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20 Years of Planning Center

This is a timeline of all the major mile stones in the Planning Center Story.

2006
2006

Planning Center Launched

At the Purpose Driven Worship Conference on the beautiful campus of Saddleback Church.

2010
May, 2010

Planning Center Music Stand Launched

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2011
2011

Move to North County San Diego

After a few years in "the desert", we bought a building and moved to North County San Diego.

The official move-in was on Aug 8 with a staff of 8 people. The building was designed for the endgame...26 employees,

2013

We will never be a Church Management System.

Jeff Berg
Jeff Berg
Founder & CEO
February, 2013

Rebranded Flagship app to Planning Center Services

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July, 2013

Planning Center Resources Launched

2014
June, 2014

Planning Center Check-Ins Launched

2015
February, 2015

Planning Center People Launched

February, 2015

Planning Center Registrations Launched

July, 2015

Planning Center Giving Launched

2016
June, 2016

Planning Center Groups Launched

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July, 2016

New Planning Center Logo

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2017
December, 2017

More teams = more people

We ended the year with 66 staff members

2018
December, 2018

Church Center App Launched

The Church Center App was lunched on iOS and Android, setting the stage for great things to come

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2020
August, 2020

Planning Center Publishing Launched

2021
December, 2021

Planning Center Home Launched

2025
November, 2025

Dark Mode Launched

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December, 2025

Planning Center Tasks Mobile App Launched

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