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Enable chat during a sermon

You can set up chat in sermons so people logged in to Church Center can connect live during the church service! All supported video streaming types will work for chat.

Tip

You must have a subscription to Planning Center Groups for livestream chat to work. If you only plan to use general chat for your livestreams, you can sign up for the free version of Groups.

Enable chat

  1. On the Sermons page, select a channel.

  2. Select the Settings tab.

  3. Under the Formats section, check Watch live to enable your livestream.

  4. In the Watch live section, choose your chat settings:

    • Select Enable group chat to allow members to chat with others in their group (if chat is enabled for that group).

    • Select Enable general chat to allow anyone logged in to Church Center to chat.

When the episode plays live, people can participate in the general and group chats by selecting an option from the Chat tab. 

Delete posts

Delete a chat post by hovering over it and then selecting the 🗑️ delete icon on the right. The following guidelines apply to deleting livestream chat posts:

  • You can delete any posts that you create.

  • Group leaders can delete posts from members in a group chat.

  • Administrators can delete other people's posts in the general chat.

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