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Text-to-Link: Your shortcut to anywhere

Written by Boyd Pelley | 11/10/20 5:15 PM

What is your favorite resource on the Internet?  YouVersion Bible?  A YouTube Channel? Right Now Media? The Bible Project? Sermon Archives? A Blog Post?  Imagine people sending a text to your church office number with a keyword of your choosing that would take them directly to that website? The LINK functionality of Text-to-Church does exactly that.

A few years ago I found Random.org/dice and started using it in training to have participants electronically throw a set of dice to determine a gift card winner.  I decided to add that URL and the keyword DICE as a Text-to-Church option at a church I was doing training with just last week.

The dice game, Farkle, has a long cultural tradition with this team, so I showed them how to add the random.org/dice link  to Text-to-Church.  Then, I had them all text the word DICE to their landline number.  They got a link back that they clicked on and chose the option to roll 5 dice.  After three rounds the winner got a $25 Starbucks gift card. 

Application of this feature is limited only to your imagination and resources available on the Internet.  Try it.

Text DICE to (817) 677-9850

If you're not a client, you can try this feature out even during a 30 day free trial.

If you are a client or doing a free trial, here's how you set it up.

  1. Make sure you have set up your Text-to-Church phone number.
  2. Click Communicate > Text > Text-to-Church to get to T2C central.
  3. Click the blue +Add Link button.  Enter the URL, description and the keyword you want.
  4. Click save and you're ready to go.

Here are some more examples using the (817) 677-9850 number to get your juices flowing.

  • PROGRAM - Worship bulletin (on website)
  • PRICE - Churchteams pricing
  • BIBLE - YouVersion
  • STREAM - Northpoint Church Live Stream
  • HOME - Churchteams Home Page
  • STUDY - Blue Letter Bible

We haven't done a ton with this feature yet, so, if you create a link that you love and think others will as well, email me back or share it in our Facebook Forum.