We are so excited to share a huge announcement! PastorsLine and Text In Church have officially joined forces to bring church leaders the very best church communication platform out there. "We help churches, ministries and non-profits easily connect, capture, communicate and convert using texts, voice calls and digital automation." That's been our mission statement for...
Part II: Why and how your church should use Zoom to live stream your church services, especially in emergencies Why do you hold church meetings? To transfer information? Consider texting...
We share your communication challenges. Having been a church communicator, I’ve been there, trying to make contact, whether it’s a first-time chat with guests or sending relevant information to existing members. We have seen that the best communication strategy is to have a variety of options which can be suited to your audience. So, paper (for those non-digitals), emails (for those digital but not really into their mobile phones), and text messaging (for the younger, digital natives). In the right audience, the text messaging option gives the best results and...
We have been examining one of the biggest developments in church technology today: how to bring your church online. This is our third post in this series, following Jay Kranda's...
In our previous post about church online, we talked about how your church can reach out to a new, digital mission field. I have been helping businesses, churches and ministries with digital and mobile marketing for years now and I recently saw that Jay Kranda, the online campus Pastor at Saddleback Church, had a video series about church online. His talks really resonated with my own experience, so I wanted to do a few blog posts, looking at some of his ideas and discussing them in the context of my...
Scott and Julie Lorino have been leaders in children's ministry since 2001. They have served as Adventurers club leaders, both at their home congregation of Houston Central Seventh-day Adventist Church...
What’s next in the world of churches, marketing and technology in 2016? Two words: Church Online. Not to be confused by the phrase 'Online Church'. Keep reading... You may have heard the term Online Campus and you’re likely to have heard the phrase ‘Internet church’, as well. Many top churches have already set the tone for what most churches can do in 2016 with their online church. They likely had the budget, the right digital strategist and culture to have tested this concept. A few of these early adopters have...
Over the past decade, United Baptist Church (UBC) in Hempstead, NY has been developing a digital communication strategy, to grow their church. Their main communication channels include a mobile app,...
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Pastor Richie Halversen is a dynamic preacher and caring pastor at the College Drive Church and its plant, The Ridge. These are Seventh Day Adventist congregations located outside of Jackson, Mississippi. When it comes to communications technology, Pastor Richie believes that it is of the utmost importance when spreading the Gospel in today's world. He uses the PastorsLine (formerly crossMRKT) text messaging service as one of his preferred communication channels for his churches. Pastors Richie uses text messaging to spread the gospel in a mobile, social and global world. One...
With over 6.3 billion mobile connections in the world (based on one UN study), text messaging in developing and underdeveloped countries still trumps other communication methods (that we all may...
