This eGuide contains vital information that your church needs to Grow,
Connect, and Communicate. It presents information and recommendations that will help your church build healthy relationships via text messaging:

• So, texting in churches? Where are we now?
• Quick Recap: Why should your church even bother with text at all?
• OK, texting IS an important communications tool. But what about email and push notifications?
• Fine, I get why text is important now, but why does my church need to bother with a cloud-based solution (and not my phone or free apps)?
• Big bonus with using cloud-based apps instead of local apps.
• Makes sense. So, I noticed some churches use short codes and others long. What’s the deal?
• SMS text messaging, short and long codes explored.
• What else should I look out for?
• A Reminder of the 3 Top Things You should already be Doing.
  I. Sharing
  II. Listening
  III. Inviting
• That’s cool. What are the 3 Things the Top Churches are Doing Now?
  I. Cultivating/Building relationships: Forget text; let’s talk about relationships.
  II. Collecting and tracking data: taking the first steps
  III. Integrating the data: You’ve got the information; what’s next?
• So, you are ready to Level 2 your text strategy. Before diving in, remember these Simple Rules.
• The anatomy of a guest follow-up dialogue.

No matter your position in the church--pastor, deacon, elder, treasurer, technology director and webmaster, communications director, ministry leader, or faithful member--there is something for you in this ebook that will help your church Grow, Connect, and Communicate.