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Why Your Team Shouldn’t Have to Be Tech Experts: Improving Livestreaming Setups for Church Staff
Church tech providers must prioritize end users to ensure mission-driven impact. Here's why.
The quality of your church’s live stream can make or break a person’s experience. I’m willing to assume that you care about what people think when they come through your doors and sit down for a service in person.
In 2025, the digital version of that experience should be equally important.
At Sardius Media, we’ve found that a seamless online interaction can have an incredible impact on keeping people connected to the message and vision of a church. Although it may not serve the same purpose as an in-person experience, considering the global, 24/7 presence of digital media, digital church can play a different yet equally important role in your ministry.
The challenge at the moment is finding the people to help you maintain a high-quality livestreaming setup for your church.
The Need for Technology in Church
Many modern churches use technology in some capacity. Your church probably has church management software (ChMS) for coordination. Post-pandemic, everyone has a live stream set up of some kind. You probably have an online giving platform, too, along with a website, social media, mobile app, cybersecurity — the list goes on.
These are all incredible tools that help us optimize and amplify our work as the global Church. Leadership sees this, too. In 2025, over half of all churches in America are increasing their tech budgets. They see the growing importance of the relationship between church and technology and the impact that this has on how we operate in the modern world.
When used the right way, technology helps us stay connected and informed. It brings your community together throughout the week and makes sure that everyone is involved.
The challenge with tech in church right now? Finding the people who can use it.
Why Your Tech Team Shouldn’t Have to Be Made of Engineers
Making the case for the importance of tech in church is easy. The problem is implementing the technology. Unfortunately, the answer for many churches has been one of three options:
- Find a handful of individuals qualified to manage complex software systems and then run these volunteers ragged.
- Compromise with low-quality alternative hardware and software solutions that require less tech-savvy expertise.
- Underutilize a quality tech stack through limited understanding and knowledge.
Here’s the thing. The real root of the problem isn’t your staff. It’s the tech itself.
It’s up to software providers to create solutions that reduce the need for technical expertise on the user end. To be clear, simplicity doesn’t mean fewer capabilities. You can buy a Tesla without knowing how the drivetrain works and still expect a world-class ride.
Do you see what I’m getting at? At Sardius, our goal is to keep the powerful parts invisible when they need to be, not get rid of them entirely.
We simultaneously want to give your tech director the tools to execute at a higher level while helping your volunteers manage a service without the stress. Streamlining church tech means hiding necessary complexities behind thoughtful UX design and comprehensive user support.
This is particularly true in an area like the church, where mission and service (not the technology behind them) are integral to organizational impact.
Most churches lack the resources to pour into complex technologies, and they struggle to find individuals who can run them. They may need technology as part of their modern missional strategy, but they need tools that streamline things, not complicate them.
A Streamlined Solution to Church Tech
At Sardius Media, we are obsessed with creating broadcasting solutions for mission-driven organizations that work in the real world.
This starts with a focus on the needs of churches and similar mission-driven organizations. Our proprietary software addresses specific nuances that come with broadcasting live events in a faith-based or nonprofit setting. A recent example is when we helped Jennie Allen and the Gather25 team broadcast a live in-person event to over seven million global viewers for 25 straight hours.
Of course, an event of that size requires white glove service. (We’re a big fan of providing Unreasonable Hospitality whenever we can.) Even so, on a Sunday-to-Sunday level, you still need a similar, albeit scaled-down, option that helps you create a seamless hybrid experience.
That’s why, when we design our software, we don’t just think of the Jennie Allens, Joyce Meyers, or Global Leadership Summits of the world. We also consider the everyday tech teams trying to broadcast services to their local church communities.
The last thing we want to do is dump a complex live stream structure on your team. We want to empower even those with basic tech knowledge with the ability to broadcast their church services, events, and messages to the world.
That’s why the Sardius Media platform works as a single dashboard where you can unify all of the hardware and software of your live streams. We’ve integrated AI to streamline things like transcriptions and repurposing content. You can access analytics, include translations, clip videos for social — all from a single application.
