


PastorsLine messaging portal



Supported Operating System(s):
Web browser (OS agnostic)About PastorsLine
PastorsLine is a communication management software designed for pastors, church leaders, and organizations to automate and streamline bulk texting and voice messaging across members. With this cloud-based software, organizations can conduct polls and surveys, gather information via online forms, send custom texts, automate message broadcasting and scheduling, plus more.
PastorsLine’s dashboard provides an overview of all activities including recent messages, ongoing contests, birthdays, and events. The software allows representatives to build a database of contacts and use unique phone numbers when digitally connecting with an audience.
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PastorsLine messaging portal
Supported Operating System(s):
Web browser (OS agnostic)Average User Ratings
Overall
Ease-of-use
4.0
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.5
Functionality
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
Not likely
Very likely
September 2019
Ryan from Next Level Church
Company Size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Religious Institutions
Time Used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
5.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
5.0
Functionality
4.0
September 2019
Flexable and highly intuitive texting solution
We are solving the issue have having manual processes to intake 1st time visitor and salvation information and being able to get that person talking to a Pastor as quick as possible.
Pros
Some of the biggest reasons why we have stuck with PastorsLine is for its ability to use AI to make the conversation with a person on text seem like they are talking to a real person while collecting key information. We use this for our first time visitor process and many others to collect information such as names, emails, phone numbers. It then can take that information and put it into our existing ChMS platform. We can also love the fact that we can pull any group of people that are either are in a group or a process and send an automated text to them. This has streamlined several processes for us including 1st timers, salvation and interest in events.
Cons
The only downside to the software is that you have to use a full phone number to text inside of a shortcode.
Reasons for Choosing PastorsLine
The biggest reason we did is the integration it provided with our ChMS and pricing with integration.
Response from PastorsLine
Replied September 2019
We appreciate your review, Ryan. We have leased a shortcode and it's currently being provisioned. 8 - 12 weeks.
September 2019
Brian from Cornerstone Community Church
Company Size: 1 employee
Industry: Religious Institutions
Time Used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
3.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
5.0
Functionality
5.0
September 2019
Does more!
The interactive nature of texting has increased the personal touch we provide to our congregation and guests. It's the natural way to communicate today and done in a natural, native way.
Pros
PastorsLine does what other texting services don't or can't. The response by text feature is the best. Rather than sending a respondent to a form, PastorsLine can automate a conversation that happens by text to request and capture the info you want. You can also do surveys. You can use your own phone number. You can have unlimited keywords of your choosing. You can receive voicemail. You can use it to call numbers to broadcast voice messages. You can forward your main number to different numbers at any time. (Send the church calls to someone's cell phone.)
Cons
It's not as intuitive or simple to use at first as some other texting services geared towards churches. But it's a recognized weakness on their part and always improving; and once you get over the learning curve it's worth it. And the extra features make it an excellent value too.
Reasons for Choosing PastorsLine
Features and options others didn't have.
Reasons for Switching to PastorsLine
The ability to respond by text rather than sending people to a browser form. Plus the ability to use our actual church phone number. Plus the ability to use as many key words as we like, without having to pick something someone else hasn't thought of using.
Response from PastorsLine
Replied November 2019
Thank you for the kind words, Brian! We are very pleased that you like our service especially the features. And yes, you're right. Our team is working hard to improve the tool in all the areas to provide the best service possible. Thank you for sticking with us!
September 2019
Kim from Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly
Company Size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Religious Institutions
Time Used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
3.0
Value for money
2.0
Customer support
3.0
Functionality
3.0
September 2019
Mixed review
We've enjoyed the benefit of communicating with people in the way that people currently communicate, via text message. Overall, this just wasn't the product for us.
Pros
We mainly used Pastorsline for Guest Follow-up, weekly update texts to student ministry and church-wide polls. It was most useful for the weekly update texts.
Cons
We didn't like that every user received a notification for everything. Pastorline said their purpose for this was to help make sure people didn't "fall through the cracks" but we found it's only real purpose ended up being causing our team to feel spammed, it was a redundant nuisance. We also found it a bit of a beast to get started with, less overall user-friendly than we thought it would be.
Reasons for Choosing PastorsLine
At the time it looked the most user-friendly and affordable.
Response from PastorsLine
Replied September 2019
Thanks, Kim, for your honest review. We do have several ways to handle notifications as shared. If each person shares the SAME number, then each person would get the same reply if their notifications is turned on. Each user can manage whether they get notifications. Another way to look at it is if every leader at your church used the same info@mychurch.com email. Everyone would see everything. With our system, we highly recommend adding unique numbers to specific people or roles. This would allow each user to only receive notifications on what they sent. Admins can also choose to follow one or more numbers or none at all. I do agree we can improve and we would continue to do so. Thanks for sharing.
October 2020
Darren from Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Company Size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Religious Institutions
Time Used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
4.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
5.0
Functionality
5.0
October 2020
Great Product with lots of Potential
Pros
PastorsLine is a good tool for enabling communication workflow. Found it fairly easy to configure and there are ample examples and demo's within the documentation when you have a question. From a price performance perspective Pastorlines is very competative.
Cons
I wish the UI was a little better designed, but they are currently working it. Would be nice if they had more pre-configured workflow templates to use as other tools in this space provide.
Reasons for Choosing PastorsLine
Price and functionality. Text in Church is very mature and also has plenty of features, however for our use the price of Text in Church and the functionality we needed just getting started didn't justify that premium. For REALM they offer texting as a part of the platform, but just primarily mass texts. We needed workflow and conversation.
Response from PastorsLine
Replied October 2020
Thank you for your kind words! We're glad to know that it is a great addition to your church, Darren. As you know, we are working to improve the interface. We do thank you for your patience and for sticking with us through it and appreciate your feedback!
September 2019
Mike from Magnolia Church
Company Size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Religious Institutions
Time Used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
4.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
5.0
Functionality
5.0
September 2019
PastorsLine Review
PastorsLine has helped us make meaningful connections as well as communicate easily to people in our congregation.
Pros
I love how easy PastorsLine is to use for first-time guest follow-up in our church. We collect data both digitally through PastorsLine as well as through a paper card. I've got a series of follow-up texts scheduled that has been super helpful for us in connecting with new people. I also love that they can reply directly to the text and I can have an exchange with them.
Cons
The features are fantastic but the interface is still a little wanting. They've been doing upgrades for the past year but the process to get to the end result seems a little slow.
Reasons for Choosing PastorsLine
The biggest factor was that PastorsLine had some better features related to Data Capture.
Reasons for Switching to PastorsLine
Tatango was good for broadcasting messages but not helpful in a scheduled workflow. Plus, the price was way better with PastorsLine.
Response from PastorsLine
Replied November 2019
Thanks Mike! We are so happy you have been able to have success with your new guests and being able to engage with them so easily. We do know the interface needs updating and we are in the process of making those changes (as you know). We do thank you for your patience and for sticking with us through it and can't wait for the finished product either!