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The world is changing fast, especially when it comes to technology. Churches that keep up with new tech can thrive by using these new tools to boost outreach, build community, and meet members' needs. Embracing change doesn’t mean ditching tradition; it's about adding tech that enhances your church's mission.
With so many tech options out there, finding the right ones can be tough. That's why we've put together a list of seven innovative tech companies that can help streamline your activities and expand your ministry's reach.
Let’s dive in, shall we?
Video platform for churches
Starting at $39/month
BoxCast is best known for their original product: best-in-class live streaming. Their patented technology, BoxCast Flow, ensures that video content reliably reaches its intended audience in the highest quality — even if your internet isn’t great.
They’ve since expanded their product offering to include more than just streaming software and hardware to provide churches with more ways to connect and engage on one streamlined platform. With Sites, you can create a responsive, secure website from premade, fully customizable templates (without having to code) and embed live streams there to attract and delight visitors. Their Sharing product makes it a snap for you to create and share highlights and clips from any video in the BoxCast Dashboard to social media.
Beyond a feature-rich suite of integrated live streaming, website building, and social sharing products designed to foster engagement, BoxCast offers innovative technology, an intuitive, user-friendly dashboard, and easy, automated scheduling — which works for teams of one to one hundred. Plus, unmatched live, US-based support seven days a week via phone, email, or chat.
BoxCast has a variety of plans, starting at $39 a month, and offers a free trial too. Interested in learning more? Book a meeting with one of our friendly experts for a full product tour and demonstration.
Faith-based stock photos, videos, and digital assets
Starting at $19/month
Whether you’re adding photos to your website or your live stream, high-quality imagery and media can make your message resonate. Lightstock, a faith-focused stock photography and video provider, offers over 250,000 high-res stock images and over 50,000 videos — chances are if you need something, they’ll have it.
Unlike general stock media sites, Lightstock curates its library with faith-based themes, ensuring that churches have access to relevant and appropriate images and videos. Lightstock even offers a designer’s toolkit, featuring 20,000+ design elements like icons, shapes, and textures.
Pricing starts as low as $19 a month, and they also offer a free trial.
Church presentation software
$198/year
MediaShout is an all-in-one worship presentation software that helps churches easily integrate lyrics, scripture, videos, and more into their services. It makes worship more dynamic and visually appealing, and it's super user-friendly for staff and volunteers.
Whether you’re a seasoned pro or rookie volunteer, you'll find MediaShout intuitive. Quickly add lyrics from a library, create scripture slides from 70 different Bible translations, and display graphics and videos (Lightstock has great options!).
MediaShout also knows that church software runs best on computers specifically designed for media, and offers a computer bundle program. Pre-configured with MediaShout 7 and ready to go, these powerful computers ensure effortless presentations.
MediaShout offers annual or perpetual subscriptions to fit your budget, and also provide free trials and demos.
Church audio production and training
$495
Collaborate Worship provides resources and training to empower church tech teams. With practical guides, tutorials, and courses on everything from sound engineering to live streaming, they help teams improve their skills and work like pros.
They specialize in taking highly-technical concepts and explaining them in a simple, easy-to-understand way. If you're new to church tech, they've got you covered. And if this isn’t your first rodeo, their training videos give you the opportunity to dive deeper into advanced topics.
For $495, you have lifetime access to all their courses, plus the ability to download every cheat sheet they’ve ever created. They also offer a 14-day money back guarantee.
Church video presentation
Pricing varies, with video walls starting at $8,999
Worship Productions specializes in audio, video, and lighting solutions to create engaging worship environments. They’re THE go-to solution for LED video walls products, which will take your service to the next level.
One area where Worship Productions stands out is their personalized and hands-on approach to service and support. They work closely with each church to understand their needs and budget, offering customized solutions from consultation and design to installation and ongoing support.
Their video walls are easy to install, and most churches can handle it with their existing staff. If you need help, they offer Full-Installation, Assisted-Installation, and Remote-Installation options.
Pricing for video walls varies, and financing options are available.
Church management software
Fully customizable — only pay for what you need
Need help with church administration, worship planning, and member engagement? Check out Planning Center. This set of software tools helps you organize info, coordinate events, communicate with your team, and connect with your congregation.
They offer 10+ different tools for managing staff, volunteers, resources, events, giving, and communications. It centralizes these functions so your team can focus more on ministry and less on admin tasks, making your church more organized and effective. They even offer a free app for your church members to stay connected.
With Planning Center, you can create detailed service outlines, manage song libraries, and coordinate rehearsals for smooth worship services. Plus, their volunteer scheduling tools ensure all roles are filled, reducing last-minute stress.
You can sign up for their full system or customize your platform with á la carte pricing. Each product has different options to fit your needs.
Online graphic design tool
Free for the basic product, and a Pro version is available starting at $9.99/month
For powerful and easy-to-create church graphics, Canva is your secret weapon. Canva is an intuitive graphic design platform that lets anyone create professional looking designs, no matter their experience. For churches, this means you can create anything from social media posts and event flyers to sermon slides and newsletters. Choose from a large library of templates, images, and design elements – giving you a consistent and engaging visual presence.
Canva's drag-and-drop interface and pre-designed templates make it super simple for church staff and volunteers to whip up high-quality graphics quickly. Plus, their Magic Studio uses AI to assist with graphic creation, perfect for churches without a dedicated designer.
Their basic product is free, but they offer additional paid plans starting at $9.99 a month.
Don’t be intimidated by technology. Think of it as a tool to help your church reach its goals, and you’ll start to embrace it. This list of church tech companies is just the beginning—there are many more out there to help you succeed.
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