The idea is to improve your church’s live stream. It’s also to help your team have less on their plate in the process. We’ve helped churches upgrade from DIY live streaming to pro-grade broadcasts – and not by throwing money at expensive hires. By helping existing teams work smarter with the right systems in place.
We need to see more of this comprehensive approach across all church tech. Any time a team sits down to create a digital solution for a church, they should prioritize the end user.
Who is going to use the tech? How can you simplify the tool to make it as effective and efficient as possible with minimal need for training or technical expertise?
These questions are just as important as the actual purpose of a piece of church technology. After all, what use is a genius software solution if no one can properly use it?
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Jason Shore is the visionary CEO and Co-Founder of Sardius Media, a company dedicated to supporting mission-driven broadcasters, primarily in the non-profit and faith sectors, by simplifying, automating, and scaling their media storage and distribution. With over a decade of experience, Jason and his team have enabled organizations to reach over half a billion viewer minutes last year alone.
Jason holds a degree in Computer Graphics from Purdue University and has amassed over three decades of experience in the technology sector, offering solutions to organizations worldwide. His expertise is particularly focused on assisting organizations with large global broadcast events, ensuring they not only reach their audience but also achieve their digital goals.
Residing in Kansas City with his wife and two sons, Jason is a family man whose free time is often spent playing sports with his boys or cheering for the Indianapolis Colts.
The quality of your church’s live stream can make or break a person’s experience. I’m willing to assume that you care about what people think when they come through your doors and sit down for a service in person.
In 2025, the digital version of that experience should be equally important.
At Sardius Media, we’ve found that a seamless online interaction can have an incredible impact on keeping people connected to the message and vision of a church. Although it may not serve the same purpose as an in-person experience, considering the global, 24/7 presence of digital media, digital church can play a different yet equally important role in your ministry.
The challenge at the moment is finding the people to help you maintain a high-quality livestreaming setup for your church.
The Need for Technology in Church
Many modern churches use technology in some capacity. Your church probably has church management software (ChMS) for coordination. Post-pandemic, everyone has a live stream set up of some kind. You probably have an online giving platform, too, along with a website, social media, mobile app, cybersecurity — the list goes on.
These are all incredible tools that help us optimize and amplify our work as the global Church. Leadership sees this, too. In 2025, over half of all churches in America are increasing their tech budgets. They see the growing importance of the relationship between church and technology and the impact that this has on how we operate in the modern world.
When used the right way, technology helps us stay connected and informed. It brings your community together throughout the week and makes sure that everyone is involved.
The challenge with tech in church right now? Finding the people who can use it.
Why Your Tech Team Shouldn’t Have to Be Made of Engineers
Making the case for the importance of tech in church is easy. The problem is implementing the technology. Unfortunately, the answer for many churches has been one of three options:
- Find a handful of individuals qualified to manage complex software systems and then run these volunteers ragged.
- Compromise with low-quality alternative hardware and software solutions that require less tech-savvy expertise.
- Underutilize a quality tech stack through limited understanding and knowledge.
Here’s the thing. The real root of the problem isn’t your staff. It’s the tech itself.
It’s up to software providers to create solutions that reduce the need for technical expertise on the user end. To be clear, simplicity doesn’t mean fewer capabilities. You can buy a Tesla without knowing how the drivetrain works and still expect a world-class ride.
Do you see what I’m getting at? At Sardius, our goal is to keep the powerful parts invisible when they need to be, not get rid of them entirely.
We simultaneously want to give your tech director the tools to execute at a higher level while helping your volunteers manage a service without the stress. Streamlining church tech means hiding necessary complexities behind thoughtful UX design and comprehensive user support.
This is particularly true in an area like the church, where mission and service (not the technology behind them) are integral to organizational impact.
Most churches lack the resources to pour into complex technologies, and they struggle to find individuals who can run them. They may need technology as part of their modern missional strategy, but they need tools that streamline things, not complicate them.
A Streamlined Solution to Church Tech
At Sardius Media, we are obsessed with creating broadcasting solutions for mission-driven organizations that work in the real world.
