Planning Center integration

Built for churches that use Planning Center

Ministry Lens brings People, Groups, Services, Check-Ins, and Giving together, so you can see your whole church in one place.

Connect in about a minute

Sign in with Planning Center and choose which products to connect. Ministry Lens uses read-only access, so it never edits, adds, or deletes anything in your account.

Connect Planning CenterIllustrative example

Planning Center

Connected · read-only
  • People
  • Groups
  • Services
  • Check-Ins
  • Giving (finance access only)
  • Registrations

Ministry Lens never edits your Planning Center data.

Connecting Planning Center (illustrative example).

See every ministry together

Attendance, groups, serving, next steps, and giving trends sit side by side, measured by your church's own definitions.

Church OverviewIllustrative example

412

Avg attendance

58%

In a group

31%

Serving

67%

Connected

Insights & opportunities

42 people serve but are not in a small group yet.

Guest Services has 4 open positions this Sunday.

The Church Overview (illustrative example).

Care for people, not just numbers

Care Opportunities shows who has gone quiet in a group or on a team, so the right person can reach out.

Care OpportunitiesIllustrative example

The Robinson family

Needs follow-up

Recorded group attendance most weeks until 6 weeks ago. No group attendance recorded since.

Needs follow-upReached outPlanned breakDismissed
Draft message

Clean up your data

The Duplicate Detector finds profiles that may be the same person and suggests which one to keep. You merge them in Planning Center when you are ready.

Duplicate DetectorIllustrative example

Possible duplicate

High confidence

Jonathan Reyes

Created 2019 · Member

Jon Reyes

Created 2024 · Visitor

Nickname matchSame emailSame phone

Merge advice: Keep the 2019 profile. It has more history and a group connection.

Board-ready reports

Download a polished leadership summary for staff, board, elder, and committee meetings without rebuilding a spreadsheet every quarter.

Reports & InsightsIllustrative example
Leadership summary · Last 90 daysPlanning Center · refreshed today

412

Avg attendance

58%

In a group

31%

Serving

PrintDownload CSV

Your church's privacy comes first

  • Read-only: Ministry Lens never writes to your Planning Center account.
  • Minimal storage: Names and contact details are read live and not stored.
  • Finance access: Giving is visible only to people your church owner approves.
  • Multi-campus included: Every campus can have its own settings at no extra cost.

Try Ministry Lens with your Planning Center account

Start a free trial, or explore the demo with fictional church data first.