Sermons on the Web

Purpose

Sermons on the Web publishes sermons in MP3 format on a church's own web site. It consists of a web application to host the sermons plus a Windows application to publish them. Users can access the sermons via web pages or podcasts.

The Sermons on the Web architecture plugs into any web site that supports PHP and MySQL. It is designed so that any sound worker can quickly and easily publish a sermon by entering some basic information and clicking a button.

Features

Creates files suitable for the internet and for archiving

Sermons on the Web starts with a sermon in .wav format. It generates and uploads a small .mp3 file optimized for good quality internet listening and fast downloads. It also generates a very high quality .wma file for long-term archiving. Files in both formats are tagged with the speaker, title, etc.

Makes sermons available via a podcast

The sermons published to the web site are automatically available via podcast for use with an iPod or similar device. See the online demo podcast.

Organizes web site sermons chronologically and by series

Visitors to your web site can easily find what they're looking for. They can view a short list of recent sermons or sort all sermons by date, speaker, scripture, or title. They can also browse sermons by series.

Stands alone or integrates into an existing web site

Sermons on the Web includes instructions and a template to get a simple, functional web site online quickly. For churches with an existing web site wanting to maintain common styling or merge sermon content into an existing page structure, Sermons on the Web is designed to integrate into any web site with a PHP script engine and a MySQL database, including sites that use a content management system.

Screenshot of the Sermons on the Web Publisher

About the project

License

Sermons of the Web in free to use, modify, and redistribute per the GNU General Public License version 3.

Sermons on the Web is freeware, but if you like, you can think of it as “fellowshipware”. If you find this program useful, please consider emailing me your church's address and worship times, so that if my family is ever in your part of the world, we might have the priveledge of meeting the people served by the ministry. Also consider having your church's web site listed among the live sites. — Ed Brey

Live sites

The following sites show Sermons of the Web in action:

• Brookside Baptist Church
• Fellowship Bible Church
• Resurrection, The Church at Shadow Ridge
• Immanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church
• Sermons on the Web Online Demo (for evaluation and experimentation)

Support

If you would like assistance in using Sermons on the Web, you may submit a support request. You can also submit bugs and feature requests.

Copyright 2008 Edward D. Brey. Free to redistribute and modify per the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.