Sermons are the lifeblood of most church websites. They're how members revisit a powerful message, how out-of-town family stays connected, and how new visitors get a sense of your pulpit before they ever walk in. Publishing your first one takes about five minutes.
What you'll need
- A sermon recording — audio (.mp3 preferred) or video (.mp4 / a YouTube link).
- The title and a short summary — one or two sentences.
- A Scripture reference — e.g. "Romans 8:28–39."
- The preacher's name — defaults to the senior pastor if you set that earlier.
- A series name (optional) — if this sermon is part of a multi-week series.
How to publish
- Go to New sermon.
- Fill in Title, Preacher, Scripture, Summary.
- Pick a Publish date — usually the Sunday the sermon was preached.
- Media section:
- Audio: upload an MP3 directly, or paste a link from your podcast host.
- Video: paste a YouTube or Vimeo URL.
- You can include both audio and video on the same sermon — visitors see one player with a toggle.
- Click Save.
Publish state — draft vs. scheduled vs. published
Top-right of the sermon form is a Publish State selector with three options:
- Draft — only you can see it. Use this while you're still editing.
- Scheduled — picks a future date and time. The sermon appears on the public site automatically when that moment arrives.
- Published — live now.
For your first sermon, just pick Published and click Save.
Where the sermon shows up
- On your church's public site under
/messages(or whatever you've named the section). - In the Messages section on your home page (if that block is enabled).
- In the member app, if you're on the App plan — members get a "new sermon" notification.
- In the podcast RSS feed at
/{your-slug}.easychurchapp.com/feed/podcast— submit this once to Apple Podcasts / Spotify and every future sermon shows up automatically.
File size and length
There's no hard limit on file size for uploaded audio, but anything over ~150MB takes a long time to upload from a home connection. If your audio file is huge, export it at a lower bitrate (96kbps is fine for spoken sermons).