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Sacred Spaces. Modern Production:: Smart, Simple Production Strategies From America’s Most Influential Churches.
Church production has become one of the most overlooked yet mission-critical areas for churches today. It’s either an afterthought or a full-blown panic attack. We see a concert or an Elevation livestream and immediately think one of two "Let’s just give up" or "We can totally do that!" without realizing we have exactly three volunteers and a budget that wouldn’t cover a single LED panel. If you’ve ever felt underqualified, underfunded, or just plain underwater trying to make Sunday happen, this book is for you. Whether you’re a church planter or lead pastor who doesn’t speak “tech,” or a volunteer mixing sound with no formal training, you are not alone. Every church—big or small—wrestles with the tension between creating distraction-free excellence in worship and surviving the chaos with duct tape and a prayer.
Through well-crafted storytelling and short, digestible chapters filled with anecdotes from America's most influential churches, you’ll laugh (a lot), and cringe (a little). Whether you relate more to the church plant committing a minor felony to pull off a Sunday or 70,000 people watching an elephant relieve itself onstage at Christmas, the key takeaways in every chapter apply to a church of any size or budget. More than just a how-to manual, Sacred Modern Production is a call to something higher. Author Toby Walters casts a vision for production as a holy calling, a modern extension of the Old Testament artisans who were filled with the Spirit to craft beautiful spaces where people could encounter the living God. Learn how to rightsize your expectations, steward your resources well, and shape environments where distractions disappear and the divine takes center stage. Whether you’re a church of 50 or 5,000, this is your invitation to stop settling for “good enough” and start creating moments of eternal significance…even if it means sacrificing a goldfish or two along the way.
Through well-crafted storytelling and short, digestible chapters filled with anecdotes from America's most influential churches, you’ll laugh (a lot), and cringe (a little). Whether you relate more to the church plant committing a minor felony to pull off a Sunday or 70,000 people watching an elephant relieve itself onstage at Christmas, the key takeaways in every chapter apply to a church of any size or budget. More than just a how-to manual, Sacred Modern Production is a call to something higher. Author Toby Walters casts a vision for production as a holy calling, a modern extension of the Old Testament artisans who were filled with the Spirit to craft beautiful spaces where people could encounter the living God. Learn how to rightsize your expectations, steward your resources well, and shape environments where distractions disappear and the divine takes center stage. Whether you’re a church of 50 or 5,000, this is your invitation to stop settling for “good enough” and start creating moments of eternal significance…even if it means sacrificing a goldfish or two along the way.
168 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 19, 2026
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February 1, 2026
A must read for any church leader
This book shares not only practical advice for churches of any size in terms of production, but also ties in a scriptural call of artisanship and authenticity.
This book shares not only practical advice for churches of any size in terms of production, but also ties in a scriptural call of artisanship and authenticity.
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