For churches and ministries
Church live streaming your media team can run every week
Live streaming for churches, made repeatable: multistream services to your website and social channels, and record every sermon automatically each week.
For churches, ministries, media teams, and multi-campus organizations streaming recurring services.
Trusted by churches and ministries streaming every week
Business outcomes
The workflow should create value, not more operational risk.
01Make Sunday repeatable
Reuse destinations and a familiar operator workflow every week.
02Reach members wherever they are
Members at home, traveling, or in care can join the service live and watch the replay afterward.
03Preserve every sermon
Record services for replay, archives, and ministry programming.
Capabilities that matter
Technical depth, organized around the operator.
Castr keeps the full feature set available without forcing every buyer to decode a wall of capability labels before understanding the workflow.
Multistreaming
Send one encoder feed to the church website, YouTube, Facebook, and custom destinations at once.
Automatic recording
Every service is captured in the cloud, with no separate capture workflow.
Pre-recorded live
Schedule a prepared service or message to premiere as a real live stream.
Website player
Keep the primary viewing experience on the church website with an embedded player.
Recurring workflow
Saved destinations and stream settings cut weekly setup for volunteer operators.
24/7 support
Reach a human on every plan, at any hour, including Sunday morning.
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Compare plans and capabilities →How to live stream a church service
The Sunday workflow, set up once and reused every week.
Church live streaming settles into a routine when the setup only happens once. Configure the stream, the player, and the destinations before the first Sunday, and every service after that starts from the encoder.
Set up once
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Connect the encoder
Send the camera and sound board feed to Castr over RTMP or SRT from a hardware encoder or free software like OBS. Both protocols are included on every plan.
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Embed the website player
Paste the player embed on the church website so the service plays on your own page, without platform branding or suggested videos.
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Add social destinations
Connect YouTube and Facebook once and reuse the connections weekly. Plans include 6 to 30 destinations account-wide, with higher counts available on request.
On Sunday
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Start the encoder and go live
The stream, player, and destinations are already configured, so a volunteer starts the broadcast from the encoder and Castr fans it out.
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Watch stream health
Bitrate and health charts show contribution problems while the service is live, before viewers notice them.
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Reach support any hour
24/7 human support is included on every plan, so help is there while the service is live.
After the service
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Save the sermon
The service records automatically, up to 72 hours per broadcast, and stays available for three days. Save it to your library to keep it permanently.
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Replay and repurpose
Publish the recording on your website, build a sermon archive, or schedule it as a pre-recorded live premiere for another time zone.
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Grow into a ministry channel
Run a continuous channel of services and teaching with 24/7 playout when the archive is ready for it.
Every capability in this workflow is included on all plans, and the 7-day trial covers a full test service, so the media team can rehearse before the first live Sunday.
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Operator fit
Designed for recurring, accountable video work.
Operational complexity matters more than company size. The strongest fit is a team with a named owner, a repeatable schedule, and a real consequence if delivery fails.
Review your workflow with CastrStrong qualification signals
- Weekly worship services
- Volunteer and staff media teams
- Website plus social distribution
- Multi-campus and media ministries
Switching to Castr
Switch church streaming platforms without missing a Sunday.
You do not have to cut over blind. Run Castr in parallel with your current provider while you test, and let our video team confirm the fit before anything switches.
Run in parallel
Stream a midweek service or rehearsal through Castr while your current platform carries Sunday as usual. Your congregation sees nothing change until the new setup has run a full service.
Map the workflow
Our video team reviews your encoder, website player, social destinations, and recording routine, then confirms which plan covers your weekly workflow.
Cut over with support
Swap the website embed and reconnect YouTube and Facebook before the next service, with 24/7 human support on hand while the new setup carries its first Sunday.
Build the complete workflow
Connect this capability to the rest of your operation.
Questions before you choose
Evaluate the workflow with confidence.
Feature and plan availability changes by tier. Use the full matrix for comparison, or let our team validate a complex setup.
How do I live stream a church service?
Connect a camera and the sound board feed to an encoder, either a hardware unit or free software like OBS, then send that feed to Castr over RTMP or SRT. Castr plays the service in the player embedded on your church website and multistreams it to YouTube and Facebook at the same time, and the whole setup is saved for next week.
What equipment does a church need to live stream?
A camera, an audio feed from the mixing console, an encoder, and reliable upload bandwidth. Many churches start with one camera and OBS on a computer, then grow into hardware encoders and multi-camera setups. Any encoder that outputs RTMP or SRT works with Castr.
How do we stream to Facebook and YouTube at the same time?
Add both as destinations on the stream and go live once from your encoder. Castr sends the same feed to every destination, including the player on your church website. Plans include 6 to 30 destinations account-wide, with higher counts available on request.
Can volunteers operate Castr?
Yes. Destinations and stream settings are saved between services, so on Sunday a volunteer starts the encoder and the rest is already configured. Encoder setup still benefits from basic training.
Do we need a license to stream worship music?
Usually, yes. Performing copyrighted worship music on a live stream generally requires a streaming license, such as one from CCLI, in addition to any print or projection license. Castr delivers the stream but does not clear music rights, so confirm coverage with your licensing provider before broadcasting.
Which provider is best for church streaming?
Look for saved weekly workflows, an embedded player for the church website, simultaneous social destinations, automatic recording, and support that is reachable on Sunday. Castr covers each of those on every plan, and the 7-day trial lets the media team test a full service run before committing.
Can we schedule a pre-recorded service to premiere as live?
Yes. Upload the finished video and schedule it as a pre-recorded live stream, and it plays out as a real broadcast to your website and social destinations at the set time. Pre-recorded streaming is included on every plan.
Can sermons be recorded automatically?
Yes. Each service records automatically in the cloud, up to 72 hours per broadcast, and the recording stays available for three days. Save it to your video library to keep the sermon permanently, or download the file within that window.
Can I evaluate Castr before subscribing?
Yes. Castr offers a 7-day Starter trial with no credit card required. Advanced workflows and higher limits may require a paid tier or a technical consultation.
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