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Digital giving for churches is increasingly common, even to the point of becoming essential for receiving tithes and donations. At the same time, traditional giving via cash and check has been steadily decreasing. Text-to-give (or SMS giving) is one of the primary mediums of digital giving, with the others being through websites and mobile apps.  

Text-to-give works just as its sounds: Your donors send a text to a phone number on their mobile phones, enter the amount they want to give, and submit their donation. Their gift is then drawn from their bank account, debit card, or credit card, and sent to your organization’s account.

Benefits of text-to-give

Benefits of text-to-give

Text giving should be an important part of how your church collects donations for two major reasons: convenience and security.

Let’s explore these benefits some more:


This post was originally published on the Subsplash blog. Keep reading the entire Essential guide to text-to-give article to learn more about:

  • The benefits of text-to-give
  • How to set up text-to-give
  • How to donate through text-to-give
  • Try out text-to-give for yourself

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