This starts with a focus on the needs of churches and similar mission-driven organizations. Our proprietary software addresses specific nuances that come with broadcasting live events in a faith-based or nonprofit setting. A recent example is when we helped Jennie Allen and the Gather25 team broadcast a live in-person event to over seven million global viewers for 25 straight hours.
Of course, an event of that size requires white glove service. (We’re a big fan of providing Unreasonable Hospitality whenever we can.) Even so, on a Sunday-to-Sunday level, you still need a similar, albeit scaled-down, option that helps you create a seamless hybrid experience.
That’s why, when we design our software, we don’t just think of the Jennie Allens, Joyce Meyers, or Global Leadership Summits of the world. We also consider the everyday tech teams trying to broadcast services to their local church communities.
The last thing we want to do is dump a complex live stream structure on your team. We want to empower even those with basic tech knowledge with the ability to broadcast their church services, events, and messages to the world.
That’s why the Sardius Media platform works as a single dashboard where you can unify all of the hardware and software of your live streams. We’ve integrated AI to streamline things like transcriptions and repurposing content. You can access analytics, include translations, clip videos for social — all from a single application.
The idea is to improve your church’s live stream. It’s also to help your team have less on their plate in the process. We’ve helped churches upgrade from DIY live streaming to pro-grade broadcasts – and not by throwing money at expensive hires. By helping existing teams work smarter with the right systems in place.
We need to see more of this comprehensive approach across all church tech. Any time a team sits down to create a digital solution for a church, they should prioritize the end user.
Who is going to use the tech? How can you simplify the tool to make it as effective and efficient as possible with minimal need for training or technical expertise?
These questions are just as important as the actual purpose of a piece of church technology. After all, what use is a genius software solution if no one can properly use it?
podcast transcript
Jason Shore is the visionary CEO and Co-Founder of Sardius Media, a company dedicated to supporting mission-driven broadcasters, primarily in the non-profit and faith sectors, by simplifying, automating, and scaling their media storage and distribution. With over a decade of experience, Jason and his team have enabled organizations to reach over half a billion viewer minutes last year alone.
Jason holds a degree in Computer Graphics from Purdue University and has amassed over three decades of experience in the technology sector, offering solutions to organizations worldwide. His expertise is particularly focused on assisting organizations with large global broadcast events, ensuring they not only reach their audience but also achieve their digital goals.
Residing in Kansas City with his wife and two sons, Jason is a family man whose free time is often spent playing sports with his boys or cheering for the Indianapolis Colts.
The quality of your church’s live stream can make or break a person’s experience. I’m willing to assume that you care about what people think when they come through your doors and sit down for a service in person.
In 2025, the digital version of that experience should be equally important.
At Sardius Media, we’ve found that a seamless online interaction can have an incredible impact on keeping people connected to the message and vision of a church. Although it may not serve the same purpose as an in-person experience, considering the global, 24/7 presence of digital media, digital church can play a different yet equally important role in your ministry.
The challenge at the moment is finding the people to help you maintain a high-quality livestreaming setup for your church.
The Need for Technology in Church
Many modern churches use technology in some capacity. Your church probably has church management software (ChMS) for coordination. Post-pandemic, everyone has a live stream set up of some kind. You probably have an online giving platform, too, along with a website, social media, mobile app, cybersecurity — the list goes on.
These are all incredible tools that help us optimize and amplify our work as the global Church. Leadership sees this, too. In 2025, over half of all churches in America are increasing their tech budgets. They see the growing importance of the relationship between church and technology and the impact that this has on how we operate in the modern world.
When used the right way, technology helps us stay connected and informed. It brings your community together throughout the week and makes sure that everyone is involved.
The challenge with tech in church right now? Finding the people who can use it.
Why Your Tech Team Shouldn’t Have to Be Made of Engineers
Making the case for the importance of tech in church is easy. The problem is implementing the technology. Unfortunately, the answer for many churches has been one of three options:
- Find a handful of individuals qualified to manage complex software systems and then run these volunteers ragged.
- Compromise with low-quality alternative hardware and software solutions that require less tech-savvy expertise.
