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Text In Church
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Text In Church product overview

Price starts from

37

Per month

Flat Rate

What is Text In Church?

Text In Church is a web-based church communication software that helps busy church leaders spend less time managing tools and more time building relationships. The solution allows pastors to leverage technology to effectively communicate with church members and to follow up with first-time guests. Text In Church is a fully customizable solution that gives churches the option of communicating with their people with text messages or email. Users can also decide when and how often messages are sent out to church members and guests.

Key benefits of using Text In Church

  • Connect with your website traffic (Plan A Visit) - Engage with people who visit your website and turn them into church guests on Sunday.

  • Engage with your members (2-Way Messaging) - 90% of text messages are read within 3 minutes. Leverage the most powerful church texting service available to engage with your community. We’re talking increased attendance, deeper relationships and greater participation!

  • Follow-up with your guests (Automated Workflows) - Following up with your first time guests is often overlooked. However, it’s critical to the health of your church. With automated follow-up in place, your first time guests will feel connected and want to return week after week.

  • Send the right message to the right people (Group Messaging) - Whether you need to send a mass text message to your whole congregation about a weather-related cancellation or remind a bible study group about a location change, you can group your people and send tailored messages to any group immediately or a day and time in the future.

  • Powerful integrations - No more duplicate entry. Quickly connect Planning Center, Church Community Builder, MailChimp and Zapier with your Text In Church account to keep data in sync.

  • Send automated reminders to your staff - Use an Automated Workflow step to send a text message or email to a team member to take action. Let the youth pastor know when someone joins the Youth Group or ask a volunteer to make a personal phone to one of your first-time guests.

  • Award-winning customer service - In addition to our help center, we pride ourselves in providing top of the line phone, email, and in-app chat support. You can count on us to answer all your questions in a timely manner, and provide best tips and strategies around your church’s goals.
  • Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Knowledge Base
    FAQs/Forum
    Phone Support
    Email/Help Desk
    Chat

    Training options

    Live Online
    Documentation
    Webinars
    Videos

    Text In Church pricing information

    Value for money

    4.5

    /5

    243

    Starting from

    37

    Per month

    Flat Rate

    Pricing options

    Free plan
    Subscription
    Free trial
    Pricing range

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    Text In Church features

    Functionality

    4.4

    /5

    243

    Total features

    20

    1 categories

    Most valued features by users

    Event Management
    Data Import/Export
    Membership Management
    Activity Dashboard
    Mobile Access
    Alerts/Notifications
    Volunteer Management
    Online Giving

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    Text In Church users reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.6

    /5

    243

    Positive reviews

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.79/10
    Rating distribution

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    Pros
    This software is outstanding. Not only is it easy to set up and implement, but the positive feedback you get from being able to easily communicate with guest, congregations, groups, etc, is non-stop.
    It's the best investment we've made for our church and it continues to grow and improve providing the best features you could ask for.
    We are doing a much better at data aquisition and therefore better at leading people through a funnel/process of assimilation as well as spiritual development.
    Cons
    Sometimes the integration with Planning Center Online is spotty. That can be frustrating.
    The only issue I have with the software is the lack of email open reports. You have to manually check each person to see if they opened the email.
    There was too much communication and it took forever to cancel. Then the emails were non stop.

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    Eric M.

    Pastor

    Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

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    Great Tool for Immediate Communication with your Congregation

    Reviewed 2 years ago

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    Eric: My name is Eric. I'm a pastor of a local church and I give Text in Church a five, and for more...

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    Adam J.

    Campus Support Team Director

    Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees

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    For the price, it's a really great for automation

    Reviewed 3 years ago

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    Adam J.: My name is Adam and I'm a multi-site church director, and I give Text In Church four out of...

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    Richard J.

    Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

    Used weekly for 1-2 years

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    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    If the church couldn't afford this program, I'd pay it myself!

    Reviewed 6 years ago

    Instant & easy communication with small and large groups.

    Pros

    I love being able to communicate quickly with the entire church or with selected groups in a moment via text messaging! Also, they can communicate back via text through the TIC Messenger App. They also help create a guest follow-up system!

    Cons

    We have had trouble getting our digital connect card form to work correctly at times. However, we can go into the program and collect the data when this happens.

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    ELIJAH R.

