El Lugar de Su Presencia is a Neo-Pentecostal Christian mega church, founded 30 years ago serving 80,000 members at 8 locations in Colombia. For its dozens of in-person and live-streamed events, the house of worship recently revamped its audio infrastructure by adding the Sennheiser Digital 6000 and Evolution Wireless Digital systems.
With over 10 services a week, attended by approximately 1000 people each, with many more joining online, the new equipment opens a path to new possibilities for the church’s AV team. The long range (LR) mode and the number of possible channels of the Digital 6000 series are enhancing the sermons, singers, choirs, and any other activity that involves the use of a microphone.
"I think that audio setups in churches should be taken with great importance," says Juan Pablo Giraldo, Audio Director of El Lugar de Su Presencia. "Singers damage their voices less with Sennheiser products, and are better heard ... for me this is something very valuable because when you have 10 services a week, taking care of your voice means prolonging its life."
Sennheiser’s main distributor in Colombia, SR Importadores brought the system to the church AV team to test out as they were looking to replace their previous system. They were impressed by the sound quality as well as wireless fidelity. The team is now using Sennheiser for all of the church’s wireless audio needs.
In addition, the versatility provided by the 40 channels of Sennheiser Evolution Wireless Digital and In Ear Monitoring systems makes the performances optimal for the musicians, clergy and the church members. This is complemented by Neumann KH 80 Monitors so that everything is heard exactly as intended.
The Digital 6000 system has the ability to operate in very narrow frequency bands for more confidence in RF performance. The wireless system provides the house of worship with the necessary channels to accommodate a range of microphones in the space, which Geraldo says gives the production and AV team more confidence in each service.
“The Bible says that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word, let’s say that if you pass it to a technical level you have to ensure the listener has the highest possible audio quality." reaffirms Juan Pablo Giraldo.
