Our mission: 100,000 families welcomed into the local church

We film your church. Then we help you welcome new families.

We show your pastor's invitation and your people's stories on Facebook and Instagram to families a few minutes from your building. Every family gets a plan-your-visit page and a follow-up text, and you see each family welcomed by name.

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  • checkFree, no call needed
  • checkMost scorecards ready in a few minutes
  • checkGeorgetown, Texas

Filmed at City Reach Church, Cedar Park

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Cedar Bend Church Sample

Hill Country, TX · checked from a phone

OverallStrong reviews. Search and the phone site are where new families drop off.

  • Google search

    #7 for "church" from 4 miles away

    C

  • Reviews

    4.8 stars, 126 reviews

    A

  • Website on a phone

    No plan-your-visit link

    D

  • Social and sermons

    Sermon posted 3 days ago

    B

48,200households within a 10-minute drive

First fixAdd a Plan Your Visit page and link it up top.

Sample scorecard for a fictional church. Yours shows your real grades.

Sound familiar?

The message is good. Your zip code hasn't heard it.

campaign

"We tried Facebook ads and nobody came."

An invitation alone rarely gets a family in the door. The page they land on and the text they get afterward do the real work.

schedule

"Nobody on staff has time."

The harvest is plentiful and your comms person already wears five hats. We build it and run it, and you approve what goes out.

help

"We can't tell if any of it works."

Likes don't show up on Sunday. We count each family who planned a visit and each one your welcome team greeted.

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"Families visit once and we never see them again."

The back door is quieter than the front. Our follow-up gives every new family a reason to come back. See how we follow up.

How it works

From your story to their seat

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Step 1

We turn your story into invitations

We cut your pastor's invitation and your people's stories into short videos, from your footage or a filming day with us. Then we show them to families who live a few minutes from your building.

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Step 2

Families plan their first Sunday

They pick a service time on your page. A text from your church tells them where to park and what happens with their kids.

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Step 3

Your team welcomes them by name

On Saturday your welcome team gets the list of families coming. On Sunday a quick check-in marks each family you welcomed, and the follow-up starts that afternoon.

See the work

Films we made for a Texas church

We filmed these for City Reach Church in Cedar Park. A filming day with us makes films like them, with your pastor and your people.

The invitationAn Easter invitation for Facebook and Instagram, captioned to play with the sound off
A member's storyElisa on finding her place at City Reach, a 20-second cut
The church experienceA recap of a full house at City Reach, a 20-second cut

These films show our filming. We make no claim about family numbers from them.

The monthly family report

Every number is a family with a name

Each month your leadership sees the families your church welcomed, by name, from the first plan to visit to the first next step. Every partnership includes it.

  • checkEach family who planned a visit, and each one your welcome team greeted
  • checkEach family who came back for another Sunday
  • checkEach family taking a next step: kids, a group or serving
  • checkYour campaign budget per family welcomed, in plain dollars

Good stewardship means knowing where the budget went. This report shows your elders, family by family.

Family report

October · what your leadership sees each month

Sample

Example church: 280 on a Sunday, $500 campaign budget

Planned a visit

23

picked a Sunday on your page

Welcomed

11

greeted by your welcome team

Came back

6

for another Sunday

Taking a next step

2

kids, a group, serving

The family journey

Planned
23
Welcomed
11
Came back
6
Next step
2

Follow-up this month

Thank-you texts sent11
Surveys answered7
Families re-invited12

First Sunday rated

4.7 of 5

from 7 surveys

Budget per family welcomed

$45

$500 for 11 families

Example numbers. Yours depend on your town and your budget, and the count needs your welcome team to mark each family.

Follow-up, step by step

No family falls through the cracks

A family who visits once deserves a second invitation. We follow up with every new family from your church's own number, and once they come back, we hand them to your team.

  1. Saturday

    A reminder text: "We saved you a seat." Your welcome team gets the list of families coming.

  2. Sunday afternoon

    A thank-you text and a 4-question survey about their first Sunday. You can add a small thank-you gift for answering.

  3. The next six Sundays

    A short check-in text each Sunday afternoon, so we know who came back.

  4. No answer

    A re-invite a month later, plus an invitation ad shown only to them.

  5. Came once

    A personal follow-up from your team two months later, plus the invitation ad.

  6. Came back twice

    We hand them to your next steps, like kids, groups or serving, and the marketing stops.

  7. Christmas and Easter

    Every family who hasn't opted out gets the invitation.

smsEvery text comes from your church's own number, and families can reply STOP anytime. You approve every message before launch.

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The Front Door Audit

A new family looks you up on their phone before they ever visit. The audit does the same from a neighbor's phone, about 4 miles away, and grades what it finds.

