Church Production

"Church Production" (www.churchproduction.com) is a specialized magazine focused on technology for production-driven places of worship. It provides church-specific insights on audio, video, lighting, staging/rigging, and streaming, along with valuable information on ministry and team development. Since its inception in 1999, Church Production Magazine has been a trusted source for the latest news, product launches, industry trends, reviews, and insights into installations within houses of worship. Founded in 1999, Church Production Magazine is published ten times a year, boasting nearly 30,000 subscribers according to the CVC Audit. Additionally, the website attracts over 40,000 unique visitors each month.

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Everything You Need to Know About Capture Summit 2025 at Woodlands Church

1 week ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

Capture’25 is coming soon! This is the ninth year for the video production, streaming and digital communications summit for churches and there’s so much in store for attendees this year. It will be held for a second time at Woodlands Church in The Woodlands, Texas, June 24-25. “Woodlands Church, led by Pastor Kerry Shook, is a hugely influential church. We’re thankful and honored to be presenting the event at Woodlands Church,” says Church Production Editor and Capture Founder Brian Blackmore.
Struggling with Sound in a Small Worship Room? This Might Be the Fix: The K-Array Kayman KY102 Loudspeaker System

3 weeks ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

The sanctuary at Oaks Church in McKinney, Texas isn’t very big, seating less than 500 people. Audio wise, the area has been covered well with the church’s current eight-speaker system without counting subs. But the tech team was surprised they could get the same amount of coverage with just two K-Array Kayman KY102 Mark II speakers. “It shocked us how great a small column speaker could sound like,” says Oaks Church Media and Production Director Abner Cruz.
Hands-Free Follow Spots in Church? Our Experience with Zactrack Mini

2 months ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore |Hands-Free Spots

Because of lighting, a lot of worship leaders and pastors feel like they have to stand in a very specific spot, on stage. It can make them feel locked down, focused on a spot rather than on their worship or the message. And while lighting-follow systems exist, they can be expensive and take a lot of time to set up.
We Tested the ADJ Focus Spot 7Z in Live Church Services-Here’s What Happened

2 months ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

AJ Layton is the lighting director at Grace Family Church in Tampa, Florida. As part of this Church Production Road Test User Experience, Layton and his team agreed to try out ADJ’s Focus Spot 7Z. The fixture offers 20,000 Lumens of output and beam-shaping features that include CMY+CTO color mixing, animation wheel, rotating gobo wheels, prism options and frost filters. “We got to use it during our weekend services over a couple of weekends as well as our youth service,” Layton explains.
Hands-Free Follow Spots in Church? Our Experience with Zactrack Mini

2 months ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

Because of lighting, a lot of worship leaders and pastors feel like they have to stand in a very specific spot, on stage. It can make them feel locked down, focused on a spot rather than on their worship or the message. And while lighting-follow systems exist, they can be expensive and take a lot of time to set up.
Podcast: Crisis, Communication & Church Production - Phil Cooke on Leadership & Media

2 months ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

Phil Cooke is a PhD, author, speaker, and longtime production director in Hollywood, broadcast television and the local church. He's passionate about church production leaders figuring out the message they're trying to tell. And in this Church Production Podcast episode, he talks with Joseph Cottle about all of that, alongside some great advice for young and veteran production leaders alike.
Are These the Best Moving Lights for Churches? Flatirons Church Tests the High End Ministars

2 months ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

At the Longmont campus of Flatirons Community Church in Colorado, the lighting fixtures are at the end of their lifecycle. They don’t zoom and have a limited color wheel of barely 12 colors. So, when campus Lighting Designer and Production Manager Ezekiel Castillo was asked to participate in a Church Production Road Test User Experience for High End Systems Ministar by ETC moving lights, he jumped at it.
Perfect PTZ Camera for Small Churches? We Test the BZBGear ADAMO 4K Camera

2 months ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

“I was a little nervous because my experience with PTZs in the past is that you can just tell it's a PTZ camera, but with these cameras in particular, the quality looked good and we were able to blend it in with our broadcast cameras.” Nick Burt is the director of communications at the Church at Rock Creek in Little Rock, Arkansas. As part of a Church Production Road Test User Experience, he and his team agreed to try out BZBGear’s Adamo 4K PTZ Cameras.
How Cottonwood Creek Church Achieved a Cinematic Look for Live Worship.

2 months ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

Many churches want to capture live video of their services with a stunning cinematic look. However, when they get a cinema type camera, they find it’s hard to grab focus because they’re using a different kind of lens that has a shallow depth of field. Add in iris control, along with pulling focus and it becomes too much for a single operator to handle well.
Auto-Tracking PTZ Cameras for Churches: We Evaluate the PTZOptics MOVE 4K PTZ Camera

Mar 8, 2025 | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

Brent Mestach is the graphics and broadcast director for Christ Wesleyan Church in Milton Pennsylvania. As part of a Church Production Road Test User Experience, Mestach and his team agreed to incorporate PTZOptics’ Move 4K PTZ Cameras into their set up and see how they worked. He says the auto-tracking on stage, really impressed. “So, it's really cool...