Short form video for faith communities: clip the sermon, post the week's message before Monday
The message was delivered to a full room on the weekend and the feed shows the building. RealTake turns the sermon recording and the thirty-second community update into finished videos with cuts, captions, a title, b-roll of the community and sound, then posts them where members and newcomers are scrolling all week.
RealTake is the AI for short form video that churches, mosques, synagogues and faith groups use to share the message and the community every week, with no media team, no editor and no volunteer stuck at a laptop on Sunday night.
- Clip the sermonDrop the full recording in. Clips finds the moments that stand on their own and finishes each one.
- Film the community updatePhone on a tripod, thirty seconds from the leader or a volunteer. Smart cuts keep the best delivery.
- Posted all weekLinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube from RealTake, scheduled across the week from one recording.
Works in your phone's browser. Nothing to install.
Delivered on Sunday. Clipped by Sunday night. Posted Monday to Friday.
The pastor, imam, rabbi or communications volunteer who knows the message should travel and has no media team to carry it
A pastor, an imam, a rabbi, a youth leader, or the communications volunteer who runs the account. Members want the message mid-week and newcomers look at the feed before they ever visit.
A weekend service, a midweek study, a youth night, a pastoral visit, an event to promote, a volunteer who was going to edit the recording and could not. The sermon is a 40-minute file on a hard drive.
Short video is how the message travels between weekends. The community that posts the week's clips is the one newcomers have already heard before they walk in.
What has been stopping you
Four things leaders and communications volunteers tell us.
“The sermon is recorded every week and clipped never.”
Forty minutes on a hard drive and a feed that shows the building.
“Our media volunteer has a job and a family.”
Editing is the thing that depends on one person's Sunday night, and it is the first thing that slips.
“Newcomers look at the feed before they visit and see event flyers.”
The warmth of the room never makes it online, so the first impression is a graphic.
“We want every clip to look like us, not like a trend.”
Captions and styles need to feel like the community and be consistent across whoever posts.
The weekend is the studio. RealTake is the editor.
Turn the sermon into the week's posts
Forty minutes recorded every week and clipped never.
Clips finds the moments and finishes each one
Drop the full recording in, from an upload or a Drive or Dropbox link, up to 3 hours. RealTake Clips proposes the moments that stand on their own with a reason for each; pick them, or make your own by tapping two transcript lines. Every clip comes back fully edited with captions, and you pay only for the clips you make.
Anyone can upload; one person approves
Editing depends on a volunteer's Sunday night.
Record, upload, approve, schedule
A volunteer films the community update on a phone and uploads in the browser. Smart cuts keep the best delivery. Turn on review and every video waits in the Studio for the communications lead; nothing posts until it is approved. Schedule the week to LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube from RealTake.
Show the room, not the graphic
Newcomers see event flyers and never the warmth of the community.
Your own community as b-roll
Upload the gathering, the welcome, the youth night and the volunteers once; they are indexed and pulled in when you mention them. Camera moves land on the key lines and always keep the speaker in frame. Licensed stock and AI-generated visuals fill any gap, approved before they run.
Consistent and yours, whoever posts
Styles need to feel like the community and stay consistent.
Brand kit, projects per ministry, editable captions
Set the brand kit once; every clip matches. Projects keep each ministry's or series' videos together. Captions are transcribed word by word and every word is editable, so names and scripture references are right. Editor's notes tell the team one thing to try next time.
The two minutes at the heart of the message, found and finished
Drop the weekend recording into RealTake Clips. It proposes the moments worth posting with a reason for each, you pick or make your own, and every clip goes through the full edit: captions, b-roll, a title and sound.
- Type “find more about forgiveness” and get more moments from the same transcript
- Multi-camera recordings synced automatically by their audio
- Finding moments is covered by your plan's minutes; credits go only on the clips you make
What to film this week
Six videos a faith community can make this week from one weekend. Each one gives a member or a newcomer something to carry into the week.
The two minutes from Sunday
Let Clips find the strongest moment and finish it. Post it Monday morning.
One question people ask after the service
Thirty seconds from the leader, answered plainly. The video members send each other.
What to expect your first time
Walk a newcomer through the door on camera. Removes the fear that stops people visiting.
Meet the volunteer who runs Sunday
A real face, a real reason. People belong to people.
This week's gathering, in 45 seconds
The welcome, the room, the goodbye. The video that makes people want to be there.
Saturday's event: three reasons to come
A countdown graphic and the details on screen, scheduled midweek.
A weekend, edited
Sermon clips, community updates and event invites, each with cuts, captions, title, b-roll and sound in a style built from what is working on social right now.
How it works for you
Record or drop in the service
The full recording for Clips, or thirty seconds to camera on a phone.
Upload in the browser
From the same phone, or have a volunteer do it in the account.
It comes back finished
Cuts, captions, your community as b-roll, a title, sound. Review in the Studio before anything posts.
Schedule the week
LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube from RealTake. Then see how it did.
Drop in this weekend's recording. The week's posts come back finished.
Free plan: 5 watermarked videos a month. No credit card.
Which plan a faith community needs
A community clipping one weekend recording and posting a few times a week fits Presence at $49 a month, around 16 to 32 finished videos and 600 source minutes for Clips. A larger community with midweek studies and youth content fits Authority at $99, around 38 to 76 videos and 1,500 source minutes. A multi-site community running every campus through one account fits Empire at $249, built for volume, with a brand kit. Billed yearly those are $29, $59 and $149 a month. Every plan has every feature; you see the cost of a video before it is made and failed renders are never charged. Start free on Starter. Full details on the pricing page.
FAQs
What is the best AI tool for short form video for churches and faith groups?
Can it clip a 40-minute sermon?
Can a volunteer upload and the leader approve?
Will names and scripture references be captioned correctly?
Does it work on a phone?
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