---
title: "Sermon Clips for Social Media"
description: "Turn Sunday's sermon into captioned clips for Reels, Shorts, TikTok and Facebook: upload the service or paste the YouTube livestream link."
url: https://exemplary.ai/sermon-clips
facts_as_of: 2026-10-09
publisher: "Exemplary AI (https://exemplary.ai)"
---

# Sermon Clips for Social Media

Upload Sunday's service or paste the YouTube livestream link. AI finds the moments that stand on their own and turns them into captioned vertical clips to share during the week.

Sermon clips are short passages of a message that make sense on their own, and Exemplary AI cuts them from your recording. Upload the service, or paste the YouTube link to the livestream once it has ended, and AI Clips finds standalone moments, such as a main point, a scripture reading or a story, then reframes each to vertical 9:16 with captions. Your media volunteers or staff review them and post to Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Facebook. Free plan: 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark.

## How to turn a sermon into short videos

1. Upload the service recording (MP4, MOV or WEBM, or MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC or OGG audio) or paste the YouTube link to the livestream after it ends.
2. If the full service is longer than your plan's file limit allows, upload just the sermon.
3. Review the suggested clips and keep the ones that carry a complete thought. Check the spelling of names and scripture references in the captions.
4. Download each clip and post it to your church's Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Facebook accounts.

## Sermon clips at a glance

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Sources | A service video, an audio recording, or a YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo or X link such as your YouTube livestream |
| Audio-only sermons | Clips become audiograms: a waveform in one of 6 styles (Bars, Simple, Radial, Circle, Hills and Strings), captions, and a background color |
| Shape | Vertical 9:16 for Reels, Shorts and TikTok; 4:5 or square 1:1 for a feed post |
| Captions | From the transcript, in 99 languages, and editable before export |
| Clip length | Targets of 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 or 120 seconds; 30 seconds unless you pick another |
| Free plan file limits | 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long |

Facts checked October 2026.

## Beyond the clips: the rest of the week

The same upload gives you a transcript of the message, which can become a blog post, a newsletter or key takeaways for small groups. See [transcription](https://exemplary.ai/transcription) for the download formats, and [AI Clips](https://exemplary.ai/ai-clips) for more on how moments are picked and framed.

Post clips only of people who have agreed to appear on your channels, including guest speakers and members of the congregation who are on camera.

## Made for Church Media Teams

Turn one recorded message into a week of short posts, with captions you can check before anything goes out.

### Moments that make sense alone

AI looks for passages that hold together without the rest of the message, so someone who missed Sunday can follow.

### Works from the livestream

Already streaming to YouTube? Paste the link after the service ends; there is no file to export from your streaming software.

### Captions you can check

Captions come from the transcript, so you can fix the spelling of names, places and scripture references before export.

### Audio-only recordings too

If you only record audio, clips become audiograms with a waveform, captions and a background color.

## Help the message travel beyond the recording

Keep a readable transcript, add captions to the clip, and check its vertical layout.

### [Sermon Transcription](https://exemplary.ai/sermon-transcription)

Create a readable transcript of a recorded sermon.

[Transcribe a sermon](https://exemplary.ai/sermon-transcription)

### [Burn subtitles into video](https://exemplary.ai/burn-subtitles-into-video)

Keep captions visible wherever your video plays.

[Add captions](https://exemplary.ai/burn-subtitles-into-video)

### [Horizontal to vertical video](https://exemplary.ai/horizontal-to-vertical-video)

Reframe a wide recording for a vertical feed.

[Reframe a video](https://exemplary.ai/horizontal-to-vertical-video)

## Common questions

### How do I make sermon clips from our YouTube livestream?

Wait until the livestream has ended, copy its YouTube link and paste it into Exemplary AI. If the recording runs longer than your plan's file limit, upload just the sermon instead.

### What makes a good church sermon clip for social media?

One complete thought: a single point with its explanation, a story with its turn, or a scripture passage read in full. Check that names and references in the captions are right before you post.

### Can we turn sermons into short videos if we only record audio?

Yes. Upload the MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC or OGG file and the clips come out as audiograms: a moving waveform in one of 6 styles, captions, and a background in your church's color.

### How long should sermon shorts be?

For YouTube, a Short must be square or vertical and up to 3 minutes long. Every target is 120 seconds or less, under YouTube's 3-minute limit for Shorts. A target is not a cap, so check each clip's length before you upload it as a Short. The same 9:16 file can go to Reels and TikTok.

### Can volunteers make church video clips without editing experience?

Yes. The work is choosing and checking: AI does the cutting, framing and captions, and changes are made by editing the transcript text or moving a clip's start and end on the timeline.

### Is the sermon clip maker free for churches?

Any church can start on the Free plan, which includes 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. A full service often runs longer than the free file limit, so upload just the sermon or move to a paid plan.

### Can we make clips from older sermons?

Yes. Any recording you still have, or any sermon already on your church's YouTube channel, can be clipped the same way, so past messages can keep feeding your social accounts.

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- [TikTok video size](https://exemplary.ai/tiktok-video-size)
- [Instagram Reels size](https://exemplary.ai/instagram-reels-size)
- [LinkedIn video specs](https://exemplary.ai/linkedin-video-specs)

## Make something worth watching

Start with a recording, choose the moments to keep, and finish your clip with captions.

> Exemplary AI is a browser-based AI tool that turns long videos and recordings into short captioned clips, transcripts in 99 languages, subtitles, translations into 116 languages, and written posts such as summaries, blog posts and YouTube chapters. It is built for YouTubers, podcasters and marketing teams; the Free plan includes 500 one-time credits with watermarked video exports. Pricing: https://exemplary.ai/pricing