LifeChurch.tv Offers LifeChurch Network

Orginally published on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 1:00 PM
by Todd Rhoades

I love LifeChurch.tv. They are constantly pushing the envelope, trying to make the best use of resources, time, and technology in order to leverage the Good News as many places as they can. Yesterday, we mentioned about their LifeChurch.tv Open project, where they are providing all their creative material for free to any churches that want to use it. Now they are taking it one more step. With LiveChurch.tv Network, you can use their entire video message, service elements and creative media for free. All this while remaining completely autonomous. It's not for every church, but it will be interesting to see how many churches give it a go; and how they do with the LifeChurch.tv Network in the future...

Here’re some more details from their website…

Q: What is LifeChurch.tv Network?
A: LifeChurch.tv Network is a global network of churches whose vision is to bring more people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. LifeChurch.tv Network churches utilize resources and materials (video messages, outlines, artwork, etc.) created by LifeChurch.tv in one or more of their weekly services or experiences. All of the resources are free and made available through the website in advance of the service or experience.  It is centered more around consistent use of the video teaching message, than it is an association of churches sharing ideas on a regular basis. 

Q: How does LifeChurch.tv Network work?
A: Your local church continues to exist as it is today, except that you infuse LifeChurch.tv media (i.e., video message/sermon) into one or more of your weekly services or experiences either through satellite link or DVD download. Promotional artwork and outline materials are made available prior to the delivery of the message. The video message is made available in the same sequence and timing as all LifeChurch.tv campuses. Thus, your church views the same video message and in the same order as all LifeChurch.tv campuses. Excluding the video message, the remainder of your weekly service or experience is under your direction.

Q: What types of resources will be made available to our church if we become a LifeChurch.tv Network church?
A: The content includes, but is not limited to, weekly video messages (available through DVD download or satellite link), artwork, themed videos that are used to promote and brand a series (provided in full resolution), message outlines, and layered graphic files.

Q: Are there any costs involved to join LifeChurch.tv Network?
A: No. There are no annual dues or fees or any financial exchange of money with LifeChurch.tv.  We believe that our resources are God’s resources to freely share with other churches that embrace a common vision.  Local churches do incur the costs of equipment required to broadcast the weekly video (DVD burner or satellite equipment). 

Q: Why is LifeChurch.tv making this available for free?
A: We are passionate about changed lives and believe that LifeChurch.tv Network provides an exciting and unique opportunity to churches worldwide that want creative resources and the flexibility to deliver these resources to people in their communities.  Ultimately, these resources are God’s resources; we are simply the vehicle to host them and to subsequently share with others. 

Q: What are some of the advantages of becoming a LifeChurch.tv Network church?
A: Access to God’s creative resources through LifeChurch.tv… full autonomy to do ministry at the local level… flexibility to design weekly services or experiences around the video message… more time and focus to reach non-believers in local communities… synergy and connection with other churches that have embraced a common vision.  Click here to read some specific ways that LifeChurch.tv Network can assist local ministries or church leadership. 

Q: Am I able to use the LifeChurch.tv Network name?
A: LifeChurch.tv Network churches continue to use their own church name, but also use the tag line, “a part of the LifeChurch.tv Network” when promoting an experience or service in which the video is broadcast (e.g., Your Church Name, a part of the LifeChurch.tv Network). 

Q: What if I don’t want to use the LifeChurch.tv Network name and/or don’t want to follow the same video sequence as the LifeChurch.tv campuses?

A: Instead of joining LifeChurch.tv Network, you might consider LifeChurch.tv Open as an alternative option. With LifeChurch.tv Open, there is no association with LifeChurch.tv and churches can pick and choose only those messages and materials relevant to their church needs.

Q: What if we are not happy with the relationship and want to stop participating as a LifeChurch.tv Network church?
A: No problem. This is a voluntary relationship which allows LifeChurch.tv Network churches or LifeChurch.tv to end the relationship at any time for any reason.

You can find out more about LifeChurch.tv Network here...
You can find out more about LifeChurch.tv Open here...

FOR DISCUSSION: Any thoughts on this new LifeChurch.tv Network option?  I think, for some, this may be a very reasonable option.  I’ve seen this type of thing coming for some time; but always figured it would be a package costing a few thousand bucks to the ‘home church’.  Glad to see LifeChurch.tv offering it with no strings attached and at no cost.  Your thoughts…

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