A church mass texting service is a convenient and impactful way to keep in touch with church members at a moment's notice.
Churches can quickly spread information and updates about important events using text blasts. With a few clicks, your entire congregation can know about food drives, bible studies, community activities and more.
If you’re managing a large congregation, keeping up with member inquiries can be time-consuming. With a church texting service, you can set up automations to provide quicker and more effective communication with your churchgoers.
A church texting service allows you to foster 1-on-1 communication with your members is a sure-fire way to increase community engagement. This creates a private means of communication for your congregation and allows you to instantly respond to replies all in your intuitive dashboard.
Have more than one person running church communication? Textedly allows for multiple user support so several team members can assist with member communication and SMS marketing.
Instant contact with the whole congregation
Managing responses from the Textedly dashboard
Quick welcome messages for new members
Updates on schedule changes
Event reminders
Messages targeted to segments of the congregation
Survey links
Feedback requests
Volunteer, donation, or emergency requests
Maintain connection with the congregation throughout the week
Fast, instant communication with equally fast response potential
Changes in church schedules
Prayers
Bible verses
Donation reports
Speak to specific members of church
Engage the youth
Congratulatory messages for special occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
Provide updates to projects
Event reminders
Increase church attendance
Asking for suggestions
Recaps of latest announcements
This is easily done with a few clicks of the mouse. Just research the church text service platforms available, and decide which one best suits your needs. With Textedly, there is no software to download and mass texting for churches is easy.
Text message subscribers must give their permission for receiving texts from your church or ministry. Once you have the list of those wishing to be included and after confirmation that they have opted in, you can start uploading their names and phone numbers into the system. You can add or delete these at any time, according to the individual's requests, as people may be newcomers or move out of the area.
To send pertinent messages to various groups within the database of names and phone numbers, you will set up text templates. For instance, those signed up as volunteers for a project will get messages that others who are not volunteers will not receive. You can set up as many templates as you like. The basic content of each template will be the same, saving time of having to make up a totally new message, but you can easily add information to update or make any changes before sending.
As mentioned, not everyone is going to get every text. You'll want to create a text keyword for each campaign that will correspond to a number so those wishing to access information from a certain campaign will be able to dial in the number to see that topic's information.
Any keywords you're using for various campaigns can be promoted on the church's website, in bulletins, on social media pages, and outgoing voicemails. Making keywords pertinent to the specific campaigns will be intuitive for congregation members to punch in when looking for areas of interest within the system.
Use church texting services to reach out whenever possible. It shows you care. When you have a guest in your congregation, make sure you receive their permission to send them information through your church's texting service the day you meet them. A short form to fill out with their name, phone number, and signature will work. You can then send them a welcome message that may be the very reason they return and become valuable members of the congregation.
Make sure you check up on members of the congregation you haven't seen in a while. They may be in need of a comforting word.
Mention it in announcements at services.
Write a short summary on your church's website and social media pages, encouraging questions and discussion about the new service.
Keep it posted in your church bulletins every week.
Schedule church meetings to get suggestions for campaigns in which people might have special interests.
Texedly makes this speedy connection to your congregation as easy as signing up and creating your keywords. The platform simplifies SMS communication so that anyone can implement and use it. Sign up for a free 14-day trial today.
Church SMS is group texting designed for the specific needs of religious congregations. You can send messages to all or segments of your contact list.
Textedly offers a 14-day free trial that includes 1 keyword and 50 messages. After the trial, our representatives can help you to find a package that meets your needs.
Upload your contact list to your Textedly dashboard.
Pick a target keyword.
Compose a message using one of our templates or create one of your own.
Click send.
