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Make sure no one falls through the cracks

People is the free membership database of the Planning Center platform—where you can centralize information from across your ministries.

Membership Database

Organize the personal details of individual congregants and their households in a single place.

Database membership status of someone including baptized date and serving interests.

Custom fields help you track details unique to your church, like confirmation and baptism dates, gift assessments, or class completions.

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Activity and communication records show participation from across Planning Center, like group attendance and donations, on a single feed.

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Background check indicators show you someone’s background check status and allow you to quickly order a new one if needed.

Database membership status of someone including baptized date and serving interests.

Data Dashboards and Custom Reports

Analyze church-wide data at-a-glance and drill down to the details with member reports.

View all member demographics, membership types, campus assignments, and background check statuses from your homepage dashboard.

Dashboard

Filter your database to make custom reports based on peoples’ information and activity records—lists of people within your larger congregation.

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Texting, Push Notifications, and Emailing

Make announcements or send direct messages to your entire congregation or specific groups of people.

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Send simple emails to everyone on a list, or create custom, stylized campaigns through MailChimp.

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Push notifications for the Church Center mobile app and web are an easy way to update everyone in your church.

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Text credits allow you to send mass texts out to lists of people!

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Follow Up Workflows

Check in with your congregation throughout the week and give them ways to connect further.

Create unique workflows for different processes—like following up with first-time visitors or people who requested prayer—and then walk people through step by step.

Dashboard

Assign specific steps in the workflow to people, as well as set due dates and automatic reminders. You can also collaborate on the task in the notes.

Database

More You Can Do With People

  • digital directoryDirectory

    Invite congregants to share their contact information and household photo with other members online through Church Center.

  • Forms

    Create opportunities for people to communicate a need, whether it’s a connect card or a prayer request form.

  • duplicate detectorDuplicate Detector

    Keep your data clean by merging any duplicate profiles, as People automatically identifies them.

  • import arrowCSV Import

    Transition to Planning Center by importing all of the information from your current database into People with a CSV file.

  • lockPermission Levels

    Secure peoples' data and protect their privacy by assigning appropriate permissions to users.

  • Notes

    Save notes, like prayer requests, within People profiles and automate an email digest to your prayer team.

  • mobileMobile App

    Manage profiles, lists, workflows, and more from the People mobile app, available for Android and iOS.

  • integrationsIntegrations

    We integrate with many web-based applications, like MailChimp and Checkr. For a full list see our integrations page.
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Pricing

People is free for every church, regardless of church size and whether or not you use any of our other products.

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Watch a People Demo

See how you can use People in your ministry with a video walk-through from a product expert.

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Access to support is free, even if you’re not a customer yet. We’ll get back to you in ~1 business hour.

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We are constantly improving our products. Check out the most recent update to see what’s new!