- Underutilize a quality tech stack through limited understanding and knowledge.
Here’s the thing. The real root of the problem isn’t your staff. It’s the tech itself.
It’s up to software providers to create solutions that reduce the need for technical expertise on the user end. To be clear, simplicity doesn’t mean fewer capabilities. You can buy a Tesla without knowing how the drivetrain works and still expect a world-class ride.
Do you see what I’m getting at? At Sardius, our goal is to keep the powerful parts invisible when they need to be, not get rid of them entirely.
We simultaneously want to give your tech director the tools to execute at a higher level while helping your volunteers manage a service without the stress. Streamlining church tech means hiding necessary complexities behind thoughtful UX design and comprehensive user support.
This is particularly true in an area like the church, where mission and service (not the technology behind them) are integral to organizational impact.
Most churches lack the resources to pour into complex technologies, and they struggle to find individuals who can run them. They may need technology as part of their modern missional strategy, but they need tools that streamline things, not complicate them.
A Streamlined Solution to Church Tech
At Sardius Media, we are obsessed with creating broadcasting solutions for mission-driven organizations that work in the real world.
This starts with a focus on the needs of churches and similar mission-driven organizations. Our proprietary software addresses specific nuances that come with broadcasting live events in a faith-based or nonprofit setting. A recent example is when we helped Jennie Allen and the Gather25 team broadcast a live in-person event to over seven million global viewers for 25 straight hours.
Of course, an event of that size requires white glove service. (We’re a big fan of providing Unreasonable Hospitality whenever we can.) Even so, on a Sunday-to-Sunday level, you still need a similar, albeit scaled-down, option that helps you create a seamless hybrid experience.
That’s why, when we design our software, we don’t just think of the Jennie Allens, Joyce Meyers, or Global Leadership Summits of the world. We also consider the everyday tech teams trying to broadcast services to their local church communities.
The last thing we want to do is dump a complex live stream structure on your team. We want to empower even those with basic tech knowledge with the ability to broadcast their church services, events, and messages to the world.
That’s why the Sardius Media platform works as a single dashboard where you can unify all of the hardware and software of your live streams. We’ve integrated AI to streamline things like transcriptions and repurposing content. You can access analytics, include translations, clip videos for social — all from a single application.
The idea is to improve your church’s live stream. It’s also to help your team have less on their plate in the process. We’ve helped churches upgrade from DIY live streaming to pro-grade broadcasts – and not by throwing money at expensive hires. By helping existing teams work smarter with the right systems in place.
We need to see more of this comprehensive approach across all church tech. Any time a team sits down to create a digital solution for a church, they should prioritize the end user.
Who is going to use the tech? How can you simplify the tool to make it as effective and efficient as possible with minimal need for training or technical expertise?
These questions are just as important as the actual purpose of a piece of church technology. After all, what use is a genius software solution if no one can properly use it?
VIDEO transcript
The quality of your church’s live stream can make or break a person’s experience. I’m willing to assume that you care about what people think when they come through your doors and sit down for a service in person.
In 2025, the digital version of that experience should be equally important.
At Sardius Media, we’ve found that a seamless online interaction can have an incredible impact on keeping people connected to the message and vision of a church. Although it may not serve the same purpose as an in-person experience, considering the global, 24/7 presence of digital media, digital church can play a different yet equally important role in your ministry.
The challenge at the moment is finding the people to help you maintain a high-quality livestreaming setup for your church.
The Need for Technology in Church
Many modern churches use technology in some capacity. Your church probably has church management software (ChMS) for coordination. Post-pandemic, everyone has a live stream set up of some kind. You probably have an online giving platform, too, along with a website, social media, mobile app, cybersecurity — the list goes on.
These are all incredible tools that help us optimize and amplify our work as the global Church. Leadership sees this, too. In 2025, over half of all churches in America are increasing their tech budgets. They see the growing importance of the relationship between church and technology and the impact that this has on how we operate in the modern world.
When used the right way, technology helps us stay connected and informed. It brings your community together throughout the week and makes sure that everyone is involved.
