The Links To The Right –>

Mitch (The Rock)-   There are tons of Church Planter websites out there that want to charge you an arm and a leg for their resources. Sad thing is, most Church Planters don’t have a lot of money to spend on message illustrations, media packages, sermon transcripts and PowerPoint presentations. And if we do have money enough to purchase these resources, that money could probably be better spent somewhere else (can you say outreach).

Geared4Church wants to do all we can to get the best resources into your hands for the best price…free. The links to the right will take you to websites that offer awesome message series, media tools such as message illustration videos, background loops, intro (segue) videos, message outlines and much more all for free.

Blue Letter Bible is a great website that can assist you in message preparation. It has a lot of the same features as Logos and can be a valuable tool for researching your next message series.

If you have any other websites that exist to help pastors, not profit from them, let us know.

Videos To The Right –>

Mitch (The Rock)- The videos to the right, labeled message illustration videos, are ones we have used or will use at The Rock as illustration videos. Media is such an important tool for churches and church plants especially.

If your church has a powerpoint, adding illustrations to your message is a great way to better present the topic and/or scripture you teaching on. It also gives the people hearing your message something they can use to associate the teaching with which they can use to later recall the teaching and the application.

Having a loop playing in the background (that relates to your message) while you teach is another way to help the listener better associate and remember the point of the message. It also adds an element of “high techness” to your Sunday mornings. In an age where technology rules, it doesn’t hurt to have a high tech look and feel if the people you are trying to reach live in a high tech world.

We will add more illustration videos as we find them. If you know of any videos let us know…we’ll add them.

*Now as far as copyright issues go, the movie and t.v. clips we show are ones we get off of YouTube.com and similar sites. These sites are showing the clips to the public at no charge and our church is showing the same clips to the public for no charge (in other words, we’re not charging anyone to view the clips).