Livestreaming your church service is not as difficult to set up as you might imagine. With some basic tools and a good internet connection, you’re well off to begin streaming your church services live.

Starting a live stream for a local church service is a great way to reach a wider audience and engage with your congregation. Streaming church service live also forms an effective way to connect with members of your congregation who are unable to make it physically to church; it’s a perfect way to engage your audience for in-between-the-week services as well.

Below are 3 basic tools needed to begin live streaming.

1. Microphone

Investing in a decent microphone would help you to achieve a clear audio sound for your online audience. Beyond helping you project your message better, a good microphone is also a great tool to help achieve quality audio output. You can get a Lavalier microphone or shotgun microphone for this purpose.

Picture of a Lavalier microphone.

Picture of a shotgun microphone.

2 . Audio Mixer or Interface:

An audio mixer allows you to control and mix sounds from different audio sources, such as microphones and instruments. If you’re unable to get an audio mixer, you can also use a USB audio interface to connect your microphones and instruments to a computer for mixing.

Picture of an audio mixer.

3. Computer:

You'll need a computer with enough processing power and memory to handle live-streaming software. Both Windows and macOS computers or laptops can work for this purpose. With a good laptop/PC, you can use platforms like Waystream to go live on audio with your audience, helping you achieve a good and clear audio quality output with the little equipment you have.

The equipment listed above is mainly used for audio live streaming. If you would like to video stream you will need additional equipment like a camera, a video mixer, and a tripod (optional). Platforms like Waystream make it easier to stream audio live with little equipment. The platform amplifies your voice and gives your audience a great audio quality output with minimal effort.

Waystream is a multi-component audio streaming platform that offers the best user experience for all forms of audio content production. Every minute, hundreds of hours of audio content are uploaded to the platform, and listeners have access to more than one billion hours of different audio content from across the world. It also provides cloud storage for audio content, alongside real-time analytics reports of how audio content uploaded on the platform is performing. Check it out now at https://waystream.io/