Your church sends a weekly email. Sermon notes. Event announcements. Prayer requests. Ministry updates. Devotional readings.
Open rate: maybe 25%. Many members get their spiritual formation exclusively on Sunday morning — because the weekday content doesn’t reach them.
Turn your weekly church content into a podcast members listen to throughout the week:
Weekly devotional podcast: Two hosts discuss the week’s scripture readings and sermon themes. “This week’s passage was [X]. Let’s talk about what it means for our daily lives.”
Church updates: “VBS registration opens next week. The missions team is back from Guatemala. Here’s what happened.”
Sermon extension: “Pastor [Name] preached on [topic] Sunday. Here are three practical applications to think about this week.”
The second host asks reflective questions: “How does this apply when you’re at work?” “What does this look like in a marriage?” “How do you explain this to your kids?”
You already write sermon notes and devotionals. The podcast generates from what you’ve already written. No additional preparation. No recording (unless you want to). Your words, discussed by two hosts, reaching members who wouldn’t read the email.
Spiritual formation shouldn’t stop on Sunday. Make it listenable all week.