Group Texting Service for Churches
A group texting service for churches enables faith-based organizations to take advantage of this popular channel of communication in order to engage their congregation, increase event attendance and inspire their members.
SMS texting is the channel of communication most favored by the majority of Americans. Research has found that 91% of Americans keep their mobile devices within reach twenty-four hours a day and read 98% of text messages within three minutes of receiving them.
This implies that a group texting service for churches is more effective than any other form of electronic communication. Furthermore, as SMS texts can be received by older-model cellphones as well as newer smartphones, a group texting service for churches is more far-reaching than email, social media, and other app-based communication systems.
How a Group Texting Service for Churches Works
In order to communicate with your congregation using a group texting service for churches, you will need to create an account with a group texting service provider. The service provider will give you access to an online platform, through which you can text your opted-in members as one large group or as individual groups depending on the nature of your message.
The process for using the online platform is simple:
- Log into your account.
- Write your text message.
- Upload the group(s) of recipients.
- Click send.
As mentioned above, your group of recipients does not necessarily have to be all of your opted-in members. The likelihood is that you will want to send certain messages to just specific members of your congregation (volunteers, administrators, students, parents, etc.). With a group texting service for churches, you have this option.
Once your text message has been sent, your chosen recipients will receive it in minutes. You can track the journeys of your text message via the online platform, which will also be the location to which responses are sent. Although the platform can be accessed from any Internet-enabled device (for example a smartphone), the option exists for responses to be forwarded to your personal cellphone.
The Benefits of a Group MMS Service for Churches
A group MMS service for churches differs from a texting service by allowing you to supplement a plain text message with multimedia files. Adding a picture, a video or an audio file - or simply sending a multimedia file instead of any text at all - can increase the power of your message and solicit a higher level of engagement and response from your church members.
A group MMS service for churches can increase the impact of text messages that have the intention of:
- Increasing event attendance.
- Promoting volunteer opportunities.
- Encouraging charitable donations.
- Requesting assistance for church members in need.
A group MMS service for churches also allows you to add polls and surveys to your messages. There are countless ways in which this feature can be used to further increase engagement with your congregation. Research conducted on the benefits of polls in text messages found that that 50% of people voice their opinions in polls rather than compose a plain text response.
One further benefit of a group MMS service for churches is that it is a form of communication that resonates with the youth members of your congregation. By connecting with the younger members of your church, facilitating youth mentorship and developing relationships with your existing congregation, your organization will solidify its membership and help ensure its future.
Group Texting Services for Churches from EZ Texting
EZ Texting is a group texting service provider with one of the most versatile online platforms in the industry. Using our group texting service for churches, faith-based organizations can compose text messages in advance and schedule them to be sent at a time that will generate optimum impact (for example, twenty minutes before a service is due to start).
The EZ Texting online platform supports both text messaging and MMS messaging, and enables you to save sent messages as templates to save time when sending out similar messages in the future or messages with a recurring theme. The platform also enables you to personalize messages with the recipients´ names to increase intimacy and impact.If you would like to know more about group texting services for churches from EZ Texting, please do not hesitate to give us a call. We offer a “Free and EZ” texting plan, through which faith-based organizations can try our group texting service for churches without cost, without a contract and with no obligation to remain with the service or upgrade to a higher level of service.
If you would like to know more about group texting services for churches from EZ Texting, please do not hesitate to give us a call. We offer a “Free and EZ” texting plan, through which faith-based organizations can try our group texting service for churches without cost, without a contract and with no obligation to remain with the service or upgrade to a higher level of service.
To take advantage of this offer, please do not hesitate to contact our team of Client Success Managers. Our team will happily answer any questions you may have about engaging your congregation with a group texting service for churches and help set up your account. Once online, you can increase event attendance and inspire your members via the channel of communication most favored by the majority of Americans.
