How To

Start A
Church
Podcast
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This guide will give you all the
information you need to get
started making a podcast for
your church.

Starting a podcast is one of the

easiest ways for your church to
reach beyond the 4-walls.

Let me layout the checklist or

outline. We are shooting for the
beginner so if you want to do
something bigger than what I
layout go ahead.

This will be the essential items

needed no matter what type of
content you will be serving.

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1. The Content Decide on what you will
be using as your content.

I personally use my
preacher's sermon as my
content.

It's simple, easy, and it's

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not copyrighted!
 2. Recording The Content

Believe it or not, this is the easy part. I'm going

to assume that you have some form of sound
system in your church with a sound board and
someone has access to a smartphone. Any
modern or even old-school sound board has
the classic red & white RCA connections.
Depending on your smart phone, we are going
to get a RCA audio to stereo cable:
https://amzn.to/2VKRiKN
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 2.Recording The Content cont.
Android or Apple phones all
have a free audio recorder built
in. We will be using this to
record our content and the
best part IT'S FREE!!
Now if you do not have a sound
board or access to one, you
could simply get a lapel mic
like this one:
https://amzn.to/2JjYUO6
Or you could just leave your
phone on the podium near your
speaker. Either will work since
we are only recording the
Connect the RCA audio to
stereo cable to your phone
or phone jack adapter
(normally included with
your phone) and then
connect the RCA
connections to the red &
white audio out connections
on your sound board.
Just like keeping your phone
near the speaker, we are
only recording the sermon.
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3. Editing I highly recommend you get
Audacity. It is a completely FREE,
Software editing program available for Mac,
Windows, and Linux.
You can make corrections to your
audio made on your phone if needed
but we are mainly using this to add
our intro and outro parts of our

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podcast.
3. Editing Software
cont.
Use your smartphone recorder
to record the following intro &
outro:

INTRO
Welcome to the [CHURCH
NAME HERE] podcast. In
today's message, [SPEAKER
NAME] will speak on the topic
[TOPIC]

OUTRO
Thanks again for tuning into
this week's podcast. We hope
your received an encouraging
word. Have a blessed week

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4. Building The Simply add your custom
intro first in Audacity,
Podcast then your message, and
then the outro. SAVE
FILE

For episode name, I use

the recording date of the
message and the sermon
title.
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 5. Podcast Hosting
There are paid options Sign up is easy and fast.
and free options when it Head over to Canva.com
comes to hosting. and create a custom
3000X3000 logo for
You could host all of your your podcast. The
files on your website as simpler the design the
well and use a plugin to better.
handle your podcast.
Click Create a Show in
For a free AD supported Whooshkaa and fill out
option, I would all the other information
recommend Whooshkaa. about your podcast.
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5. Podcast Hosting
cont.
Upload the intro + message + outro
File you made in Audacity.

Increment the Season and Episode

Number as needed.

Include tags since this will help

people find your podcast.

Make sure you select CLEAN for

you Explicit rating.

And select Normalize Loudness. If

you don't like the results, this can
always be changed.
Click CREATE

In Whooshka under your podcast

overview you there is a RSS Feed
URL. Copy this, you will need it
soon.
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 6. Submitting To Podcast Services
The hard part is done. Now we can submit our podcast to
services like iTunes, Spotify and Google Play.

For iTunes Submissions:

1. Sign in to iTunes Podcasts Connect

2. Click the  at the top left of the iTunes Connect dashboard.
3. Enter your RSS feed into the provided text box and then click the
“Validate” button.
4. A Feed Preview will load if you do not have any validation errors.
Please take a moment and review your podcast artwork, description,
general information (e.g. description, categories, etc), and episodes.
Please see the Validation Errors section if you have any problems
validating your podcast feed.
5. If everything within the Feed Preview is correct, click the “Submit”
button.
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 6. Submitting to Podcast Services
cont.
For Google Play Submissions:

1. Visit g.co/podcastportal.
2. Click “Get Started.”
3. Login with your Google account.
4. Click “Add a Podcast.”
5. Review and accept the terms of service.
6. Enter your podcast-only RSS feed.
7. Check your email in RSS Feed and verify your ownership of
this podcast feed.
8. Click “Publish Podcast.”
9. Wait for approval.

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 6. Submitting to Podcast Services
cont.
For Spotify Submissions:

1. Go to Spotify for Podcasters. Login or create an account.

2. Click "Get Started" on the "Submit your podcast" page.
3. Read the terms and conditions, check the box, enter your
legal name, and select "Continue."
4. Enter your RSS feed URL into the provided box and select
"Next."
5. On the "Add podcast info" page, select your country,
language, category, and hosting provider and click "Next."
6. Review your podcast details and click "Submit."

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7. Congratulations

You now have a fully

functional podcast ready for
your church's sermons to be
shared all over the world.

Please note that some services

may take 2-5 days to
completely sync.

If you found this guide helpful

let me know at
podcast@ajayholmes.com

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