Connect with your congregation with our church texting service
Place your church’s teachings and news at your congregation’s fingertips. Perform ministry over text, share updates, and nurture relationships with new members.
- Follow up automatically with new visitors via SMS to increase their chance of coming back
- Send announcements that reach any size congregation, whether you belong to a church plant, a mid-size community church, or a mega church
- Grow church membership and attendance with text campaigns and one-on-one conversations
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15% discount available for all churches
Trusted by church leaders across the U.S. and Canada
What Is Church Text Messaging?
Text messaging gives your church a quick and easy way to connect with people outside of services and events. After a member or interested visitor gives permission for you to text them, you can spread the word about events and services, follow up with visitors, and share important updates. Our research and app functionality support the effectiveness of texting for churches:
82%
82% of people check their texts within five minutes of receiving them. Your contacts will be able to get your messages quickly, whether it’s advice they need from a pastor or directions to your church.
21-35%
Most texts have a click-through rate between 21 and 35%. Your event invitations and requests for volunteers will get the attention they need.
1,000+
SimpleTexting’s church texting software can integrate with over one thousand apps, helping you communicate across different channels and saving you time with administrative work.
How to use your church texting app to its fullest potential
If you want to make sure your message gets read, send it by SMS. Our church texting service offers various ways for churches and other religious organizations to deliver important messages to their congregations or supporters.
Increase attendance at your church events
Use our mass texting service to instantly send announcements about upcoming sermons, bible studies, virtual church events, and other important happenings.- Bring more members of your community together with messages everyone can receive
- Notify volunteers and church staff of schedule changes with a quick text
- Reach specific ministries or everyone at once using as many keywords as you need
Gather contacts for your SMS list and beyond
Ask people to join your SMS list by having them send a keyword to your number. From there, you can use data collection to ask for their email address when they sign up for texts.- Create a memorable text-to-join keyword for easy access to your list
- Automatically ask members for their emails using data collection
- Sync emails with Mailchimp and other platforms for unified communication
Follow up with visitors
Make your first-time guests feel cared for. Automatically send them welcome messages and more info about your services to build a strong relationship from the start.- Turn first-time visitors into congregation members with a welcome text sequence
- Increase member retention and participation with regular communication
- Send church staff and volunteers reminders to connect with guests and congregants
Foster deeper relationships
Thriving churches are built on real connections. Use our church text messaging service to have one-on-one conversations with members from our user-friendly inbox and intuitive dashboard.- Instantly see replies to your announcements to address comments and questions
- Receive incoming texts from members for free
- Create a safe, secure channel for questions and deep conversations
Communicate with your youth ministry by text
The reality is, if you want to grow your youth group and connect with the modern teen, texting is the way to get their attention. Better yet, it’s a way to align yourself right next to their closest friends and family, all within one inbox.- Announce activities and events to youth and their families
- Notify youth group members of volunteer opportunities
- Communicate with parents about schedule changes
Sample Text Messages for Churches
Volunteer recruitment
Guest follow-up
Prayer request confirmation:
Event reminder:
Volunteer appreciation:
Live updates
How to send a mass text message to your church
Text messaging is a simple, effective way to stay connected with your congregation. Here are six easy steps to send mass texts to church members, volunteers, and guests:
Choose your church texting service provider
Set up your church texting number
Collect church members’ phone numbers
Write your mass text messages
Send your mass texts
Check replies and follow up one-on-one
Why church leaders love SimpleTexting
Join leading religious organizations already reaching thousands though our church texting program.
"We believe that the most important decision a person will make is to follow Jesus. It’s scary to even think of how many people wouldn’t have told us about their decision, if we hadn’t had this really simple, clean opportunity for them to take advantage of."
"Engaging with our church congregation in a dynamic way has led to positive results. It applies more universally than JUST social media or JUST email. I love the customer service team’s willingness to help with whatever random questions I throw at them!"
"I finally found a product that allowed us to have a keyword text back tool using our very own number. We have an unlimited list of keywords we can use for any activity or event at our church. This tool makes it super easy to promote anything to our congregation."
"We are a church and pushing critical information is often one of our biggest challenges. SimpleTexting is one of the few companies that empower the user. The design and user interface of the platform is super easy for campaigns big and small."
"I spent some time searching for an SMS platform for my Christian ministry and decided to go with SimpleTexting. Boy was I pleased! Let me say that this has been the BEST customer service I have EVER received in my entire life. I’m very proud to be one of their clients."
"SimpleTexting solved the communication gap which email just couldn’t. We’re now able to clearly communicate what their next steps should be, which is causing overall involvement to increase. And for us, that is the key—getting more people connected."
Easy-to-use features for your church texts
Grow and reach your congregation with our essential SMS features.
Mass texting
Two-way text messaging
Landline texting
Contact cards
Text-to-vote
Easy-to-navigate inbox and dashboard
Multiple user support
Automated messaging
Case studies from churches like yours
Take a look at real success stories from churches that use our church texting service to share their vision with the world through faith-based initiatives.
How Life Chapel in New Jersey Uses Texting to Engage Their Youth Ministry
Connecting youth with engaging religious activities and content can be tricky. But the team of Youth Pastors at Life Chapel tackles it through texting.
Read their success story
How One Texas Church Uses Texts to Encourage and Inspire
Amarillo Fellowship found an easy way to encourage and inspire their congregation—just send texts! Learn how they built their list, and how they're texting church members.
Read their success story
Why C3 San Diego’s church welcomes first-timers with texts
C3 San Diego was looking for a way to keep their congregation engaged and connect with first-time visitors, and they found one—text messaging for churches.
Read their success storyWhy choose SimpleTexting?
We get that you’re thinking about multiple options for your church – as you should. Let’s make your job easier by telling you what makes SimpleTexting different from other church texting software:
Features available for everyone
Assistance every step of the way
Affordable pricing for churches
Go from sign-up to expert in 5 minutes with our church texting app
It’s never been this easy to connect with your church’s congregation! Our church group text app’s straightforward interface makes it possible for any staff member or volunteer to use. Watch the video to see how it works.
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Whether your church is big or small, we have tips and tactics on everything from SMS marketing to social media to help you impact more lives.
Frequently Asked Questions About Our Church Texting Service
Below you’ll find answers to the questions we get asked the most about texting for churches.
💵 How much does church text messaging cost?
🤝 What are the benefits of church text messaging?
☎️ What phone number do we use?
🆓 How do we get started?
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