Online Church Attendance
Church Attendance Data Tracking & Reporting
In 2023, at the 136th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Colorado, a resolution was passed requiring churches to track and report individuals worshipping online. Within months after the resolution, the General Convention Office released a new web-based application designed to assist in compiling data for the annual parochial report of The Episcopal Church. This app allows users to track details of all liturgies in their congregation. Our resolution, meant to fill the need to track and report online attendance in the absence of a church-wide tool to do so, no longer applies internally to our diocese via the online tools that we developed to do this work as the need has been met by The Episcopal Church parochial report. Reporting via the church-wide parochial reporting process will bring us in line with churches and dioceses across the wider Episcopal Church. Tracking & Reporting is for Sunday worship and major feast days in total, annually.
Counting Online Viewers for Church Services
Counting viewers for online church services on various platforms is crucial for understanding the reach and engagement of your services. Here are step-by-step instructions for common platforms:
Tips for Increasing Viewership:
- Promote Your Services: Advertise live streams in advance across social media, email, and your website.
- Engage with Your Audience: Foster interaction during the live stream through comments and questions.
- Optimize for Search: Use relevant keywords in titles and descriptions for better discoverability.
- Regular Schedule: Stick to a consistent streaming schedule to build a regular audience.
By leveraging these steps and tools, your church can effectively monitor and enhance its online viewership. If you have any questions about reporting, or have found the instructions to finding your data difficult to navigate, please contact Canon Mike Orr at Mike@EpiscopalColorado.org for support.