PastorsLine: A PCO-approved mass texting integration

If you are a Planning Center Online member, chances are you have used their PCO mass texting feature. In many cases, it can get the job done, but as PCO states on their website: “If you need to create a more complex campaign with keywords and detailed tracking, you should stick with one of the texting services that integrate with us!” These include PastorsLine.

Advantages

The PastorsLine-PCO integration offers you several important advantages regarding bulk texting.

NOT YOUR PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER

Is your staff still using their personal numbers to text? This makes it very difficult to keep the boundary between “work” and “not work”.

When you join PastorsLine, you choose 1 or more dedicated numbers (according to your need). There are also the PastorsLine shared short code and shared high-throughput long code at your service. You, your staff, and your church members use those numbers to text.

First thing - None of those numbers are anyone’s personal number. So, if someone is taking some well-deserved down time, they do not get interrupted. Goes a long way to reducing pastor and staff burnout.

Second thing - You can assign a number to as many staff members as you want. So, chances are, there will always be someone available to reply.

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