Synodo and RightNow Media: a video library and a place to run the group

Checked 2026-10-19

The short answer: RightNow Media is a streaming library of Christian video Bible studies that a church subscribes to and gives its people. Synodo does not have a video library; it is where each group runs — the study written as meetings, leaders-only guides, homework, attendance follow-up and the conversation. Many churches would use RightNow Media for the videos and Synodo to run the groups that watch them.

	Synodo	RightNow Media
Built for	Running each small group week to week: the study, the meeting and the conversation in between.	A library of Christian video studies and resources for churches, small groups and families.
Study content	Your own studies, or copies of ready-made ones, written as meetings with a Member Guide and a leaders-only Leader Guide. No video library of its own.	A large library of video Bible studies, many with a study guide, plus its own original small group curriculum.
Videos	A YouTube, Vimeo or Loom link on a topic plays in place. Other links, such as a RightNow Media video, open where they live.	Streaming on the web and in its app, with offline playback, audio-only mode and watching together.
Group tools	Attendance, “To check on”, homework and hand-ins, polls, sign-ups, RSVPs, growth partners and the group’s conversation.	Groups: chat threads, sharing videos, scheduling meetings and collecting attendance.
The church’s view	A church admin sees every group, its attendance and who to check on.	Owners and group managers set up groups and assign leaders.

Can a church use both?

Yes, and they do different jobs. RightNow Media supplies the video study; Synodo holds the meeting around it — the leader’s preparation, the discussion questions, what to do before next week and who has not been for a while. Put the video’s link on that meeting’s topic and the group finds it where they find everything else.

When is RightNow Media enough on its own?

When groups mostly watch a video series together and talk about it, the study guide that comes with it covers the leader’s preparation, and its Groups chat is enough between meetings.

When does Synodo help?

The church writes or adapts its own study, or runs mentoring and discipleship that is not a video series.
Leaders need a guide for each meeting that members never see, kept the same across every group.
The church wants to see every group’s health and have the people who need a call put in front of leaders each week.
Groups want homework, hand-ins, sign-ups and RSVPs on the meeting they belong to.

See how it works in Synodo

Sources, checked 2026-10-19: RightNow Media, RightNow Media Groups