I spoke with a pastor last week and he asked me if they should change their existing projection screens from video format (4:3) to widescreen format (16:9). My simple answer was “Yes, because 4:3 format is outdated and in our past when it comes to video in churches. We never design 4:3 format for anything” Every church should move to
When it comes to church design and construction it is impossible to underestimate the importance of vision. Vision determines the amount of space and/or property necessary to support your ministry and influences what that space will look like. Vision establishes a hierarchy of space and enables your leadership team to prioritize which spaces come first during the conceptual stage of
Monitors are the speakers or headphones that allow your worship team to hear themselves and each other while playing. Needless to say, they are critical in helping a worship team play and sing well. There are two different methods that can be used for monitoring: Monitor speakers or “wedge” monitors are speakers that are designed to sit on the floor
Churches are not businesses, but churches should always strive to use wise business practices. Brad Leeper, president of Generis, a team of church generosity consultants, says, “Shrewd business practices are part of the fiduciary responsibility of church leadership.” Wise business practices in the church are more and more often including outsourcing, especially outsourced accounting. Churches can often hire an accounting
A few months ago a long-term church customer contacted us about purchasing chairs for his church. Fifteen years ago they constructed their current sanctuary and furnished it with pews for seating. Since the construction of their sanctuary they have been blessed with substantial growth as a church. Currently they hold six worship services per weekend and really do not want
To save or not to save? That is the question! Okay so it is an abuse of Shakespeare, but it is a point we seem to be making more and more. Most customers and Churches look to VoIP as a way to save money first and it does a good job of that. Churches generally see a savings of 50%
