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Over the next several days we will be sharing the first chapter of Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird’s book ‘Better Together: Making Church Mergers Work’. Check back often for updates – the first of eight parts is below.
Is This God at Work?
In the pages ahead, we identify many logical reasons why church mergers make sense, why they are increasing, and why the results are increasingly positive. But those explanations are all secondary to our sense that God is clearly behind the momentum, especially in nations where Christianity has a long history and thus a need for revitalization of long-established churches whose life cycle is ebbing. In biblical terms, we believe mergers are another example of God doing a “new thing” (Isa. 43:19), helping existing congregations to reach new levels of unity, maturity, and the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13).
Founded in February 1989 in Greenville, North Carolina, Koinonia Christian Center Church (KCC) Ministries is a vision-led church with a passion for making a difference in the lives of people. Now, as a result of an extensive renovation of a new church site whose technology needs were sourced by Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the needs of professional users, the church is ready to move forward on an even greater scale.
GC Pro worked hand in hand with Featherston Media, an AVL and IT systems integrator in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, providing a wide range of equipment and technology platforms, including an Avid SC48 Venue FOH console, Shure in-ear monitors, Sennheiser wireless systems, JVC cameras and Blackmagic Design video systems.
These were installed by Featherston Media’s integrators in consultation with GC Pro Account Managers. Featherston Media is also the newest addition to GC Pro’s highly successful Affiliates Program, which matches AVL clients’ projects with the best systems-integration partners and vendors nationwide.
Meetings have undergone a significant evolution over the past few years. With wireless connectivity exploding on the marketplace, companies have new and exciting connectivity solutions to choose from that enable “collaboration.” Yet, are you truly “collaborating” or just “presenting” content on a screen? Is it enough to just “present” content, or are today’s professional workers and students striving to “collaborate?”
Discover how Kramer’s VIA Wireless Connectivity and Collaboration Solutions are setting the standard for True-Collaboration™. In this 30-minute webinar, Michael DiBella, Director of Collaborative Solutions at Kramer, will outline the key differences between wireless systems that let you only “present,” versus those that let you both “present” and “collaborate.”
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Over the next several days we will be sharing the first chapter of Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird’s book ‘Better Together: Making Church Mergers Work’. Check back often for updates – the first of eight parts is below.
GOD IS DOING SOMETHING NEW: Biblical Basis for Mergers
It’s definitely a new day for church mergers. According to Leadership Network research, 2 percent of US Protestant churches merge annually1—that’s six thousand congregations. More significantly, another 5 percent of churches say they have already talked about merging in the future—that’s fifteen thousand more. These churches—plus tens of thousands of others elsewhere around the globe—are sensing that they could fulfill their God-given mission better together than separately, and they’re exploring new ways to join forces for the advancement of God’s kingdom. You may not use the word merger. You may call the idea a restart, replant, partnership, adoption, collaboration, consolidation, satellite, unification, reunification, or even something more indirect like joining forces, repotting, or building a legacy.
Whatever label you use, the core idea is two or more churches becoming one— the combining, integrating, and unifying of people, structures, systems, and resources to achieve a common purpose: doing life and ministry together as a vibrant, healthy expression of Christ’s body, the church. However you describe them, mergers are happening with an increasing frequency. And unlike the results in previous generations, many church mergers today are producing positive growth and admirable fruit. Increasingly, they are becoming a vehicle for unifying local congregations around a shared mission that is producing more effective spiritual and social impact.
FOR-A Corporation of America is holding an Open House today in Miami, taking place at the Homewood Suite at 5500 Blue Lagoon Drive. The Open House will be held tonight from noon until 7:00pm.
FOR-A will display a variety of its video production equipment, and invites all production professionals to attend the free event.
