How to

How AfterPreach works

Short videos, one task each, with the steps written out underneath.

Make your first creation

From a YouTube link or your preaching notes to four posts, six animated stories and a caption.

In writing

  1. 1Open Create and stay on Last Sunday's message.
  2. 2Paste the YouTube link if you have one, and your preaching notes: an outline or the full manuscript. The notes are the source; the video only supplies the title and description.
  3. 3Add the preaching title and the preacher if you like, and pick the look: theme, text alignment, typeface and colors.
  4. 4Press Process input, then choose the output language and the Bible translation.
  5. 5Press Generate content. It takes one to three minutes. Keep the tab open.
Open Create

Invite for next Sunday

Three invitation cards, a transparent card for your own photo, and a caption, from your outline and the service details.

In writing

  1. 1Open Create and switch to Invite for next Sunday.
  2. 2Paste your outline or manuscript. The three cards are written from it.
  3. 3Enter the preaching title, the preacher, the date, the time and the place. They go on the card exactly as you type them.
  4. 4Add another service if you have one: up to four, at the same place. Pick how the date is written.
  5. 5Press Process input, then Generate content. In the studio you can add the preacher's photo.
  6. 6On Pro and Max the studio also makes the YouTube thumbnail for the service's video: pick one of four designs, the photo, the colors and the words, and download it before Sunday.
Open Create

Change the text and the look

Every card can be edited right where you see it. The preview redraws as you type.

In writing

  1. 1Open Studio and choose your creation at the top.
  2. 2Press Edit under a card to change its words. Your edits save by themselves.
  3. 3Press the picture button to use your own photo, from your library or a new upload, or search Unsplash by a few words. Adjust sets what stays in frame and can flip the photo.
  4. 4Under each story, set its seconds and the text motion; under a post or story, switch its divider lines.
  5. 5Under the caption there is a short one for a story or Threads, edited the same way.
  6. 6Press Done to close the panel. Nothing leaves the screen until you download it.
Open Studio

The Slides Reel

All your stories as one video for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and TikTok.

In writing

  1. 1In the studio, scroll to Slides Reel.
  2. 2Set the seconds per slide and tap a slide to leave it out. The length shows above.
  3. 3Press Download the Reel. It takes a few minutes: keep the page open. You can cancel.
  4. 4The Reel is silent: add music in Instagram when you post.
Open Studio

The small group handout

A one-page PDF with the message in ten sentences, the key verse and five questions. On Pro and Max.

In writing

  1. 1In the studio, scroll to Small group handout and press Create discussion PDF. It is written from your pack.
  2. 2Read it and change anything in the fields. What is on the screen is what prints.
  3. 3Press Looks good, make the PDF. The sheet prints in black and white, with a QR code to the video.
  4. 4Press Or as a Word file for a version a group leader can edit.
  5. 5Press Write it again if you want a fresh version.
Open Studio

Your church design and photos

Set your colors, typeface and services once; every new creation starts from them.

In writing

  1. 1On the Dashboard, open Your church design and press Edit church design.
  2. 2Choose the theme, text alignment, typeface and colors. On Youth and Wild, pick the graphic too. Add your church's hashtags, your logo, and the Bible translation for each language.
  3. 3Under Your services, set the weekday, time and place, so invitations start from your week.
  4. 4Open Your photos to keep pictures you use again. Mark a photo as a preacher photo and give it a name.
  5. 5Press Save church design.
Open the Dashboard

Team and account

Invite colleagues, hand the account to a new owner, and change your plan.

In writing

  1. 1On the Dashboard, open Your team and press Manage team.
  2. 2Invite a colleague by email. They get a link and choose their own password. How many seats you have depends on your plan.
  3. 3To remove someone or withdraw an invitation, use the buttons next to their name.
  4. 4To hand the account to a new owner, use Hand the account over under Manage team.
  5. 5Change your plan in the account menu, under Plan & billing.
Open the Dashboard