faith are places where a community is built and fostered. And when people feel like breaking down during such testing times, lifting each other’s spirits up through positivity and faith is paramount. But how can you reach out to your congregation members when they are homebound or unable to reach the event? From old age to a busy work schedule, the reasons not to reach church can be many but this should not stop access to church activities for them. Muvi Live is happy to introduce you to its enterprise-grade live video streaming solution for faith networks.
In today’s time access to information is easier than ever before. You can get information at your fingertips via live streaming and it’s the right time for your faith network to start utilizing the power of live streaming for a global outreach.
According to PewResearch, roughly a quarter of U.S. adults (27%) regularly watch religious services online or on TV, while a third regularly attend services in person, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in November 2022. Also, according to EnterpriseApps, online church services were streamed by 53% of practicing Christians, and in America, 17 million people preferred visiting church websites and do not go to church regularly.
Live streaming is a boon for individuals who find it difficult to physically attend church live events and it gives them the comfort to do so from wherever they wish to.
As faith leaders, live streaming can help you reach out to your members easily in any part of the world. All they need is an active internet connection and an internet-enabled device. It therefore allows you to reach a wider audience and promotes inclusivity in diverse groups.
Even when physically apart, members can stay connected with their religious community, fostering a sense of unity and belonging. Congregations can interact through live chats, prayer requests, and other online activities, enhancing community engagement.
Faith streaming also enables the flexibility to watch services live or later when they have the time. Also since people from all over the globe can get access to such live streams, this promotes the community’s reach and impact.
Live streams can be monetized and the money generated from such live streams can be used for the benefit of society. Also, products such as Muvi Live offer PAYG billing ensuring that as a church live streamer, you only pay for what you consume.
Simply put, faith live streaming is just any other live streaming and certain basic tools are required to give a successful and lag-free faith live streaming experience to your networks. While you cannot put a price tag on the equipment, we recommend you set up a budget first before you start investing in live-streaming equipment.
There are 2 necessary components of any live-streaming setup that are essential for your church live-streaming journey.
If you are planning to start your church live-streaming, there are 3 important aspects of any live-streaming video production. Let’s start with the Camera first.
Camera
A good camera is the heart and soul of any live-streaming video production. The prices of cameras can go as high as millions of dollars and while the more the merrier is true, as a beginner you can choose from these options.
Microphone
What is the point of conducting live streaming church or faith sessions if your audience cannot hear the message? You need to ensure that the audio is relayed straight into the camera or any other device used for broadcasting. A good microphone is another important component of any live-streaming session. Read our blog on the 10 best microphones for live streaming and decide what works best for you.
Computer System
A computer system acts as an encoder for the live streaming feed that you get and using software such as OBS, streams it to the live streaming software that you are using. Always select a computer system that has a good GPU for faster rendering of your live streams. We recommend you have a minimum of 8 GB of RAM and 4 GB of GPU combined with the latest i Series of Intel or Ryzen series of AMD processors.
Once you sort out the hardware requirements, it’s time to select the live-streaming software solution. Faith broadcasts can go live on social media, on websites, or applications. So the next question is how one live streams faith networks on all of these at the same time.
While platforms such as YouTube and even Instagram to a certain extent can give you live streaming options, it fails to give quality streaming on simultaneous platforms. Muvi Live is one such live streaming software solution that can help you live stream instantly on all your applications, websites, and social media platforms right from a single URL.
Muvi Live is a one-stop fully functional faith streaming platform that can help you build and expand your church audience. Its feature is feature-rich, easily deployable, and comes with tools that enable easy live streaming without much technical expertise.
Here are a few reasons why you must consider Muvi Live for all your church and faith live-streaming requirements.
Muvi Live allows you access to the Muvi Live App for iOS and Android. This application lets you live stream your church sermons and other activities directly from your mobile device without the need for additional encoding software. Simply open the application, start live streaming and you are good to go.
Meetings, another plugin from Muvi Live allows you to host up to 600 participants for video conferences. This is a useful option if someone wishes to give online confessions or talk in private.
Built on Amazon’s AWS CloudFront CDN, Muvi Live ensures a lag-free live streaming experience across the globe thanks to its global network of 225+ points of presence across 90 countries. Additionally, if you wish to bring your own CDN, you can do that too.
Muvi Live enables you to record live streams and publish themes later as on-demand content. This ensures that your audience even when they miss their streams can always view them later on a deployed platform of your choice. With Muvi Live, you can broadcast ‘once’ and make your content accessible to global audiences.
Interact with your audience on the live streams to create more engagement. With easy 1-click login via Google, Facebook, or guest access, and robust chat moderation to maintain event integrity, engagement is seamless and secure. You can also download chat transcripts to view later.
Muvi Live lets you deploy Paywall to its live streams and at the same time and also insert VAST-based ads from 3rd party ad server into your live streams to generate additional sources of revenue.
With Muvi Live, you get a fully functional cross-platform, cross-browser and cross-device compatible HTML5-based online video player with subtitle support. THis means that no matter the device or the ecosystem, your church live streaming will run smoothly everywhere.
Integrate all your social media profiles and live streams simultaneously on all of them without the hassle of individually setting up live streams for them.
When a lot is happening in the world right now, the best you can do as a faith leader is to bring stillness and restore faith. A robust live-streaming platform is the most appropriate solution for reaching out to maximum audiences virtually and Muvi Live can be your partner in this.
Muvi Live is a pay-as-you-go live streaming solution which means that there is no recurring monthly subscription charges and you pay only for what you consume. So simply visit www.muvi.com/live and try Muvi Live today.
Written by: Shivashish
Shivashish works as a content writer at Muvi. He has worked in domains like e-commerce, employee engagement, sports and entertainment. A poet by heart, Shivashish believes in creating quality content that is rich in information and easy to understand.
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