Planning Center People
Privacy Mode: Protect Your Church Directory from Scammers
Privacy mode is a way to protect your church directory from scammers by hiding people's information, but still providing a way to contact each other.
New for You in Planning Center March 2024
Get an overview of what's new in Planning Center this winter, and find ways to streamline your workflow!
Admin Relief: Let Congregants Manage Their Own Household Details
Empower congregants to manage their own households effortlessly by adding or removing members in Church Center!
New for You in Planning Center October 2023
Get an overview of what's new in Planning Center this fall, and find ways to streamline your workflow!
Reach Your People With Updated Text Messaging
Send mass texts to your church with your own 10-digit, toll-free phone number!
New Automations: Organize Event Attendees in Registrations Quickly
Use automations in Registrations to organize people into groups when they signup for events!
New Automations: Follow-Up with First Time Givers
Use automations in Giving to automatically send a follow-up email to anyone who gives and express your gratitude!
Set Up Automations to Keep Groups Organized and Communicate with People
Automate group-specific actions, trigger communications, and organize people with automations in Groups!
Save Files to People Profiles
Ever need to attach a picture or a PDF to a person's member profile? Now you can collect files through online forms and save them to profiles!
Create Custom Dashboards to Share Metrics
The new custom dashboard feature in Planning Center People makes it easier to find and access the stats you most care about, all in one place!
Make Announcements with Church Center Push Notifications
You can now keep everyone in the loop about what is happening at the church by sending announcements to the Church Center mobile app and web from People!
New Background Check Dashboard
Our latest update is a refresh of the background check dashboard to surface the most important information.
Announcing Text Messaging from Planning Center People
Have you ever wanted to send very fast, very short letters to your congregation? Well, today is your lucky day—texting is here!
Thank Your 2020 Volunteers
Make time to tell your volunteers how much you appreciate the role they played in making it through the last twelve months of ministry.
Directory: A New Way to Connect in Church Center
As of today, you can give your congregation access to a directory in the Church Center mobile app, and on the web.
Gather Household Information through Forms
With the new household field in Forms, you can collect all the necessary information you need to check in an entire family before they even get to church.
Invite Your Congregation to the Conversation
Connecting with your congregation as you begin to plan to meet in person.
Find People Quickly with New Filters
Sometimes you need a quick list of some subset of the people in your church. Enter our new and improved people tab, complete with near-instant filtering!
Coronavirus: Connecting with the needs of your congregation
See this overview of how you can use the free People product to quickly find those people in your congregation who are in need and follow up with them.
Expanded Permissions for Workflows
We've released two new permissions for Workflows: you can now allow people to create their own workflows, and give permissions within specific workflows.
Pro Tips for Easter Prep
Check out some of our best-practices and pro tips as you prepare for what might be one of your busiest and most important Sundays of the year.