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    Google search

    Your spot in the results when a neighbor searches "church."

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    Reviews

    Your Google star rating and how many reviews you have.

  • smartphone

    Website on a phone

    Service times, a plan-your-visit page, kids info and speed.

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    Social and sermons

    Your sermons and social accounts, as linked from your home page.

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A sample Front Door Audit scorecard with an overall grade and a grade for each area
A sample scorecard. Texas churches also see the households within a 10-minute drive.

Pricing

One price, month to month

Your church pays its campaign budget straight to Meta, and we never mark it up.

Founding rate

Everything to welcome new families

The Big Splash partnership

Regular rate $1,997 Founding rate $1,497/month

Our first 5 churches lock in $1,497. New churches after that pay $1,997.

Month to month. Cancel with 30 days notice.

  • checkYour own plan-your-visit page
  • checkYour Facebook and Instagram campaign, set up and run for families near your church
  • checkUp to 4 new versions of your invitations each month, cut from your footage
  • checkFollow-up texts for every new family, sent from a number in your church's name
  • checkThe monthly family report, with every family by name
  • checkA short call each month to plan the next one
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Campaign budget from $500/month, paid by your church straight to Meta

Add-on

Filming at your church

Custom quote

We quote each filming day after a short call with our team.

  • checkA filming day planned around your services
  • checkYour pastor's invitation and your people's stories
  • checkYour Sunday experience and kids ministry
  • checkBooked when you need it, like before Easter or Christmas

Already have footage? Your campaign can run on the videos you have.

verifiedEverything we build for your church stays yours.

groupsWe never promise a set number of families. The count depends on your welcome team marking each family.

One-off campaigns · Christmas books by November 15

Christmas Eve is the biggest invitation of the year

Not ready for a monthly plan? We build one-off campaigns for Christmas and Easter: your page, the campaign, the follow-up texts and a family report after the holiday. Each one is priced for your church, and our team quotes it on a free 30-minute call.

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Chris List, founder of Big Splash

Who you'll work with

A Texas studio that already serves churches

I'm Chris List. Big Splash is a video and marketing studio in Georgetown. I filmed the City Reach Church pieces on this page, and each week I cut sermon clips and design graphics for a church in Austin. This offer exists because pastors kept asking the same question: how do we reach the families moving in around us?

I film at your church and edit your videos myself. AI tools help me with transcripts and rough cuts, and nothing reaches you until I've watched it. Anything that speaks to what your church believes goes to you first.

Our mission: 100,000 families welcomed into the local church.

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FAQ

Questions pastors ask

Does the Front Door Audit cost anything?add

No. The audit is free, and you don't need a call to get your scorecard. If you want to go over it together, you can book a free 30-minute call with our team afterward.

Can you tell which families came?add

Yes. Each family who plans a visit lands on your page and gets a text and an email from your church. On Saturday your welcome team gets the list of families coming, and on Sunday they mark each family they welcomed with a simple check-in link. That's how the report counts real families and your budget per family welcomed.

Do the follow-up texts come from Big Splash?add

No. We set up a texting number in your church's name, so every text comes from your church, and families can reply STOP anytime. We write the messages and load them, and you approve each one before launch.

Isn't marketing a church a little strange?add

We think of it as an invitation. Most people come because someone invited them, and that hasn't changed. Our job is to put your pastor's own invitation in front of neighbors and help your church welcome the families who come. Your members' invitations still matter most, and the videos give them something worth sharing.

Do you promise a number of families?add

No. Your count depends on your town and your campaign budget. It also needs your welcome team to mark each family. The family report shows the real number each month, so your leadership can judge the campaign for themselves.

Is there a long-term contract?add

No. You sign a simple month-to-month agreement, and you can cancel with 30 days notice. A campaign usually needs a few months to bring families through your doors, so give it a season before you judge it.

Do we own the videos?add

Yes. Everything we build for your church stays yours: the videos, your plan-your-visit page, the follow-up messages and your list of families. Post the videos anywhere you like.

Is the campaign budget separate from your fee?add

Yes. It's what Meta charges to show your invitation to families near your church. The church pays it from its own Meta account, straight to Meta, and we never mark it up. Budgets start at $500 a month.

Do you film and edit yourselves? Do you use AI?add

Chris films at your church and edits your videos himself. AI tools help with transcripts and rough cuts, and nothing reaches you until he has watched it. Nothing that speaks to what your church believes goes out without your approval.

We're not in Texas. Can we still work together?add

Yes. Travel inside Texas is included. Outside Texas, your church covers travel for filming days, at cost plus a $350 travel day. Campaign management works from anywhere.

Families look you up before they visit

See your church the way a new family does

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