Using text messaging for your church can help you improve services and event attendance, follow up with new visitors or even your existing congregation, share important announcements with your community, and collect useful information for upcoming activities. Text messaging for churches is very low cost compared to other modern forms of communication, and it offers a much higher engagement, with a 98% open rate.
Texting for churches lets you send messages to your entire congregation! Just collect their phone numbers using mobile keywords, then send engaging messages like prayer requests, community updates, ministry information, and event updates. Build a tighter-knit community by using technology to ensure your members feel seen, involved, and part of the church even outside service hours. Landline texting lets you have two-way conversations with congregants using the phone number you already own.
Churches need donations to keep programs funded throughout the year, and texting for churches is a great way to encourage them. It gives donors a simple process where they can make a donation to your organization and move on. Announce the program during your services for maximum exposure, and send a text with a link to your church's donation page for increased engagement.
Text appointment reminders can be programmed to let people know about upcoming events a few days in advance or even on the day of the event. Trum·pia's texting software allows you to send real-time updates on location, time, and even cancellations. You can also use text reminders to better organize your staff, improving internal communication and making every activity organized by your church smoother, which is something your congregation will definitely appreciate!
You can automatically schedule messages to your congregation on what's coming up and encourage them to attend. It could be a service with an unusual time, like Christmas, or it could be a special event, such as a guest speaker or online service. Sending out text surveys can also help organizers gauge interest and get a general head count.
Things are always subject to change at a moment's notice, and meetings could always be canceled or postponed. Meeting rooms could be changed. A scheduled event could be canceled because of inclement weather. Or, a pastor could be called out of town unexpectedly. Text messages can alert people and make sure your members are kept up to date.
With SMS texting, you can manage your worship groups, youth programs, maintenance teams, and make sure everybody's on the same page. Send reminders on events, coordinate and schedule volunteers, send same-day updates with specific information like time and place, and much more. Move and inspire both your congregation and team by offering religious services that are perfectly organized via text messaging.
Volunteers drive the success of many church events. Many members may want to help, but they might not know how or where they can sign up. SMS messaging can streamline the process for volunteers, making it easy to sign up in minutes.
How can you send different messages to your followers, your team members, and the community in general? How can you set when to send those messages, or when should they stop? The answer to those and many other questions is Trum·pia's Workbench.
This highly intuitive, easy-to-use tool was developed by Trum·pia to allow you to create complex and effective text messaging workflows with minimal effort. You can start from scratch or customize one of the many preset templates included in Workbench. No coding knowledge needed!
"Trum·pia has been one of the most effective platforms we've been given to spread the word [...] We're already dreaming about how to use it for our next big event!"
- Isaac Chong, Operations Director of Ekko Church
"With Trum·pia's text messaging service for churches, you can reach who you need to reach instantly, no matter where they are."
- Blair Farley, Director of Communications at Mariners Church