churchmediasquad.com

What It Is

Church Media Squad is a subscription-based creative outsourcing team for churches, focused on “unlimited” graphic design and video editing, with branding, website, social media, and strategy support added in the higher-tier All-In plan. It is not a self-service design tool, but a service team made up of creatives, project managers, and account managers. It is well suited to churches that want to free internal staff or volunteers from handling media production.

Core Capabilities

Its core services cover sermon series visuals, holiday and event materials, social media graphics, videos under 15 minutes, website updates, sermon uploads, SEO/Google Analytics, brand guidelines, logo systems, and more. For collaboration, projects are submitted and managed in ClickUp, while files are stored in Dropbox. It supports unlimited users, project revisions, and requests to change designers. Deliverables are fairly transparent, with PSD, AI, INDD, PDF, PNG, JPG, and vector files provided, but it does not create Word, PPT/Keynote, or spreadsheet documents.

Pricing and Limitations

Pricing is divided into three tiers: Graphics Only at $797/month, Graphics & Video at $1,697/month, and All-In at $2,497/month. Annual payment includes 2 months free. One-off videos cost $797, while long videos over 15 minutes are billed at $50 per finished minute, with rush delivery also requiring an extra fee. It is important to note that “unlimited” does not mean unlimited parallel work: the Graphics plan allows 7 active projects, while the Graphics & Video plan allows 12 active projects. The expected monthly need for a typical church is 5–12 items, and churches consistently exceeding 20 items may be advised to choose a custom plan.

Pros and Cons

The advantages are that it understands church contexts very well and covers the full workflow from sermons, holidays, children’s/youth ministry, and events to websites and social media. There are no contracts, source files are provided, and the copyright policy is clear; it will not use unauthorized characters or logos. The drawbacks are that the cost may be high for smaller churches, and complex multi-camera work, voiceovers, long videos, and multi-brand support are not included in the standard scope. Website redesigns also require joining a queue.

Who It’s For and Access from China

It is best suited to mid-sized and large churches or multi-role ministry teams with steady communication needs but no in-house design/video team. The source text does not provide information on access from mainland China, and its workflow relies on third-party services such as ClickUp, Dropbox, Stripe, and WordPress/Pressable, so actual usability should be tested independently.