March 25, 2020

How to Start Recording Your Sermon Podcasts

If you don't have a soundboard or church member who can record your sermons, there are fast and inexpensive ways for pastors to get started recording your sermons for podcasting.

Record with Your Cell Phone

Almost everyone has a recording device in their pocket: a smartphone. While it won't make the most polished recording, just placing it on the pulpit or somewhere nearby should get the job done to communicate your sermon. You need to make sure that your recording app will record in the MP3 format. If it doesn't, you have two options: 

1. Find an app that will convert your recording to an MP3 (see Editing Your Sermon below), or 
2. Use a different recording app to record as an MP3 in the first place. There are many, many audio recording apps out there for both Android and iPhone. One that should work for you is Voice Record Pro, available for free on Apple and Google Play.
   

Or Use a Digital Audio Recorder

A digital audio recorder (sorry, analog tape recorders will not work for this) can be an inexpensive way to record your sermon; you might already have one available in your home or church. There are many to choose, Read More...