SMS Opt-in

April 10, 2025: eAdventist now offers Text-to-Join SMS opt-in. For more info see this article. The "Invitation" SMS opt-in described here will be discontinued on April 21, 2025.

As of August 31, 2023, mobile carriers in the US will block all business (A2P) messages sent from unregistered phone numbers. The registration process requires an opt-in process where each customer gives your business (e.g. church, conference) explicit consent to send them SMS messages.

Collection of mobile numbers

Church clerk, pastor or member enters a person's "Mobile phone" in eAdventist if it has been provided by a member or community contact. People provide their phone numbers for a variety of reasons.

NOTE: This step is NOT treated as "consent" for SMS messaging.

SMS Consent

NOTE: No SMS messages will be sent until the subscriber consents by replying YES to an invitation.

The List admin (e.g. clerk, pastor, etc.) adds a person (or contact) to the List as a Subscriber.

eAdventist sends an SMS invitation that identifies the church, the list.
The person provides consent (opts in) by replying YES.
eAdventist records the consent and sends a welcome message - which includes "Reply STOP to unsubscribe, HELP for help".