    Religious Institutions, self-employed

    Used daily for 1-2 years

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    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    Great Application for Church, Organizations, etc.

    Reviewed 3 years ago

    Text in church has helped us to remain in contact with new visitors, our congregation, leadership, other church groups. Their service is impeccable and they really care about their customers.

    Pros

    The workflow is one of their greatest features. Once the workflow is setup you do not have to continue to setup up messages, it's automatically done for you.

    Cons

    To be honest, I do not have anything negative to say or like the least.

    Vendor response

    Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words and amazing review, Elijah. We are thrilled to hear about your experience with Text In Church. We will keep improving our system and I hope we continue to earn the perfect 10/10 rating you gave us.

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    Alain L.

    Religious Institutions, 201-500 employees

    Used weekly for 6-12 months

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    • Likelihood to recommend5/10

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    We have used their extensively. It is great when it works

    Reviewed 6 years ago

    I have used this service for over six months now. We have used it extensively in our church, using the highest package they offer. We have sent thousands of SMS

    Pros

    The concept is great but the service is not reliable, sometimes you send text messages ant it appears as sent in their system

    Cons

    I have used this service for over six months now. We have used it extensively in our church, using the highest package they offer. I also manage an account for another ministry, so I have used this service enough to give a useful feedback. The concept is great but the service is not reliable, sometimes you send text messages ant it appears as sent in their system ( you are being charged) but in reality they were not sent, this is one of many technical difficulties I have found using Text-in Church.

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    Danielle K.

    Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

    Used daily for 2+ years

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
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    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    Text In Church is the Only way to Communicate

    Reviewed 3 years ago

    It was the best investment we made in engaging with guests and communicating with our congregation. It's easy to use, has built in templates to help you get started and they are completely customization to fit the needs of your church or group!

    Pros

    This software is outstanding! Not only is it easy to set up and implement, but the positive feedback you get from being able to easily communicate with guest, congregations, groups, etc, is non-stop. It's the best investment we've made for our church and it continues to grow and improve providing the best features you could ask for!

    Cons

    The only issue I have with the software is the lack of email open reports. You have to manually check each person to see if they opened the email. Once that function is available, there will be no need for any other type of communications software, this software will offer you everything you need 100%.

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    Faith B.

    Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees

    Used daily for 6-12 months

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    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    Make Connecting and Following Up EASY!

    Reviewed 4 years ago

    Text in Church allows us to communicate with hundreds in a quick, efficient, and personal manner. It allows time for other areas of ministry, yet ensures we value our guests with effective follow up. Their customer service is quick, responsive, and compassionate. I can tell that each member of their team genuinely cares about churches and people.

    Pros

    Text in Church enables me to communicate with hundreds of people at the same time, in a personal way. This has enabled our church to grow exponentially by being able to connect more effectively. The Plan A Visit features through Text in Church allow guests to be connected and for barriers to be removed before they even enter our parking lot.

    Cons

    I wish that they offered multiple lines / user accesses within the same account. I also think that the "app" for mobile use is rather clunky and slow - this is probably the only piece I don't like. I expect that they will improve this soon.

    Vendor response

    Faith, thanks for the awesome review! Yes, we will soon offer multiple lines. This will be super helpful. Also, we are currently rebuilding our app and can't wait to release it.

    Text In Church FAQs

    Q. What type of pricing plans does Text In Church offer?

    Text In Church has the following pricing plans:
    Starting from: $37.00/month
    Pricing model: Subscription
    Free Trial: Available


    Q. Who are the typical users of Text In Church?

    Text In Church has the following typical customers:
    Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business

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    Q. What languages does Text In Church support?

    Text In Church supports the following languages:
    English, Spanish

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    Q. Does Text In Church support mobile devices?

    Text In Church supports the following devices:
    Android, iPad, iPhone

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    Q. Does Text In Church offer an API?

    No, Text In Church does not have an API available.

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    Q. What other apps does Text In Church integrate with?

    Text In Church integrates with the following applications:
    Constant Contact, Google Forms, Todoist, Zapier, Google Docs, Gmail, Trello, Google Drive, ChMS, Slack, monday.com, SurveyMonkey, Mailchimp, Asana, Evernote Teams, Google Sheets

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    Q. What level of support does Text In Church offer?

    Text In Church offers the following support options:
    Knowledge Base, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, Email/Help Desk, Chat

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