How to use NFC tags in your church
NFC tap tags let you make new connections with your congregation, instantly. They're small discs that stick to the back of your auditorium chairs. Members can give, volunteer, and more just by tapping their phones.
And with Clearstream, people can tap to open a custom landing page with all your church's most important resources. Add your giving info, new visitor form, upcoming events, announcements, sermon notes, and more. The possibilities are endless! ✨
Here are a few ideas for how you can use tap tags in your church.
1. Connect with first-time visitors.
NFC tags are a simple, effective way to make that first connection with new visitors. People can tap their phones to quickly fill out a digital connect card, get in touch with your team, or join your church's texting list (and your visitor workflow!). It's a small ask that they can do right from their seats. And, it opens the door for you to follow up with them and have one-on-one conversations with them during the week. 🙏
2. One call-to-action for announcements.
With NFC tap tags, you can streamline your church's communication. Instead of having different action steps for each announcement, you can offer one quick and easy call-to-action for people to engage with: "Just tap your phone to the chair in front of you!" Include your connect card, upcoming events, connect groups, and giving page in your church's custom landing page and let people access them all with just a tap. 💥
Before using Tap Tags, we had to give a different call to action for each announcement: go to the lobby, visit the website, find Mrs. So-and-so. Now, we use Tap Tags as the one place for everything. Want to give? Looking for a group? Need prayer? Tap your phone. It's so easy!
- Tyler S., HighView Church
3. Simplify event registrations.
Say goodbye to paper registration forms. Let people fill out your digital form just by tapping your NFC tag. And if your church uses Planning Center, we integrate directly with Planning Center forms. They can register for the event, sign up for important updates from your event texting list, and ask your team questions. Perfect for VBS, youth camps, baptisms, child dedications, special holiday services, Bible studies — anything!
4. Offer tap to give.
NFC tags let people quickly give online. Add your church's giving page to your sanctuary's tap tags, or have specific NFC tags just for giving next to your church's tithe boxes. It's a simple, safe, and effective way for people to give, right from their phones!
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5. Connect with the youth.
Meet your teenagers where they are: their phones! 🫠 Put an NFC tag on your youth room door or on the back of your auditorium chairs. Link them to your youth ministry's custom landing page with your church's Instagram and TikTok links, a fun welcome video, upcoming youth outings, and an option to join your youth texting list so they can stay up to date. They'll think you're pretty lit in no time. 💯🔥😎
Tap Tags have really simplified the process of us connecting people to our church, but ultimately connecting people with God. In the first week that we used them, we saw double the engagement we had seen in previous weeks! We highly highly highly recommend it.
- Jeremy Y., Boro City Church
6. Encourage volunteer sign-ups.
Make it easier than ever for new volunteers to connect with your team. Let them start the process just by tapping their phones to the seat in front of them during announcements, or at your info table in the lobby! Link your volunteer interest form or include your text-to-join keyword (VOLUNTEER, SERVE) as an option, so people can easily get connected.
7. Streamline kids ministry drop-off.
Simplify the drop-off process for parents (and your volunteers) with NFC tags. Put them by your check-in desk or outside your classrooms. Link your tap tags to your kids check-in or registration page, so parents can skip the line and easily start the process, right from their phones!
About our tap tags
Clearstream NFC tags are only $1 each, or $2 for a custom one, with free shipping! Manage them for free with your existing Clearstream plan, or sign up and get access to all our great features (like texting, unlimited email, a custom microsite, branded link shortener, and more!).
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