FOR-A will showcase how its wide variety of professional equipment integrates for seamless video production. Among the technology that FOR-A will showcase includes the HVS-2000 video switcher – the newest unit in FOR-A’s successful line of HANABI switchers. With a design that incorporated significant customer feedback, the HVS-2000 is suited to a variety of applications, can be used for SD, HD, 3G and 4K productions, and allows up to 48 inputs/18 outputs or 40 inputs/22 outputs (optional). The switcher offers numerous exclusive features that set it apart from all other switchers in its class, including its MELite™ function, which allows a traditional AUX bus to transform into a functional Mix Effects with cuts, mix, wipes, keys, and DVE including full preview. FOR-A will also show its HVS-100/110 portable video switchers today.
Other FOR-A equipment that will be on hand includes: the MFR-5000 routing switcher, MV-4200 multi-viewer, ODYSSEY’s Insight multi-channel video server, the LTS-60 server, LTR-100HS6 video archiving recorder, and FA-505, FA-1010 and FA-9520 signal processors.
Anyone who would like to learn more or who would like to arrange a private equipment showing can contact FOR-A’s Latin American Sales Manager, Mario Rodriguez, at rodriguez@for-a.com. FOR-A will hold a partner meeting and training event in Miami from July 16-17.
For more information about FOR-A’s product line, call 714-894-3311 or visit our web site at www.for-a.com
Should Assistive Listening Devices be Mandatory for Houses of Worship?
Many people attend worship services each week to be inspired. Yet, many houses of worship have acoustical challenges. Whether it is an HVAC system, reverberation, the distance from the pulpit, or the structure of the house of worship itself causing auditory problems, it can be difficult for congregants to hear the service properly, and this is exponential true for congregants that already have hearing loss.
Too often, congregants with hearing loss stop attending worship services because they cannot connect to what is important—the message. Assistive listening systems help people with hearing loss connect to sound in all kinds of environments, including houses of worship.
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by Brad Gallagher
Video projection design in the Church Market has witnessed a rebirth in the past few years. While just a few years ago, there was a large debate about whether the use of technology, specifically video detracted from worship. These conversations have largely ceased. One reason for the shift is the explosion in multi-site Churches which rely on good video production for the message to be delivered by an exceptional teaching pastor at the main campus or one of the main campuses.
One of the reasons that I see cited less frequently is that the technology has evolved to a point that it allows for much more creative expression. When we were stuck to displaying images inside a 4:3 square, everything was just an image inside a picture window. The only thing you could really do to stand apart was to make that window bigger or add more of them. At some point, you end up with a Church that looks more like a Sports Bar.
By Mark Varner
No matter what size your church is, getting your message (content) outside the walls of your building is a vital component to your mission. Historically, we did this through television broadcast and distribution of VHS tapes and DVDs (yes, really VHS tapes). Streaming services online is much more efficient and effective. For small-to-mid-size churches, however, streaming the services is not always an option; either due to cost, infrastructure, or personnel. JVC recently introduced a camera that might remove those barriers, while also making a great camera in its own right.
The GY-HM890 ProHD camcorder is a full HD shoulder-mount pseudo ENG camera; it is light enough and not bulky to hold in a field application (our shoulders thank you). It also has a 68-pin connection that utilizes JVC fiber or multi-core camera modules and can be equipped with components for studio use (zoom/focus control, viewfinder, CCU, etc.). Three 1/3-inch 2.07 megapixel full HD (1920×1080) CMOS sensors, provide 12-bit readout and F11 sensitivity. Standard time code/gen lock connections are here as well.
Several features stand out on this unit. One is the ability to record at 50 mbps in the H264 format, which I haven’t seen before on cameras of this class. Another is the Fujinon 20x interchangeable zoom lens, which really is impressive. We tested it at great distances and the image held up superbly. The camcorder also has a dual codec that lets you transmit live HD footage, or transfer files in the background, while still recording your shots.
Flash Art and Exponauts’ Jens Hillenkötter adds new sweeper to his toolbox. After around two months of preparation, Munich Allianz Arena hosted one of the largest corporate events that the …
