Quick Pro Tip before we dive in: We recommend that you regularly send emails that are short, personal, and to the point.
Statistics show a trend of people not reading long, detailed emails due to the huge amount of emails they receive.
If you have a lot of information you want to send out on a regular basis, we recommend sending a link to your website or landing page where all of that information can live, and leave the email short and sweet.
However, we understand you might want to send newsletter-style emails occasionally, and we have a way to do that through Text In Church!
To get started, choose the email design program you are most comfortable with.
For illustration purposes, we went with Mail Chimp. It is free, and they have some cool design features.
Create the email with the design and images that you would like.
Once you are satisfied with how it looks, click the "Save as Template" option in the upper-right corner.
When you save it as a template, you can then go in and hit the More Options button to export it as HTML.
It will download to your computer, and then you can open the document.
Here you can highlight everything, then copy it.
You can then go into your Text In Church account and paste the email template into a Plain Text Email!
Then, click the three dots in the email builder and choose Source Code
Then paste the HTML you copied earlier into this pop-up:
And click Save!
Schedule that message, and when Text In Church sends the email, you will have a beautiful newsletter-style email that will come with all the awesome benefits of Text In Church!
FAQS:
Q: What can affect how emails are displayed on mobile devices?
A:
Responsive Design & Layout: Lack of responsive design causes layouts to break; multi-column layouts often stack into one long, scrolling column, affecting order and layout.
Screen Size & Resolution: Narrower screens force text to wrap, images to shrink or fill the width, and require smaller, more efficient layouts.
Email Clients & Apps: Different apps (iOS Mail, Gmail, Outlook) render code differently, impacting how CSS and HTML are displayed.
File Sizes & Loading Time: Slower mobile data speeds make large files or heavy, image-only emails load slowly.
Many free online guides have tips and tricks for improving your email's responsiveness and readability on mobile devices!
For example, this Mailchimp article is super handy!
Q: Can delivery issues affect how emails are displayed on mobile devices?
A: Email deliverability means the ability of an email to reach a recipient’s inbox rather than being diverted to the spam/junk folder or blocked entirely.
So, deliverability issues will cause your email to be hidden in Junk or Spam, rather than causing issues with how your email is displayed.
Q: Do you have a church newsletter template we can use?
A: We do not currently have a template for newsletters, but MailChimp and Canva are great resources for newsletter templates.
Have questions or need help? Send us an email at support@textinchurch.com or chat with us from the Messages section of the Resources tab within your account.
