Category: communicate
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…
Discover the advantages of a one-number, communications HUB: your text-enabled church landline
By Jason Alexis | May 22, 2020
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 texts/calls which they need to redirect to the relevant people. Since people are used to texting, they…
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…
By all means text, but don’t forget the calls
By Jason Alexis | March 26, 2020
A lot of people are texting. That makes sense since texting is the fastest opened, most read, and most responded to form of communication today. In this article, we are going to show you why this was important for Merlin Cochran (our case study below). What does this mean for calls? Deadcellzones.com maps mobile reception…
Why and how your church should use Zoom to live stream your church services, especially in emergencies (Part II)
By Jason Alexis | March 20, 2020
In times of national or international crises, our faith is tested. At the same time, though, an opportunity presents itself where those who are attending church but wavering or those who are not regular attendees, all find themselves in a desperate need and search for God. We know many of us may be at different…
Reduce Communication Cracks with Just One Church Number
By Jason Alexis | February 21, 2020
Some churches have a landline and then one or more mobile numbers. It is estimated that every day, 150 million texts are sent to non-mobile numbers. How many are reaching your church landline…and thus, being missed? Having several mobile numbers can be confusing for people—which to call when? In short, multiple church numbers can cause…
Solving the “I never heard about that” Communication Gap
By Anne Heath | February 15, 2020
You know you said it about what feels like a million times. You made announcements from the pulpit, sent out church bulletins, spoke to people personally…and yet, your congregants repeatedly tell you: “I never heard about that.” Take heart because there is light at the end of this tunnel as you will see in this…
How to Exponentially Increase your First-time Visitor Return Rate
By Jason Alexis | November 27, 2019
Recently, Mike Lovato of Magnolia Church shared the following story with us in our PastorsLine Facebook group. It was about how his use of personalized, automated texting made a HUGE difference in the responses he got to a message he sent out. We will also share the exact templates he used and why it worked…
Case Study: Filling in your Church’s Communication Cracks
By Anne Heath | July 8, 2019
Perrysburg First United Methodist Church is “here to serve, not to be served”. They serve a long list of local, national and international missions that support adults, youth, and children. Successfully running all these important missions depends on communication: people need to know what’s on offer as well as where to be, what to do,…