Multi-Site Q & A - Equipment? - Church Leader Insights

Here’s a recent equipment Q & A that our Worship Pastor, Jason Hatley answered for a member of the CLI family:

Q: Our church is looking to do a satellite campus next year very similar to what you’ve done at The Journey.

We’re really pumped about going multi-site and expanding our ministry in that manner. In prepping for this transition, our tech guys had a couple of questions. Any insight you can give us regarding these questions would be great, thanks:

Satellite Campus
1. Projector Type? Screen Size?
2. DVD player model? Cable type to Projector?

Main Campus
1. Camera Type? Model #?
2. Signal Type? HD or SD? Digital or Analog?
3. Service Editing – Post-production or live switching
– Switcher (if live)? Editing Suite (if post)?

A: Sounds like things are really growing at your church. Honestly, I don’t know all the answers, but here’s what I do know:

1 – Projector’s are Eiki LCX-9 I believe (6500 lumens). Screens are 7.5×10 right now. We may go widescreen in the future.

2 – Play it through ProPresenter using Macbook Pro, adapter, and through BNC cable.

3 – Camera type – Panasonic HPX-300 high-def camera

4 – Signal type coming out of the laptop is a pure digital signal, but get downgraded to SD by the time it gets to the projector.

5 – We switch live. It’s an in-expensive switcher (not HD ready), so we’re considering replacing in the next year. I don’t know the model, but its a Panasonic I believe and cost about $5000-$7000. We edit using Final Cut Pro during the week, and then playback via ProPresenter in the locations.

I hope all of that helps!

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About Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.