Ready to take church online? We’re here to help with free tech solutions and resources.
Was your church fully prepared to transition to online-only ministry? Or are you among those scrambling to adapt your weekly services and stay connected at this critical time? At Ministry Brands, we proudly equip over 115,000 churches with software built to help ministries serve. We’ve spent years thinking through how churches can connect and engage beyond church walls.
Our mission in building this page is to provide your church with free resources and technology to quickly ramp up your online ministry.
We understand this will mean rethinking how you “do church” and that everything can’t happen overnight. That’s why you’ll see us posting new content frequently. We’ll also continue to host live webinars with practical tips from our product leaders, many of whom have extensive backgrounds in ministry. We’re ready to help you serve beyond the church walls with advice for transitioning ministries online.
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Say hello to the challenge you never expected: the single biggest attendance day of the year is closing in on churches and we can’t even meet in person. That doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ as a church community, but it does mean we have to work differently to do so.
First, though, let’s make one thing clear: there is no wrong way to do an Online Easter. Some church staff may have more experience using technology for ministry, but we’re all in this together. Take it one step at a time, lead with love, and rest assured you are serving your people as best you can.
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At Ministry Brands, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of churches use integrated church software to support the way they serve. Our mission is to empower as many ministries as possible with technology to celebrate Easter during the Coronavirus outbreak. We’re offering 60 Days of Live Streaming, 90 Days of a Church App, Free Text Giving, and 30 Days of Mass Text Messaging.
This Easter, many churches will need to take ministry online in response to the Coronavirus outbreak. You can quickly launch a live streaming ministry to stay connected and share your message. We’re here to help you through that challenge for free.
Live streaming allows your church community to stay engaged from anywhere at any time. But, because every church is different, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. While each church needs to decide which option is best for them, their decision will come down to these factors: Your goal, the cost, time, and resources.
It’s best to think of live streaming as a process. Start simple, expand and stabilize, and create community.
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ChurchStreaming provides a stable platform for churches to control their stream, with 1:1 support available when you need it most, Sunday morning. We’re offering 60 days of free live streaming to help churches during the Coronavirus outbreak. Please review Getting started with Live Streaming before signing up for this solution.
While you plan your online Easter, consider how you can make giving as easy as possible for your people. Many churches offer online giving, but haven’t had to rely on it very heavily in the past. Social distancing and shelter-at-home orders are rapidly changing that. Offer extremely easy donation options while you take your ministry online to empower people to continue tithing during the Coronavirus outbreak.
We believe giving is an act of worship. At this challenging time, your church can make that as convenient as possible by reminding people how to use your online giving platform. Share tutorials (below) along with authentic, compelling reasons to give during your new online Easter service. This might mean creating a new fund for those hurt financially because of the outbreak or an outreach program you’re using to spread hope. Align your congregation with what matters most.
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Text is the most convenient, secure giving solution for your ministry and it takes just seconds to complete a donation. Using a unique 10-digit giving number, donors can give in just 2 steps. They simply enter an amount and press send.
In support of your ministry we’re offering free text giving to help during this uncertain time. Equip people to be generous anywhere, anytime in seconds.
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Feel like your regular church and Easter service plans are changing by the minute? Having an effective crisis communication plan might have felt less important in February 2020 than it does now. Connect with your people quickly through SMS text messaging to ensure they get the important alerts your church wants to communicate.
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In support of your ministry, we’re offering 30 days of unlimited mass texting for new sign ups.* You’ll be able to quickly text your entire congregation critical information, like any changes your church is making to continue ministry and how you're celebrating Easter differently this year.
*Already using a Ministry Brands church management software solution?
Good news. This feature is integrated and easy to set up, plus you can send 500 free SMS messages per month. Learn more.
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Launching a church app at this time can create the connection your church will be missing as they practice social distancing and shelter at home. In support of your ministry, we’re offering 90 days of MinistryOne, our church app, free. MinistryOne is built to work with Ministry Brands giving and church management software solutions, plus ChurchStreaming. Yes, in this uncertain time, there actually is an app for that.
1. Sign up using this form
2. Connect your giving, church software, and live streaming accounts
3. Spread the word via email, website, and social media to connect people
Perhaps one of the most daunting challenges of a remote ministry is attempting to recreate a sense of community with the children your ministry serves. Young minds thrive on in-person connections and physical activities. Your church will need to get creative and use technology to go into these homes and engage.
The key here is adapting. Don’t be afraid to try a few approaches and figure out which one works best. From live streaming children’s worship (see Getting Started with Live Streaming) to sending printable activities and having Sunday School teachers “meet” with their students over video conference software, there is no wrong way to do it. The important thing is to continually express the love of Christ and encourage them to live out that love in their daily lives.
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Sharefaith Kids has been developing engaging digital curriculum materials for children’s ministries for years and has some amazing free lessons you can share with families as you adapt your children’s ministry. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, we’ve made a 30-day family devotional series totally free to support families spending unexpected time together during social distancing.