What does the CCLI licence cover?

This is a helpful infographic from CCLI (the largest copyright administrators for over 300,000 Christian worship songs).

Simply put, if you have a CCLI Licence for your church, you can legally do the following:

Project song lyrics for use in congregational singing (using graphics, slides, etc.)
Create your own customised songbooks or hymnals for use in congregational singing
Print songs, hymns and lyrics in bulletins, programs, liturgies, songsheets for use in congregational singing
Create and copy your own arrangements of songs used for congregational singing where no published version is available
Record live worship services
Create and print your own song translations for congregational singing where no published version is available

You’ll still need separate permission to:

Make copies of choral/performance music (e.g. for musicals, orchestrations)
Sell or lend out to groups outside your church family any copies made under the CCLI licence
Transfer your CCLI licence to another church or group without prior approval