TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

• Tithe.ly: Makes the case for live streaming to your church website.

• Social Sermons: An expert’s take on why AI can’t be trusted to do sermon clips.

• BoxCast: A more excellent way of working.

• Church Tech Today: One AI-powered thing for Gen Z & Millennials.

Why Live Stream to Your Church Website?

Tithe.ly shares “Why Your Church Should Live Stream to Your Website” (6-minute read), making the case for driving viewers to a distraction-free Watch Live page you control—then multi-streaming to socials for reach. Includes a three-step quick start using Tithe.ly products (website setup, Switcher Studio configuration, and go-live), plus tips to place Give and Plan a Visit near the player to convert attention into next steps. Significance: While article is product-specific, concepts can be applied using alternative products.

Can AI Be Trusted To Do Sermon Clips?

Brady Shearer of Pro Church Tools / Social Sermons shares “Why I Don't Trust AI Sermon Clips“, (2 minute watch on YouTube), a quick take on potential shortcomings of using AI for creating sermon clips, based on their annual evaluation of AI sermon clip tools. Editor’s note: The ministry where I volunteer has gotten almost 1 million views over the past 15 months publishing AI-generated YouTube Shorts twice weekly. If you’re interested in our insights, reply to the email (subscribers only) and we’ll get back to you. Of course, your mileage will vary!  

A More Excellent Way of Working

BoxCast shares “Smarter Church Operations: How Modern Practices Can Strengthen Your Ministry” (8-minute read), a practical playbook to reduce burnout and increase ministry impact: clarify what you’re optimizing, define clear and actionable goals, run time-boxed sprints, map user journeys, and add retrospectives. Includes tooling and examples (Notion, Miro boards) your staff can implement immediately.

One AI-Powered Thing For Gen Z & Millennials

Church Tech Today shares “The One AI-Powered Thing Gen Z & Millennial Audiences Want At Sunday Services…” (30-minute watch), where Kenny Jahng and Matt Cook from Aberdeen Broadcast Services unpack how AI captions, translation, and voice dubbing make services more inclusive for multilingual and hearing-impaired worshipers and more appealing to younger generation worshippers.

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