The goal of the Church is to spread the gospel and make disciples. This goal is achieved through sermons. In the beginning Jesus’ disciples travelled a lot to spread the gospel and make disciples. They had to share their first-hand experience with the group they encountered. Various people groups from different countries experienced the salvation and spread the gospel in their times. Oral history played a vital role in spreading the gospel for centuries. With the invention of printing press Church leaders utilized the power of print medium to spread the gospel. The Bible was made available in printed form and circulated to the believers.
Today we’re living
in the digital age where utilizing audio/video medium, podcast, webinar, social
media etc., becomes inevitable. However, one cannot ignore the power of Sermon
Transcription.
1. Sermon
Transcription Answers Questions:
Online content
becomes the primary source for many. Those who search for answers to their
questions, prefer to download and read rather than listen to audio/video
messages for 30 minutes or so.
A pastor may
preach 52 sermons in a year and make it available in audio or video format on
their Church website. People from various geo locations search for specific
questions like:
·
Why has God not answered
my prayer?
·
Why did I lose my dear
ones in this pandemic?
·
How can I resist sexual
temptation?
·
How can I be a good parent?
·
How can I reach a lost
soul today?
When a person
searches for a question like this, he/she would like to read rather than listen
to a 30-minute sermon. He/she may download from different websites. So, to
spread the gospel and make disciples, pastors and churches must transcribe
their sermons, biblical teachings, etc and make them available online. A
transcribed sermon will reach more people and strengthen their spiritual life.
2. Sermon
Transcription Reaches Hearing Impaired:
World Health
Organization states that 5% of the world’s population has disabling hearing
loss. About 30 million people in the USA alone are either completely deaf or
hard of hearing. Church should think of the deaf or hard of hearing too.
Hearing impaired would love to read sermons and bible teachings apart from the Bible.
Sermons are downloaded more than a million times in a day. When the pastors
update their sermon transcription along with the audio/video message, it will
definitely help those who are hard of hearing.
During the
pandemic crisis, many people are unable to attend Church services. However,
they look for online worship service or sermons. Most often people prefer to
read the sermon as it speaks to them personally.
3. Sermon
Transcription Indexed by Search Engines:
Church leaders and
pastors are acquainted with uploading their worship service videos or audios
online without realizing the power of transcripts. Videos and audios are not
read by search engines and it may not be indexed. When an online content is not
indexed it will not reach people. It will be like private material accessible
only to church members. If you want to reach more people or a new audience
group, you need to post “Sermon Transcription” along with the video/audio
content. Sermon transcription will be indexed by search engines. So when people
search for a specific term even an unknown person will get a chance to read
your content. This way you can reach a new person or bring a new person to the
faith.
Conclusion:
Pastors are called
to reach people with the word of God and make them disciples. Judges and
prophets spoke the word of God and reached people of their time effectively. We
do have the potential and various media to reach out to people. However, we
cannot ignore the power of Sermon Transcription as it has the power to spread
the good news.
We offer transcription services for various occasions at an affordable price. We request you to utilize our services like sermon transcription, prayer transcription, documentary transcription, podcast transcription and webinar transcription services to reach your church members and ultimately to the world.
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