Church Online


Streaming Platforms

  • OBS is free to use https://obsproject.com/
  • Church online platform is available for free from Life.Church. They will send you resources and guides to help get you going. Visit the Church Online Platform website.
  • Launch You Online – Staff/Elders are able to engage with the church in comments
  • Boxcast – have a Church streaming platform
  • Castr streaming platform
  • Switcher Studio – Switcher Studio lets you capture video from multiple camera angles — and edit it in real time — helping you connect with your community in the most engaging way yet. Stream it live or record it for later.
  • Onestream.Live – Schedule & Live Stream Recorded Videos

Streaming Licence Information

Church can be streamed from using free tools to paid tools. Use whatever you feel comfortable with and whatever works for you.

CCLI (Church Copyright Licensing International) have a couple of licences that are needed to be purchased for streaming services from CCLI Australia.

If you are live streaming on your website, YouTube, Facebook etc, and are playing a cd or any form of digital commercial music, you will need an additional licence from https://onemusic.com.au/


Worship Videos


Public domain songs

  • Song list of public domain songs that can be used without a licence, can be found here.

Create online community


Church Family online connections

  • Story-time for kids. Do you have any adults who love to read? You could do this as Facebook live on your Facebook page or through zoom or just recording a video and uploading it to your private group.
  • Create your own quizzes etc. Your audience uses their mobiles to answer the questions. Set them up in teams and more! https://www.crowdpurr.com/live-crowd-trivia.html


Online Giving

  • Australian Christian company has a payment platform ready for you. Redde is used in Churches around Australia, making contact-less payments much easier. www.redde.com.au

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