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Texting is for clarity and care. A cancelled service, a death in the congregation, a prayer request for the elders: all worth a text. A weekly promotional drip trains the flock to ignore the number. Consent, quiet hours, and truthful delivery status come before any feature on the pricing page.

Before you buy

What to demand in writing

  • Documented consent and easy opt-out on every message
  • Quiet hours you control, especially evenings and Sunday afternoons
  • Segmented lists so the whole directory never gets texted for one event
  • Clear ownership of the phone number and message history
  • Plain TCPA compliance guidance built into the sending flow
  • Character limits that keep messages short

Reviews

Named options

Each review names the fit and the tradeoff. Confirm pricing and contract terms with the vendor before you sign. Rows carrying the By Church Posting plaque are our own software, reviewed in the same list.

Text In Church

Churches that want congregation-shaped SMS without building on raw Twilio

Purpose-built for congregations. Check the list hygiene tools and how keywords map to ministries. Keep a person reviewing every bulk send.

Pricing Subscription tiered by message volume or contacts

SimpleTexting

Staff teams comfortable with a general-purpose SMS product

Flexible and widely used outside churches. The discipline is on you: clear segments, no blasts, pastoral tone.

Pricing Credits or monthly plans by volume

Planning Center (texting add-ons and integrations)

Churches already living in Planning Center for people and services

Useful when the roster is already clean. Confirm the current texting path and its cost rather than assuming it is included, and do not collect consent twice.

Pricing Depends on modules and carrier costs

Carrier group threads (light use)

Tiny churches and elder boards coordinating care

A group thread among five elders beats a paid platform for care coordination. It fails for congregation-wide notices: no opt-out, no segments, no history.

Pricing Free until you outgrow it

Write every bulk text as if a grieving member will read it first. If the message can wait for email or the bulletin, let it wait.

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