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Church Text Marketing Platform
Enhance Communication.
Engage Your Congregation.
Send sermon notes, reading plans, event sign-ups, and connection cards—all via text. With 8.6 million messages delivered, churches trust our platform to reach their people where they already are.
See It In Action
Text Marketing, In 30 Seconds.
Keywords, autoresponders, bulk campaigns, and subscriber management—see how churches use text marketing to reach their congregation.
Sound Familiar?
Your Emails Are Going Unread
The Email
VBS Registration Open!
Grace Church
This Sunday's Bulletin
Grace Church
Small Group Sign-Up
Grace Church
Easter Service Times
Grace Church
Prayer Meeting Tomorrow
Grace Church
6 hours average read time
The Text
90 seconds average read time
“Your people aren’t ignoring you. They just never saw the email.”
Text marketing changes that.
Try It Yourself
Build Your First Autoresponder
Type a keyword. Write a response. Watch it work.
See It In Action
Five Real Conversations.
Zero Apps Required.
The Numbers Don’t Lie
Text vs. Email. It’s Not Even Close.
more opens
faster response
per message on Premium
Sources: Mobile Marketing Watch, Pew Internet, Connect Mogul, Statista 2025
How Churches Really Use It
Real Keywords. Real Results.
Sermon Notes
Congregation texts NOTES to receive outlines, study guides, and key scriptures.
56,000+ triggers TEXT “SERMON”Worship Song List
Share this week's setlist and links to follow along or add to playlists.
12,000+ triggers TEXT “SONGS”Devotional Drips
Daily or weekly scheduled devotionals based on subscriber enrollment date.
28,000+ triggers TEXT “PRAY21”Guest Welcome
Chatbot-powered connection flows with auto ChMS registration for new visitors.
35,000+ triggers TEXT “HELLO”Christ Acceptance
Pastoral care keywords trigger follow-up workflows and next-steps guidance.
4,200+ triggers TEXT “YES”Small Groups
Text to join with auto ChMS group enrollment and role assignment.
8,500+ triggers TEXT “GROUPS”Easter & VBS
One-time date-targeted blasts with intelligent typo-tolerant keywords.
7,000+ triggers TEXT “EASTER”Volunteer Sign-Up
SERVE keyword drives registration for outreach teams and ministry opportunities.
2,000+ triggers TEXT “SERVE”Community Outreach
Food pantry, hurricane relief, counseling, grief support, and car care ministry.
4,000+ triggers TEXT “FOOD”Attendance Check-In
Text a keyword to check into a service with auto ChMS attendance logging.
15,000+ triggers TEXT “NINE”Weekly Bulletin
Campus-specific bulletins delivered on a recurring weekly schedule.
22,000+ triggers TEXT “BULLETIN”Announcements
Urgent announcements, weather cancellations, and schedule changes via blast.
9,000+ triggers TEXT “ALERTS”Intelligent Automation
From Text to Contact, Automatically
Every keyword triggers an intelligent pipeline that autoresponds, converses, and syncs—without your team lifting a finger.
Incoming Text
"CONNECT"
Keyword Engine
CONNECT ✓
CONECT → matched!
Autoresponder
"Welcome to Grace Church!"
Chatbot
Name? Email? Phone?
ChMS Sync
Contact created
List Mgmt
+1 subscriber
Incoming Text
"CONNECT"
Keyword Engine
CONNECT ✓
Autoresponder
"Welcome to Grace Church!"
Chatbot
Name? Email? Phone?
ChMS Sync
Contact created
List Mgmt
+1 subscriber
Send With Confidence
From Draft to Delivered in Seconds
Delivered
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Powerful Text Marketing Features
Explore Premium Features
Equip your church’s creative team with the tools they deserve while experiencing profound engagement with your members.
Images & 1,600 Characters
Send MMS with images and up to 1,600 characters. SMS and MMS supported for 10-digit and short code numbers.
Autoresponders
Auto-respond to inbound texts with typo-tolerant keyword matching. Populate lists, trigger chatbots, and send custom responses.
Bulk Campaigns
Mass text church phone lists. 15,800+ campaigns scheduled for group updates, prayer requests, and events.
Unlimited Lists
Organize 850,000+ subscribers into phone lists. Bulk import numbers or auto-populate via autoresponder keywords.
Unlimited Keywords
Assign multiple keywords per autoresponder. Built-in typo tolerance catches common misspellings automatically.
Scheduled Texts
One-time blasts, weekly bulletins, bi-weekly check-ins, monthly reports, and daily devotional drips on autopilot.
Advanced ChMS Integration
Auto event registration, group enrollment, role assignment, SSO portal links, and custom confirmation messages.
Event Triggers
Trigger custom email or text notifications based on defined event criteria. Automate follow-ups and reminders.
Know Your Congregation
AI on Every Report
Eight dedicated reports — each with an AI-powered ministry briefing that understands church context. Scheduled delivery to your leadership team.
Eight Dedicated Reports
Every text tells a story. Real-time visibility into engagement, subscriber health, and growth.
Text Messaging Overview
Engagement scores, delivery rates, subscriber trends, and activity heatmaps across your entire text ministry.
Keywords & Auto Replies
Top keywords by hits, chatbot connections, performance trends, and typo-tolerance effectiveness.
Subscriber Lists
List health scores, growth trends, area code distribution, and carrier breakdown for every phone list.
Sent Messages
Delivery trends, hourly send patterns, failure alerts, and campaign-level performance stats.
Conversations
Open conversation queue, chatbot completion rates, stale and at-risk conversation tracking.
Decisions & Follow-Up
Decision keyword tracking, pastoral care lifecycle, follow-up status, and new believer engagement.
Attendance Check-In
Text-to-check-in stats, day-of-week heatmap, attendee metrics, and keyword-based service tracking.
Cost & Savings
Monthly costs, projected annual spend, campaign breakdown, and cost-per-message savings analysis.
AI-Powered Analysis
Ministry-focused AI on every report—not generic metrics, real pastoral intelligence that understands church context.
Scheduled Delivery
Automated weekly, monthly, or annual email reports delivered to your entire admin team. Never miss the pulse.
Pastoral Briefing PDFs
Executive and pastoral PDF exports designed for staff meetings, elder board reviews, and leadership retreats.
Seamless Connections
Advanced ChMS Giving & Text Integrations
Platform-wide integrations for today’s top Church Management Systems. Automatic event registration, group enrollment, single sign-on, and real-time donor matching.
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Dedicated Customer Support
Online Giving's platform was founded, designed, and is operated by Evangelical Christians. Humbly serving The Church through software and service. Get support from a team that truly cares about ministry.
Product Training
Schedule expert on-demand live video screenshare training with your creative and financial team for our entire platform.
Technical Support
Receive an answer to your product question and get speedy technical support Monday–Friday. We are online on Sunday mornings to address emergencies.
Continual Upgrades
Our experts never stop building new and wonderful customizable features for ministry. Gain access to a continually updated feature set.
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