World Revival Church of Kansas City
is a growing multicultural congregation with ministries for all ages. Ten years
ago, with demand for the church’s services exploding, World Revival moved from
its humble meeting house to a 1,000 seat auditorium, with stage space for full
band, professional lighting rigs and multimedia capabilities. Soon, World
Revival began live streaming its weekly services on the Web, expanding its
reach around the globe.
“Our church is different,” says
Steve Gray, World Revival’s Senior Pastor. “There’s a lot of enthusiasm. In
some ways it’s almost a stadium experience. Like ‘Am I at a ballgame, or am I
at a church?’”
“We like a pretty good amount of
volume in our worship,” says William Gilpin, World Revival’s Church Manager.
“It’s kind of shocking at first,”
says Dustin Smith, Worship Leader/Music Director, World Revival Church.
Over time, however, it became clear
that, while the size of the World Revival’s new home was adequate, the sound
was not.
“We were having lots of complaints,”
Gilpin says. “Some first-time visitors would come in, and they’d head right
back out the door.
“It was just too loud for them,”
says Heather Eschenbaum, Director, House of Hope, World Revival Church.
A growing problem
Gilpin contacted Steven Brown,
System Design and Sales, Progressive Electronics, for a consultation.
“Loudspeaker coverage in the space was spotty.” Brown says. “There were areas
that were abrasive, and other areas that were soft. Nobody was getting the same
kind of sound in the space anywhere.”
Brown’s background is in audio
recording and he’s very particular about loudspeaker sound. He recently heard a
demonstration of Bose® RoomMatch® loudspeakers. “I was floored,” Brown says. “I
thought with this product, Bose had knocked it out of the park. I was
absolutely, totally inspired.”
Brown told Gilpin and Gray, “I know
of a sound system you would cry for,” and scheduled a demonstration for them.
After hearing it for themselves, Gilpin and Gray became believers.
A unique challenge and solution
Brown quickly got to work. “My goal
was to paint the space with sound,” Brown says. “Keep all the direct energy off
the walls and on the floor and the seats, so that it’s powerful without taking
away from clarity and intelligibility.”
Brown bought in Bob Patten, Midwest
Territory Rep for Bose Professional Systems. “Bose’s support is unmatched by
most of the manufacturers I work with,” Brown says. “They’re not just selling
product. They’re selling solutions.”
After exploring World Revival’s
space, Brown and his team recommended a system with RoomMatch array module
loudspeakers and PowerMatch® configurable power amplifiers. Using Bose
proprietary technologies, RoomMatch loudspeakers and PowerMatch amplifiers
deliver concert quality sound for fixed-installations in almost any room size,
shape or acoustic requirement, and budget.
“RoomMatch gives you great
directivity,” says Nathan York, Designer Engineer, Progressive Electronics.
“Everything just blends perfectly.”
The system uses three RoomMAtch
array clusters driven by seven PowerMatch amplifiers programmed with Bose
ControlSpace® digital signal processing. For York, the PowerMatch amplifier was
the right choice. “It has eight channels and almost limitless possibilities of
what you can do with it,” York says. “It would be my go-to amplifier in almost
any scenario.”
The sound they deserve
With their new sound system
installed, it was time to hear what they’d been missing.
“People could sit anywhere in the
room and it was good,” Gilpin says.
“The sound is full and loud,” Gray
says, “but somebody can talk to you at the same time. You can be right
underneath it and still have good fidelity.”
Soon World Revival’s congregation
were believers, too.
“When I heard it for the first time,
I thought, ‘This is so intense,’” Eschenbaum says. “It just feels alive in the
room.”
In fact, immediately after the
broadcast, listeners from all over the world called World Revival, asking how
they improved their broadcast audio mix. Which, of course, they didn’t. They
improved the sound in the room instead.
“What we’re doing here works for
us,” Gray says. “And touches thousands of people around the world.”
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