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Free Paging System for Ministry, Churches

Posted by John Saddington on Jul 16, 2010

We’ve mentioned a few paging systems in the past here and those have been fantastic… but you’re going to want to check out this free paging system for ministries and churches. Don’t miss it!

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Is the Future of Business Cards via SMS?

Posted by John Saddington on May 6, 2010

Business cards are so 2007… right? Or perhaps the medium just needs to change since the “philosophy” of the business card is still valuable? Enter business cards via SMS with Contxts. Here’s what you can do with Contxts: Exchange all of your professional information with a single text message Keep all of your professional contacts [...]

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SMS is Still a Solid Ministry Solution and Strategy

Posted by John Saddington on Apr 22, 2010

Something that I’m constantly being challenged with is the temptation to always be looking for forward motion technologically – we can quickly forget that mainstays in our technological-economy are still very, very strong. Brightkite,  a simple way to keep your friends up-to-date with what you’re up to, apparently delivers 20 million messages (half are SMS) [...]

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Open the Floodgates: A Guide for Texting in Church

Posted by Dan King on Apr 15, 2010

The sanctuary filled with a nervous laughter. I think some of it was out of pure disbelief at what I’d just told them. Others figured that I was totally serious but were trying to figure out what this would mean for them. I was preaching at my church’s youth group and decided to try something [...]

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EZ-Texting: Group SMS Text Messaging for Ministries

Posted by John Saddington on Feb 15, 2010

Texting is “in.” It’s been fascinating to hear how a number of ministries are beginning to leverage text messaging as a significant part of their ministry strategy, especially with the younger generations. Some ministries have seen huge bumps in their attendance as a result of their usage of text messaging. Sounds like a worthy investment [...]

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How-To: Setting up an SMS System

Posted by John Saddington on Feb 13, 2010

There’s a lot involved with setting up an SMS System and, to be quite honest, I don’t have much experience in this area in the slightest. Thank goodness for the incredible amount of resources that are readily available to us! MobileActive has an amazing walk-through on how to begin to setup an SMS System as [...]