Digital Tools for churches during the Coronavirus
A crowdsourced index of useful digital communication tools for church leaders, communications teams and church staff to refer to during the coronavirus outbreak.
This is a working document that is being updated regularly.
URL for sharing:
covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk
Digital Tools for churches during the Coronavirus
Starters Guide
Prayer
Webinars
Live Streaming
Copyright/Music Licensing
Crisis Management
Facebook Groups and Resource for Church Comms
Mental Health & Community
Church Responses
Denomination, Movement and Network Responses
Churches and groups
Youth and Children’s Work
Free Resources
Giving and Tithing
Apps, Software & Other Useful Tools
Church Administration
Remote work
Further Questions?
Contributors
Content
Tech
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Starters Guide
Where to start and what to consider.
* Digital Platforms for Churches During Coronavirus [Mark Crosby | article] - link
* Top tips for doing church digitally [Mark Crosby | article] - link
* The Impact of the coronavirus on Church Comms [Digital Church Toolkit | video] - link
* Free Consultation with Digital Church Toolkit to help implementation in your church [calendly form| - link
* Latest Advice from UK Government [gov.uk website] - link
* UK government advice on religious gatherings not meeting [16th March | YouTube] - link
* Taking Church Online in a Coronavirus Age [Gospel Coalition | Article] - link
* COVID-19 and your church [article from Sunday Mag] - link
* The New Church [article from Sunday Mag] - link
* Alpha Online | Running Alpha During Coronavirus Outbreak [Article & Webinar] - link
* The Ultimate Coronavirus Guide For Churches - [Church Marketing University | article] - link
* Running Digital Small Groups [Article | Vineyard Churches] - link
* Getting started with filming [Article and video | Vineyard Churches] - link
* 10 ways churches can help during the coronavirus pandemic [Premier|Article] - link
* Digital communion [John Dyer | Long Read] - link
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Prayer
Prayer is not our only response, but it should be our FIRST response
* National Day of Prayer, Sunday 22nd March [Evangelical Alliance | article] - link
* A guide to praying for Coronavirus #PrayToEndCov19 [SIM] - link
* A coronavirus prayer and other resources [Pete Greig | Article/slides] - link
* 24/7 Prayer virtual prayer room for the coronavirus pandemic - link
* Tools like Prayermate and Time to Pray may be helpful
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Webinars
A number of groups are hosting webinars in the coming days to help and support churches and ministries:
Coming up
* Tuesday 31st March
* Sing. Stream. Speak. Setup
Host: Speak Life
Watch back
* Tuesday 17th March
* 11.30am GMT: Children & Youth in London (Watch back via Facebook)
Host: Diocese of London Children & Youthwork
* Wednesday 18th March
* 6pm GMT: Virtual Church 101 (via Zoom)
Host: Chris Lim (TheoTech)
* Wednesday 18th March - Monday 23rd March - Church of England webinars
* Five ways to keep your church connected
* Five ways to use A Church Near You during social distancing (for C of E churches)
* Livestream question and answer session
* Wednesday 25 - Friday 27th March
* Ministry From a Distance
Host: Indigitous
* Thursday 26th - Friday 27th March
* COVID-19 Church Online Summit
Host: Wheaton College, US National Association of Evangelicals
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Live Streaming
Guides to setting-up live streaming
* A beginner’s guide to going live with your service or event for free [Church of England | article] - link
* Streaming Guide for Churches [Digital Church Toolkit | PDF] - link
* Livestream to Youtube with just a phone [7 step Tutorial] - link
* The most affordable live streaming cameras for churches [ProChurchTools | Podcast] - link
* How to Livestream Your Church Service: A Practical Guide [Gospel Coalition | Article] - link
* How to stream your Church service on Facebook Live - [CBN | article] - link
* Best practices for going Live from a Facebook Page [Facebook Article] - link
* Live Streaming: Facebook or YouTube [Mark Crosby | Article] - link
* How to speak to camera [SpeakLife | Video] - link
More details about live streaming including information about song licensing here:
https://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/livestreaming
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Copyright/Music Licensing
* Live streaming worship music & staying legal (Bespoke Records | UK) - link
* Songs in the public domain - [CCLI | list] - link
* Recording, streaming and podcasting your services [CCLI | Article] - link
* A note about live streaming and song licensing in churches - [James Doc | Article] - link
* Licences to live stream worship [Vineyard Worship | article] - link
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Crisis Management
What to think through for your church
* All Things Coronavirus [Northshore Church | Google doc] - link
* Guidance for churches [Church of England | Article] - link
* Communicating your response [CPO | Google doc] - link
* Templates for Public Statements; emails, social posts, etc [Google Doc] - link
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Facebook Groups and Resource for Church Comms
Places to go for support and advice from experienced Church Comms teams.
* Church Tech UK - [Facebook] link
* The Church Comms Collective UK [Facebook] - link
* CMG / Visual Church Media [Facebook] - l