MEDIA & MINISTRY FORUM

KEITH & DELSEY GARNER—PHILIPPINES

Our livestream sound quality is not very good. How can we improve it?

This was one of many questions that we regularly received after the Philippines went into lockdown in March 2020.

Initially, we responded to the lockdown by producing a tutorial video series that began with “How to Livestream a Church Service.”

However, each time we received a question like this, we realized that was not enough. A video was simply too static. In addition, people encountered new technical questions every week as they were forced to do online ministry, many for the first time. We needed to address two main questions. First, how could we engage and respond to people’s questions? Second, how could we continue developing their technical skills? One solution was the formation of the “Media and Ministry Forum.” The Media and Ministry Forum is a Facebook group where people can ask their questions. An APMedia staff person or another group member will provide feedback in a timely fashion.

Currently, the Media and Ministry Forum has over 1,600 members from all over Asia.

We have two main ways that we continue developing technical skills. The first way is by posting relevant articles about trending technology topics that they can read. Another way is by hosting live webinars in the Forum. We provide two short webinars a month, each lasting 60-90 minutes, covering practical ministry and technology topics. Two recent webinar topics, for example, were “Designing a Church Logo” and “How to Start a Podcast.”

Over 2,900 people watched these webinars, with hundreds of comments for each.

In the last month alone, APMedia has helped continue the training of nearly 3,000 digital missionaries. As a result, questions are being answered, skill sets are growing, relationships are being formed, and the church is better off.

Asia Pacific Media: His Message, Multiplied — TOGETHER!