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b"Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\\nWithin a matter of weeks, COVID-19 government restrictions have led thousands churches to livestream their services. This week, the Church Online Platform announced that it had reached a record-setting 7 million in church attendance worldwide, about seven times the attendance from just two weeks before.\\nBut for some pastors and church leaders, transitioning to this new normal has been challenging or at times painful. \\u201cI\\u2019m not going to tell you our service today will be awesome and unmissable, or the best online service that will change your life. I was sick and the sermon was just ok,\\u201d\\xa0tweeted\\xa0New York City based pastor Jon Tyson. \\u201cIn fact I have found this online stuff sad and hard. Preaching to a camera is not what I was made for.\\u201d\\nAs pastors and church leaders with little livestreaming experience transition to this mode of communication, they should avoid getting too caught up with perfectionism, says Daniel Fusco, the lead pastor of Crossroads Community Church in Vancouver, Washington, whose church has years of\\xa0livestreaming experience.\\n\\u201cFor every church, you need to do whatever you're doing in a way that is authentic to who you are,\\u201d said Fusco. \\u201c...People attend a specific church because it speaks to them.\\u201d\\nFusco joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss livestreaming best practices, how to think creatively in this medium, and what it's like for church leaders to prepare for a livestream v. a traditional Sunday morning service.\\nWhat is Quick to Listen?\\xa0Read more\\nRate Quick to Listen on\\xa0Apple Podcasts\\nFollow the podcast on\\xa0Twitter\\nFollow our hosts on Twitter:\\xa0Morgan Lee\\xa0and\\xa0Ted Olsen\\nVisit our guest\\u2019s website:\\xa0Daniel Fusco\\nRead Daniel\\u2019s Preaching Today articles:\\nPreaching, Technology, and COVID-19\\nLeading a Digital Church\\nMusic by\\xa0Sweeps\\nQuick to Listen is produced by\\xa0Morgan Lee\\xa0and\\xa0Matt Linder\\nThe transcript is edited by\\xa0Bunmi Ishola\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"