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Planning Center Just Launched a New App That Makes Admin Work Way Easier
The new Planning Center app gives church admins one place for notifications, tasks, their Home dashboard, and every Planning Center product — all from their phone, for free. Learn what's new and which existing apps you can finally delete.
The Post-Christmas Follow-Up Playbook For Pastors
Let me hit you with a stat that should change everything about your post-Christmas strategy: Church-growth consultants like Herb Miller have long observed that if you connect with first-time guests within about 24–36 hours, around 85% of them return. If you wait up to 72 hours, that drops to about
Planning Center Tips: How to Build a Powerful Leadership Overview Dashboard with Widgets in Planning Center
Looking to empower your church leadership team with data-driven insights? Planning Center makes it easy to create a customized dashboard that tracks attendance, giving, demographics, and more — all in one place. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the basics of dashboards, how to add widgets, an
The Growth Pipeline: Tracking Your Church's Discipleship Journey
Discover how to track discipleship growth beyond milestones with the "Growth Pipeline" and key metrics to measure spiritual transformation in your church.
Digital Ministry Metrics That Drive Real-World Impact
Discover how to measure real impact in digital ministry by focusing on engagement and next steps instead of vanity metrics like views and follower counts.
Understanding Your True Reach: The Science Behind Congregation Engagement
Discover why church attendance numbers don’t tell the full story and how to measure true engagement for greater ministry impact in 2025.
5 Essential Church Metrics You Need to Track in 2025
Discover five essential church metrics to track in 2025 to measure engagement, spiritual growth, and ministry impact beyond attendance numbers.
New Planning Center Features You Need to Know About
Discover the latest Planning Center features, including updates to People lists, Check-ins, Registrations, and the Home Dashboard. Stay informed today!
Know this one thing before migrating to Planning Center.
Ensure a seamless migration to Planning Center by understanding the vital role of the Remote ID in maintaining data integrity.
Metrics: Beyond the Numbers
Explore the balance between measurable data and spiritual growth in church metrics.
Streamline Your Church Check-In Process with a Planning Center Check-In Station
Optimize your church's check-ins with Planning Center Stations for seamless, secure, and efficient attendance management.
Five Stats Every Pastor Needs to Know in 2024
Discover key 2024 church trends: Millennial engagement, digital worship, and leadership succession.
The Ultimate Guide to Streamlining Your Planning Center People Database
Explore the essentials of maintaining an efficient Planning Center People database. Learn about regular maintenance routines, benefits of a clean database, and how streamlined data management enhances church operations, communication, and growth.
Maximize Volunteer Engagement with Planning Center Check-ins
This guide offers practical tips for managing attendance, setting up stations, and using single-event check-ins with Planning Center's check-in solutions.
Prevent Data Disasters: Your Permissions Blueprint
Protect your church's data with our Planning Center permissions guide. Create and implement a robust policy and request workflow for secure access.
Improve Church Attendance: the 'Plan Your Visit' Framework
Grow church attendance with the 'Plan Your Visit' framework. Embrace digital outreach and personalized communication to build and foster community.
Church Data Security: Protecting Your Congregation
Secure your church and congregant information to protect against email scams and data breaches. Learn how now.
The Ultimate Guide to Migrating Away from Blackbaud Church Management
With the announced shutdown of Blackbaud Church Management software in January 2024, many churches are left searching for an alternative solution to manage their data. In this guide, we'll discuss the importance of choosing the right church management system and provide a step-by-step guide to migra
Effective Ways to Use Church Data for Your Ministry
Unlock the power of church data to enhance your ministry. Learn benefits, tools, best practices, and success stories of effective data use.
The Importance of a Solid Data Security Process for Churches
Ensure your congregation's information is secure with a solid security process for when a team member exits the organization.
Empowering Church Leaders: How Planning Center Helps us Make Data-Driven Decisions
As a church leader, one of the most important tasks is to make decisions that will benefit the congregation and further the mission of the church.
Tracking Attendance for Churches: How to Get Started with Planning Center Check-ins
How to use Planning Center Check-ins for a better kids and volunteer check-in experience
The Top 5 Church CRM Systems in 2022 - What You Need To Know!
A church management system is a software that helps your church manage data and increase engagement. It is an all-in-one solution for managing members, tracking donations, helping teams stay in communication and more .