I often like to look at the Net and see what is out there that is truly helping the church. Naturally, there are a million opportunities for us to leverage the Internet as a platform for evangelism and ministry outreach. But what I am talking about here is the underlying technology’s benefit to our churches. One way the Net is helping our churches is through the provision of free and / or inexpensive resources for our worship services.
While seeking options for the distribution of rehearsal recordings at our church, we came across WorshipTeam.com. This site includes databases of hundreds (if not thousands) or available songs for your worship service. It even captures the music chords, and provides multiple versions of most of the songs, each in a different key. The site is well well designed to make it easy and intuitive and it even includes a wealth of help content, with most screens containing video demos. We’ll definitely be using the site for our church.
While looking at WT.com, I came across the Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) website (ccli.com). Boy, try to say that 5 times fast! If you ever wondered, “can we use that song or other content at service without infringing on a copyright?” If so, than this site can help (and good for you for being concerned!). As their website puts it: