About the author
Jason Alexis
Jason Alexis is the creator of PastorsLine and co-author of the RethinkMinistry book. His experience as a former engineer has informed his scientific, data-driven approach, as he creates digital strategies and tools for churches. Jason is also the communication director at his church and a stay-at-home dad who homeschools his two boys. He enjoys tennis meetups and weekend biking with his wife and kids.
Case study: Humberto Hilario, Iglesia Cristiana Buenas Nuevas
By Jason Alexis | November 17, 2020
Here is a silver lining story shared by Associate Pastor Humberto Hilario of Iglesia Cristiana Buenas Nuevas. It shows how the right communications platform can engage 95+% of your church members Up to the time the clouds rolled in, their church communications were “in-person (mostly) or WhatsApp/messaging for some groups. We had no communications plan…
Case study: Liz St. George, Cornerstone Church
By Jason Alexis | October 19, 2020
It’s not useful if you don’t know how to use it. Something is only great if you are comfortable using it, right? That’s why it was wonderful to hear about the experience of Liz St. George, Administrative Assistant at Cornerstone Church. Liz shared that the support she received from PastorsLine made all the difference. Before…
How to Create an ‘AND’ Strategy for your Weekly Paper Church Bulletin
By Jason Alexis | September 12, 2020
In this age of “e” everything, it often feels really progressive to scrap the weekly paper church bulletins and replace them with something digital and ‘modern.’ In fact, in our experience, most churches we work with are traditional, contemporary, or both, adapting some of the modern digital tools and strategies at a slow pace. Force-fitting…
The Amalgamation of Technology & Church Makes The Lives of Pastors Easy!
By Jason Alexis | June 3, 2020
Church Management Software (ChMS) is a self-explanatory term in itself. A ChMS is basically a system designed to help pastors manage, organize, and automate the daily operation of their church. If we want to elaborate on the purpose of this type of church automation software, we will find that it goes much deeper and way…
The “Ultimate” Texting in Church Guide to long codes and shortcodes
By Jason Alexis | June 1, 2020
UPDATE (January 19, 2023)…Since this blog was written, the A2P 10DLC system number protocol came into being in the U.S. Briefly, this protocol is a way to register 10-digit long codes in order to keep spam to a minimum. This article has been updated to reflect that change. Read on to find out more about…
Reopening your church? Use this phased, 3-action “Back to Church” Communication Strategy
By Jason Alexis | May 25, 2020
In most states, churches are planning to reopen in some form. There are many good resources online which give advice and inspiration about the content of the first, physical get together in quite a while. Or you may have your own ideas about the direction you want to take. In this blog, however, we’ll focus…
Case study: Josiah Elias, Faith Chapel
By Jason Alexis | May 22, 2020
We want to talk about discovering the advantages of a one-number, communications HUB: your text-enabled church landline. Picture a church in which: The pastor and several church staff have all shared their mobile phone numbers with their ministry. Church members get confused about which number to use when. Quite often, the pastor and staff receive…
4 ideas for maxing ur txting characters 2 minimize ur msg costs
By Jason Alexis | April 24, 2020
At the moment (posted during the COVID-19 pandemic), your church might be texting more than usual…and that’s a good thing. Text messages can go a long way to keeping your flock feeling cared for and connected. Yet, more texts mean using more messaging credits. Though a system like PastorsLine allows you to send up to…
How to Start a Prayer Chain and Set it Up Digitally
By Jason Alexis | April 22, 2020
In Matthew 6, Jesus teaches the people how to pray. Those of us who pray this way, know firsthand the power of prayer, and since we know it, we want to use this power to help others in need. Why a prayer chain? Prayer Chains, as you already know, satisfy our human need to connect…
Case study: Chad Germany, Ask4Nations
By Jason Alexis | April 1, 2020
A big topic these days is how can you end pastoral communication frustration by increasing your church signup rate? Perhaps… People are physically sitting in your church, listening to your sermon. Some of them are first-time guests. Some are church members. You have just told them about an upcoming Bible study series, and you would…