We have recommended free Christian online resources for children and adults, but if you want a more robust service that provides access to lots of online content, consider signing up yourself or your church for one of these subscription services.
Amplify
Amplify is the video streaming service for United Methodists. Offered by the United Methodist Publishing House, it includes thousands of videos from United Methodist authors and publishers, as well as lots of other Christian content for adults, youth, and children. Almost all of the United Methodist DVD studies that our churches use are available on Amplify. Read more about all of the great features that Amplify offers and how you could use it in your church.
- Pricing is based on your church’s average weekly attendance beginning at $24.99 per month
- Individual subscription plans are also available at $14.99 per month
- 14-day free trial available
- 20% discount available for premium plan subscribers
- Premium subscriptions allow you to live stream your worship service, upload your own content, and more
- No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Connected Faith App
Connected Faith is a new bible study app from United Methodist publisher, Abingdon Press. Designed for individuals, small groups, and congregations, Connected Faith offers daily devotionals and weekly lessons. The bible study is ongoing with new units available every three months. These quality readings and lessons are enhanced with lots of features including videos, discussion questions, action items, and scripture contained within the app.
- Pricing is based on the number of participants from one to unlimited
- Individual plans start at $4.99 per month
- Group plans are currently 50% off making it only $49.99 for unlimited users
FaithLink
FaithLink from Cokesbury offers ready-to-use lessons that connect faith to the issues and events making headlines every day. View a sample lesson or try one of the lessons that is currently being offered for free. The free lessons are on Coronavirus, Loneliness, and Vaping and Panic.
- New issues weekly for individual download at $9.99 each
- Sign up for a subscription by calling 1-844-291-7803
For Youth: LinC: Living in Christ
Much like FaithLink for adults, Cokesbury also offers LinC: Living in Christ for youth. LinC is a fresh, timely, and biblically-based resource that helps you help your teens examine relevant faith and life issues, using the latest music, movies, news, and current events. View a sample lesson or try the lesson Why Worry? that they are currently offering for free.
- New issues weekly for individual download at $9.99 each
- Sign up for a subscription by calling 1-844-291-7803
RightNow Media
If your church uses teaching from other Christian authors that are not Methodist, you may want to consider offering RightNow Media. This streaming service includes popular Christian teachers such as John Ortberg, Francis Chan, Andy Stanley, Tony Evans, Jennie Allen, and many more. They also offer kids content such as Veggie Tales, Owlegories, and more. Remember that Amplify also offers videos from some teachers that are not Methodist, such as Max Lucado and N.T. Wright, so you may want to check the Amplify offerings first.
- Currently offering free access to a limited library of content
- Pricing is based on average attendance beginning at $79.99 per month
Study Gateway
Another subscription service similar to RightNowMedia is Study Gateway. From HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Study Gateway offers streaming access to video bible studies by authors such as Max Lucado, Ray Vander Laan, Lysa TerKeurst, Rick Warren, and more. Their children’s videos include series such as The Jesus Storybook Bible and the Read and Share DVD Bible. They also offer a few studies for adults in Spanish.
- Pricing is based on church membership beginning at $49.99 per month
- Individual subscriptions for $7.95 per month
- Free 7-day trial for individuals
InLighten Films
InLighten Films offers dramatic, original 3-4 minute Scripture-based films made by award-winning filmmakers from around the world. Each film comes with discussion questions making them suitable for worship, small groups, Sunday school, youth groups, retreats, devotions and more. You can search their entire catalog of films by keyword or scripture. Some InLighten Films are available on Amplify, so you may want to check there first.
- Purchase individual films for $25 each
- Purchase the entire season 1 catalog at the discounted price of $379
Master Lectures
MasterLectures is a video bible study subscription service from Zondervan Academic. These studies are taught by university professors and usually look something like a university-level course that cover a topic in-depth over many sessions. Topics include the Bible, theology, apologetics, ministry, history, and ancient languages.
- $19.99 a month or $179.88 a year
- 14-day free trial
Minno for Kids
Minno offers 127 Christian shows and 2,335 episodes for children. It includes popular series such as Veggie Tales, Torchlighters, Superbook, and many more. Many of these series are included in the different subscription services mentioned above. Minno is different because it is only Christian children’s videos, so you can be comfortable with your child using the service on their own.
- Monthly subscription is $6.99 per month
- Pay for an annual subscription at $69.99 and get 2 free months
- 7-day free trial available