Like many countries, South Africa responded to the Covid-19 pandemic with a national lockdown and the suspension of large social gatherings - including any places of worship. LINC Church, based in Salt Rock in KwaZulu-Natal, would generally see an average weekly congregation of around 1,000 people. However, with that now…
Due to the temporary closure of its historic building during the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, Methodist Central Hall Westminster (MCHW) has taken to livestreaming the Sunday Morning Service to engage with the congregation and beyond. As the church’s in-house production service partner, White Light (WL) has adapted its mixed reality SmartStage…
Forty-two years after being named after its neighborhood in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, the church originally known as Mill Woods Assembly changed its identity to Hope City Church last year to reflect its expansion into new communities. Wanting to maximise the quality of the live video being fed to…
In this video, Richard Clark, director of music and organist for the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Archdiocese of Boston, talks about the acoustic challenges in such a historic space and how they were solved by a sound system incorporating Innovox loudspeakers and Powersoft amplifiers. Evan Landry of CommLink Integration…
Evergreen Ministries had put its faith in acoustical orthodoxy when the Hudsonville, Michigan church had its previous sound system installed. However, with the worship space residing in a mid-sized square building with largely metal construction that created reverberation problems, speech intelligibility and musical articulation were a frequent challenge. “They had…
At a time when the background noise in audio is all about three dimensional sound and immersive experiences, arguably an extravagance suited to famous concert halls and exotic experimental music, it is contrary to the flow that we should encounter a d&b audiotechnik Soundscape system being applied at a church…
Santo Eccehomo Cathedral in Valledupar became Colombia's largest cathedral when it opened its doors to more than 4,000 worshippers in April 2017. At 61 metres (200 feet) long and 34 metres (112 feet) wide, a capacity congregation of 6,000 (2,500 comfortably seated) can come together beneath a ceiling that soars…
Temple Farm is a new 84-acre UK headquarters for the International Bible Students Association (IBSA) located near Chelmsford, Essex. The site has up to 1,000 volunteer workers per day alongside a small number of outside sub-contractors and is professionally managed and run by the organisation. To provide equal access to…
One hundred and twelve feet tall, the statue of Adiyogi rises majestically above the Isha Yoga Center in the beautiful foothills at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. And every weekend, the world-record bust comes to life in a projection-mapped interpretation of the story of the Adiyogi’s divine appearance. Dataton Watchout mapping…
Houses of worship have long served as a place for refuge, comfort and community. While these motivations have endured through the centuries, new digital-driven ways of consuming content and a growing penchant toward tech-oriented visual experiences has dramatically transformed today’s worship experience. For Hunt Valley Church in Maryland – a…
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