Located in Jonesboro, AR, Central Baptist Church's permanent location seats about 2,500 members and hosts many services each week. Over the past year, the church has been working to expand into a multi-campus church, including the launch of the portable Journey Campus, that administers contemporary services to Arkansas State University (ASU) students and the community's growing population. EliteMULTIMEDIA was tasked with designing a setup for Journey Campus and knew from the start that they would include Aviom in the system design.
"Since the church is using Aviom's Pro16 in the main sanctuary, it made sense to remain consistent across all campuses," says B.J. Shaver, vice president of sales and installation, EliteMULTIMEDIA. "After looking at the church's existing facilities, we determined the Journey Campus should have Pro16 Personal Mixers for its band and a Pro64 digital snake system that will interface with the church's Yamaha LS9-32. I've designed a lot of church systems around Aviom's Pro64 technology, and I've found that it's the most cost effective digital snake. Compared to other systems, it gives churches the most flexibility in terms of growth, and it's user-friendly."
All Aviom equipment being used throughout is integrated into one system, helping to make it simply "plug and play" for the church staff. Already familiar with a Yamaha console in its main sanctuary, Central Baptist Church selected an LS9-32 for the Journey Campus, and the Aviom integrates easily into the LS9. What's more, its Cat-6 transport method for the Aviom snake and personal mixers make it really simple for the staff in terms of maintenance and setup.
(Jim Evans)
