TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

This edition of the Digital Ministry Journal recaps news of interest to the digital ministry community. Resi announces its Mini Encoder for streaming. Worship Facility shares insights on using visuals to increase online and in-person engagement. NonProfit Pro shares insights on preventing donation fraud. Church Tech Today shares a roundup of recent AI news. Finally, Church Bundle shares its April bundle of free resources.

New Livestreaming Hardware Encoder from Resi

Resi shares “Mini but Mighty: Introducing the New Resi Mini Encoder” (7-minute read), building the case for small to midsized Churches to consider its new Mini Encoder for livestreaming, which will be available May 21, 2024. Resi cites easy setup, high stream quality and reliability at an affordable ($600) pre-order price point as its benefits.

Visuals to Increase Engagement

Worship Facility shares “How to Use Visuals to Increase Engagement” (48-minute watch). Sponsored by Refresh LED, this webinar covers the importance of video content, engaging online and in-person, planning for major events, and content creation and editing.

Preventing Donation Fraud

NonProfit PRO shares “How to Prevent Nonprofit Payment Fraud” (6-minute read), emphasizing the importance of secure online donation systems and practices like the use of CAPTCHAs to distinguish human from automated submissions, selecting payment providers compliant with advanced security standards like PCI/DSS, and setting strict policies on refunds to counteract refund fraud schemes.

AI News: April 2024

Church Tech Today shares “What’s Happening With AI [April 2024]” (5-minute read) highlighting AI news including a new releases of Claude (a ChatGPT competitor), a summary of new AI tools for images, audio, and video and statistics on AI adoption.

April Church Resource Bundle

Church Bundle shares its “April Resource Bundle” (3-minute read), a free resource bundle including a Mother’s Day media collection, sermon series calendar template, text messaging templates and a “Canva 101” guide, available through April 30, 2024.

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