The challenge with tech in church right now? Finding the people who can use it.
Why Your Tech Team Shouldn’t Have to Be Made of Engineers
Making the case for the importance of tech in church is easy. The problem is implementing the technology. Unfortunately, the answer for many churches has been one of three options:
- Find a handful of individuals qualified to manage complex software systems and then run these volunteers ragged.
- Compromise with low-quality alternative hardware and software solutions that require less tech-savvy expertise.
- Underutilize a quality tech stack through limited understanding and knowledge.
Here’s the thing. The real root of the problem isn’t your staff. It’s the tech itself.
It’s up to software providers to create solutions that reduce the need for technical expertise on the user end. To be clear, simplicity doesn’t mean fewer capabilities. You can buy a Tesla without knowing how the drivetrain works and still expect a world-class ride.
Do you see what I’m getting at? At Sardius, our goal is to keep the powerful parts invisible when they need to be, not get rid of them entirely.
We simultaneously want to give your tech director the tools to execute at a higher level while helping your volunteers manage a service without the stress. Streamlining church tech means hiding necessary complexities behind thoughtful UX design and comprehensive user support.
This is particularly true in an area like the church, where mission and service (not the technology behind them) are integral to organizational impact.
Most churches lack the resources to pour into complex technologies, and they struggle to find individuals who can run them. They may need technology as part of their modern missional strategy, but they need tools that streamline things, not complicate them.
A Streamlined Solution to Church Tech
At Sardius Media, we are obsessed with creating broadcasting solutions for mission-driven organizations that work in the real world.
This starts with a focus on the needs of churches and similar mission-driven organizations. Our proprietary software addresses specific nuances that come with broadcasting live events in a faith-based or nonprofit setting. A recent example is when we helped Jennie Allen and the Gather25 team broadcast a live in-person event to over seven million global viewers for 25 straight hours.
Of course, an event of that size requires white glove service. (We’re a big fan of providing Unreasonable Hospitality whenever we can.) Even so, on a Sunday-to-Sunday level, you still need a similar, albeit scaled-down, option that helps you create a seamless hybrid experience.
That’s why, when we design our software, we don’t just think of the Jennie Allens, Joyce Meyers, or Global Leadership Summits of the world. We also consider the everyday tech teams trying to broadcast services to their local church communities.
The last thing we want to do is dump a complex live stream structure on your team. We want to empower even those with basic tech knowledge with the ability to broadcast their church services, events, and messages to the world.
That’s why the Sardius Media platform works as a single dashboard where you can unify all of the hardware and software of your live streams. We’ve integrated AI to streamline things like transcriptions and repurposing content. You can access analytics, include translations, clip videos for social — all from a single application.
The idea is to improve your church’s live stream. It’s also to help your team have less on their plate in the process. We’ve helped churches upgrade from DIY live streaming to pro-grade broadcasts – and not by throwing money at expensive hires. By helping existing teams work smarter with the right systems in place.
We need to see more of this comprehensive approach across all church tech. Any time a team sits down to create a digital solution for a church, they should prioritize the end user.
Who is going to use the tech? How can you simplify the tool to make it as effective and efficient as possible with minimal need for training or technical expertise?
These questions are just as important as the actual purpose of a piece of church technology. After all, what use is a genius software solution if no one can properly use it?
Sign Up for Product Updates
Jason Shore is the visionary CEO and Co-Founder of Sardius Media, a company dedicated to supporting mission-driven broadcasters, primarily in the non-profit and faith sectors, by simplifying, automating, and scaling their media storage and distribution. With over a decade of experience, Jason and his team have enabled organizations to reach over half a billion viewer minutes last year alone.
Jason holds a degree in Computer Graphics from Purdue University and has amassed over three decades of experience in the technology sector, offering solutions to organizations worldwide. His expertise is particularly focused on assisting organizations with large global broadcast events, ensuring they not only reach their audience but also achieve their digital goals.
Residing in Kansas City with his wife and two sons, Jason is a family man whose free time is often spent playing sports with his boys or cheering for the Indianapolis Colts.
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