Planning Center

Planning Center

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Overview

Planning Center helps churches manage ministries and engage congregants through a shared People database, task coordination, and a mobile-friendly platform. While navigating between its various modules can be slightly less seamless, it is reliable for teams of all sizes in churches seeking organized, integrated ministry management.

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Planning Center Specifications

  • Fundraising Software
  • Online Fundraising Platforms
  • Volunteer Management Software
  • Membership Management

Planning Center Features

People

The platform stores every member's attendance, giving, and volunteering history in one profile, with custom fields for details like baptism dates. Workflows track someone through multi-step follow-up, like becoming a member, triggered automatically from a form or event signup. Automations handle routine tasks like ordering a background check.

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Services

This feature builds a step-by-step service order, songs, sermon, announcements, in a draggable format, with separate service types like Traditional or Youth. Volunteers get auto-scheduled based on when they last served and their preferences. A song library holds chord charts and audio pulled in from SongSelect or PraiseCharts.

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Publishing

The software manages Church Center's content, letting a church build custom pages with a drag-and-drop editor and control which features, giving, registrations, groups, appear based on the products it uses. It also hosts a sermon library with video, audio, and interactive notes, publishing that audio to Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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Giving

This tool processes donations at the lowest available rate with no volume tiers, contracts, or setup fees. Cash and checks get counted and auto matched to donors in batches that sync directly into People alongside attendance and volunteering.

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Church Center

The solution lets congregants give, pledge, and manage recurring donations, sign up for events, and pre-check their kids in with a phone scan. It also handles volunteer scheduling, group chat, directory access, sermon video and audio, and custom pages built for the app.

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Pros And Cons of Planning Center

Pros

  • Manages event registration and people database in one place

  • Makes greeting attendees easier through name tags

  • Offers smooth reporting and volunteer management options

Cons

  • Service flow layout cloud be more intuitive

  • Automatic profile creation can make database management challenging

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Frequently Asked Questions

What level of support does Planning Center offer?

Planning Center provides support via Planning Center University, how to articles, and contact form.

What types of pricing plans does Planning Center offer?

It offers usage-based pricing starting at $15/month for each of its core products: Services, Registrations, Giving, Check-Ins, Groups, Calendar, and Publishing. Costs increases independently per product based on usage, such as team members, donations, attendees, or rooms. Get in touch for a custom Planning Center cost breakdown that best fits your church’s needs.

What other apps does Planning Center integrate with?

The platform supports integration with multiple systems including Altitude.Team, Assess Me, Attuned, Verified First, Ministry Safe, Clearstream, and Adjace.

Who are the typical users of Planning Center?

The platform is mainly suitable for religious institutions, educational management, and non-profit organizations.

What language does Planning Center support?

Planning software is available in English.

Does Planning Center have a mobile app?

Yes, the software has a mobile app available for iOS and Android.

Does Planning Center offer an API?

Yes, it offers an API.