Ministry Planner
Ministry Planner is a web platform that brings together ministry planning, volunteer scheduling, team chat, online giving, and a church website.
What Ministry Planner is
Ministry Planner is a web platform that brings together ministry planning, volunteer scheduling, team chat, online giving, and a church website. Its planning workflow links a teaching calendar and series library to a service planner and personalized mobile run sheets. Volunteers can accept or decline assignments through secure RSVP links without creating an account or installing an app. Integrations include two-way Planning Center sync, Church Community Builder sync, Google Calendar, and Google Drive. Online giving has no monthly fee, but Ministry Planner charges 0.5% per gift in addition to Stripe processing fees. The company says data is encrypted in transit and at rest, churches can export their data at any time, and data is not sold or shared. AI features include an assistant, smart imports from spreadsheets, PDFs, and email, and engagement predictions; the company says data is not used to train models. A congregation mobile app is listed as coming soon.
Good
- Volunteer RSVP links need no account or app.
- Planning Center and Church Community Builder sync.
- Churches can export their data at any time.
- Free tools include unlimited weekly attendance counts.
Watch out
- Only one free tool per church account.
- Online gifts incur a 0.5% fee plus Stripe fees.
- Congregation mobile app is listed as coming soon.
Who it suits
It suits churches looking to coordinate services, volunteers, teams, and giving through one web platform. Churches can choose a free tool or a paid plan based on active-person limits and support needs.
Verdict
Ministry Planner combines planning, scheduling, chat, giving, and website tools, with support and integration allowances varying by plan. Factor in the per-gift charge and the currently pending congregation app if those affect your choice.
Plans and prices
From Ministry Planner's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free tools | Free | one free tool per church account · scheduling: 1 team and up to 1,000 volunteers · event planning: 1 active event and up to 1,000 people · directory: up to 1,000 people · attendance: unlimited weekly counts |
| Plant | $49 a month | up to 250 active people · unlimited teams and campuses · 1 ChMS integration · community support · data backups |
| Grow | $150 a month | up to 1,000 active people · unlimited teams and campuses · 3 ChMS integrations · email support · daily data backups |
| Multiply | $300 a month | up to 5,000 active people · unlimited teams and campuses · unlimited integrations · priority support and onboarding · daily data backups · white-label workspace domain |
The facts
Each one read from Ministry Planner's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Active-person definition
- An active person is anyone with engagement data in the last 12 months, while historical and archived records remain free and unlimited.checked 30 Sep 2026
- AI features
- The product includes an AI assistant, spreadsheet/PDF/email smart import, and engagement predictions, with data stated not to be used to train models.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Giving fees
- Online giving has no monthly fee, and Ministry Planner charges 0.5% per online gift in addition to Stripe processing fees.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The platform lists two-way Planning Center sync, Church Community Builder sync, Google Calendar, and Google Drive integrations.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Product scope
- Ministry Planner combines ministry planning, volunteer scheduling, team chat, online giving, and a church website in one platform.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security
- The company says church data is isolated and encrypted in transit and at rest on SOC 2-compliant infrastructure.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support tiers
- Plant includes community support, Grow includes email support, and Multiply includes priority support plus onboarding.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Volunteer scheduling
- Volunteers can receive secure RSVP links and accept or decline assignments without creating an account or downloading an app.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Data ownership
- Ministry Planner says churches own their data, can export everything at any time, and data is not sold or shared.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Maker legal entity
- The service is operated by Jethro Software, LLC, doing business as Ministry Planner.checked 30 Sep 2026
Money
- Free tool limits
- The free tools page offers eight standalone tools and permits one free tool per church account.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Service planning
- Its planning workflow connects a teaching calendar, series library, service planner, and personalized mobile run sheets.checked 30 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile app status
- A congregation mobile app with push notifications, giving, groups, events, sermons, and volunteer RSVP is listed as coming soon.checked 30 Sep 2026
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