You don't need a broadcast studio to start. Many churches begin with a single smartphone on a tripod, a basic external microphone to fix the tinny audio that built-in phone mics produce, and a free streaming app connected to YouTube or Facebook.
Audio matters more than video quality. Viewers will forgive a slightly shaky camera angle; they will not sit through muffled or echoing sound. A simple lapel mic on the speaker, run into an inexpensive audio interface, solves most of the problem immediately.
As you grow, a dedicated streaming encoder (software like OBS Studio is free) lets you add a second camera angle, lower-thirds graphics for announcements, and smoother scene transitions — all without expensive hardware.
Whatever your setup, test it the day before, not the morning of. Streaming failures are almost always caught in advance by a five-minute dry run, and almost never caught by hoping it works.
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