How to Launch an Online Campus with Hope Church

web resource

Blog. Maeve Brooks. Altar, MA, April 13, 2022

Description

This blog post helps congregations understand how to start streaming services online. Produced by Altar, an online worship streaming service, this web resource attempts to make starting or expanding a basic online streaming service easy. To help congregations get started, this resource shares how Hope Church in New Jersey started a basic streaming program during the pandemic with an iPhone and used Altar to develop that program into a hybrid worship experience for their congregation.

Features

45-minute video interview with Hope Church staff members
Written summary of interview

Recommended Audience

Discipleship Pastor, Church Pastor, Church Education Director, Christian Education, Church Planter, Launch Team

Cost

Free

Practical Applications

Read the interview summary to discover tips for transitioning from a social-media based streaming program to a service such as Altar.
Share the tips for building an online streaming team with your congregational leaders.

Updated: January 10, 2025

About the Contributor

Dr. Terrance A. Bridges II

Terrance Bridges is the director of the Center’s Northwest office in Crown Point and serves congregations in the Northwest portion of the state. He is licensed with subsequent ordination from Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith. An ordained elder, Terrance combines his parish ministry with adjunct professor work for Grace College, New Horizons Christian University, and guest lecturing at colleges and universities. His consulting practice includes work in the areas of program development, evaluation, congregational strategic planning and intergenerational ministry.

Terrance has a bachelor’s degree from Taylor University in Upland, a master’s from Ball State University, Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies and Doctoral Studies from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is working on his culminating doctoral project in education at Northcentral University in Prescott, Arizona. He has served in ministry at Eastern Star Church, Indianapolis, and Union Baptist Church in Muncie. He continues his ministry service at Mt. Zion Apostolic Church, Indianapolis, through the ministerial alliance, leadership council, preaching and teaching ministries.