Blackpulp worked with several MinistryPlatform churches to build an application integrated with MinistryPlatform for the purpose of facilitating Group SMS Messaging among defined Groups inside the church community. The Group SMS Project includes the following requirements:
- Groups and Group Members are setup in MinistryPlatform with each Group individually configured to enable Group SMS
- Functionality allowing Group members to opt out of Group messages on a per Group basis without changing the Contact Record’s Do Not Text field
- Core Tool allowing MinistryPlatform users with a specific Security Role to send an SMS message to the Group that Group members can reply to
- Functionality that will distribute SMS messages and replies from Group Members to all Group Members via a central phone number
- Functionality for validating that incoming messages match the mobile number for a current Group member
- Functionality for keywords (ex: STOP, OPT OUT, HELP) that perform preconfigured actions