YouTube Shorts

Turn Your Sunday Sermon Into YouTube Shorts Automatically

Upload once. Get ~5 Shorts-ready clips — vertical, captioned, and sized to spec — without touching a timeline. AI built for sermons finds the moments your congregation actually shares; you download and post them.

Create Your First Sermon Shorts Free

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Why YouTube Shorts for Churches

YouTube serves 70B+ Shorts views per day. The algorithm recommends Shorts to people who have never heard of your church.

Discovery Algorithm

Shorts surface to non-subscribers. Every Short is a chance for someone new to find your church.

Sermons Are Already Clip-Ready

A 45-minute sermon contains 10–15 quotable moments that stand alone perfectly in 30–60 seconds.

Zero Manual Editing

Manual captioning + resizing + cropping takes 30–45 min per clip. AI does all of it in one pass.

What Makes a Good Sermon Short

Our AI selects for these criteria. It doesn't optimize for shock value — it finds moments with theological weight and a clear narrative arc.

Short enough for the feed — 30–90 seconds is the sweet spot
Strong opening hook — first 3 seconds set the tone
Clear theological point or story arc
Auto-captions visible (70%+ of mobile viewers watch muted)
9:16 vertical ratio with speaker centered
Ends with a natural pause or conclusion — not mid-sentence

How Sermon Clips Automates This

Step by step, start to Shorts

1

Upload your sermon

Upload an MP4 or MOV file, or paste your YouTube URL. Any sermon length works.

2

AI processes the full sermon

15–30 minutes for a 45-minute sermon. Our AI analyzes the full transcript for moment quality.

3

AI identifies YouTube Shorts candidates

Complete moments with strong openings and theological weight — not just viral hooks. It also checks actual video frames so clips don't open on a slide.

4

Auto-captions applied

Word-timed captions synced to the speaker, in the language the sermon was preached in. Captions burn in automatically.

5

Auto-reframed to 9:16

Your pastor stays centered even if the original camera was wide. No manual cropping.

6

Download and post your Shorts

Download each clip as a vertical MP4 from your dashboard or the delivery email, then upload to YouTube yourself — vertical uploads are treated as Shorts automatically.

YouTube Shorts Technical Specs

Quick reference — what Sermon Clips outputs

SpecRequirementSermon Clips Output
Aspect ratio9:16 vertical Auto-reframed
DurationUp to 3 min (Shorts) Clips typically 30–90s
Resolution1080×1920 minimum Exported at spec
CaptionsRecommended Auto-generated, burned in
File formatMP4 recommended MP4

Time you get back every week

30–45 min

Manual editing per Short

Cutting, captioning, resizing

3–4 hrs

For 5 Shorts manually

Every single week

~25 min

With Sermon Clips

Typical processing time for all ~5

Common questions

How long should sermon YouTube Shorts be?

YouTube now treats vertical videos up to 3 minutes as Shorts, but 30–90 seconds is the sweet spot — long enough to land a complete thought, short enough to keep mobile viewers. Sermon Clips' clips land in that range naturally.

Can Sermon Clips publish directly to my YouTube channel?

No — there's no direct publishing today. You download each clip as an MP4 and upload it to YouTube yourself; a vertical upload is treated as a Short automatically. Posting all up to 5 clips is about a 10-minute job.

Does YouTube Shorts work for sermon content?

Yes. The Shorts discovery algorithm surfaces content to non-subscribers, which makes it one of the best growth channels for church YouTube accounts. Sermons are full of quotable moments that perform naturally in this format.

How many Shorts can I get from one sermon?

Typically about 5 per sermon. The AI aims for the strongest complete moments rather than padding the count — fewer good clips beat a pile of mediocre ones.

Do I need a YouTube channel to use this?

You need a channel to publish. Sermon Clips generates the clips — you post them wherever you want.

Your next sermon becomes Shorts automatically

Upload once. Walk away. Come back to up to 5 vertical, captioned, Shorts-ready clips to download and post — no timeline required.

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