Upload
Upload the VTT caption file from your livestream platform.
Why Beyond the Message
The message shouldn't disappear when the service ends. It should keep shaping the week.
Great preaching can be deeply meaningful in the moment — and still be hard to remember once Monday gets busy. Beyond the Message gives people a place to come back to what they heard instead of relying on scattered notes or memory alone.
Members can review the message, revisit the Scriptures, search what was preached, and use the study resources in personal devotion, family discussion, Sunday school, or small groups.
How It Works
Four steps. One upload.
Beyond the Message fits around the content your church is already creating. You keep recording and livestreaming the way you do now; the caption file becomes the starting point.
Generate
Our system identifies where the sermon begins and ends, then creates the study resources from the message.
Review & Publish
Your church reviews the draft and decides what is ready to publish for the congregation.
Keep It Working
Members can read, study, search the archive, and use the message throughout the week.
For Your Congregation
From hearing the message to living it.
Beyond the Message is designed around what people actually need after the service: a way to remember, go deeper, and find the message again when life brings it back to mind.
Remember
Come back to what mattered.
Quick summaries, key points, and the Big Idea make it easy to revisit a sermon without replaying the entire service.
Study
Go deeper in the Word.
Scripture references, cross-references, and discussion questions turn the sermon into a starting point for continued study.
Find
Search what your church has heard.
Search by topic, Scripture, keyword, or even a phrase someone remembers the preacher saying.
Pray
Carry the message into devotion.
Use the guide as a framework for prayer, reflection, personal study, and conversations at home.
Share
Equip groups and classes.
Give Sunday school teachers, small-group leaders, and families ready-made material rooted in the message already preached.
Preserve
Build a searchable ministry library.
Each published sermon becomes part of an organized archive instead of disappearing into a long list of livestream recordings.
Study Guides
What's in every guide.
The guide distills the sermon without replacing it — giving people a practical way to return to the message after they have heard it preached.
Opening
Big Idea
The one sentence that names what the message was really about.
Outline
Key Points
The three to five pillars of the message, drawn directly from the sermon.
Overview
Summary
A short recap for someone who missed the service or wants a refresher later in the week.
Scripture
Verses to Study
Passages referenced in the sermon, with cross-references for continued study.
Community
Discussion Questions
Ready-made prompts for small groups, Sunday school classes, and family devotion.
Archive
Full-Text Search
Published sermons searchable by topic, Scripture, keyword, or remembered phrase.
“When Jesus said ‘It is finished,’ He said it in the perfect tense — it happened, it is happening, and it will still be happening tomorrow.”
Pricing
Flat monthly. No per-seat fees.
Start with the tools your church needs. Your congregation is not billed by member count, and paying annually gets you two months free.
Archive
$29 USD/mo
or $290 USD/year — two months free
Preserve it. Study it. Find it.
- Full sermon archive — every published message and guide stored and organized
- Study guides from each upload
- Full-text search across your published sermon library
- Member login portal for your congregation
- Draft and publish workflow so your church controls what goes live
Engage
$49 USD/mo
or $490 USD/year — two months free
Keep the conversation going.
- Everything in Archive
- Downloadable, branded PDF study guides ready to print or share
- Discussion questions formatted for small groups and Sunday school
- Bulletin-ready print layout for your church workflow
- Additional engagement tools as they become available
Founding church rate: churches joining Engage during the founding
period pay $39 USD/month for the first twelve months ($390 USD for a
first year paid annually), then the standard rate. Full terms on the
billing page.
Have questions about which plan fits your church? Email us and we'll help you figure it out — no sales maze required.
Common Questions
What does our church need to get started?
Do we need to change how we record services?
No. Beyond the Message starts with the VTT caption file from your existing livestream workflow, so you can keep recording the way you do now.
Does everything publish automatically?
No. Sermons can move through a draft and publish workflow so your church remains in control of what members see.
Are we charged for every member?
No. Pricing is flat monthly rather than per seat, so the cost does not increase simply because more of your congregation uses it.
Can we see it before deciding?
Absolutely. Open the interactive demo and explore the member experience for yourself.
Let the message keep working after the service ends.
Try the demo, or reach out and we'll walk you through what Beyond the Message could look like for your church.