Ministry Planner review
A broad planning workspace for churches coordinating services, volunteers, and campuses.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Ministry Planner is church operations software for staff and ministry teams managing teaching calendars, series, services, volunteers, and collaboration. Its workflow connects series details and creative briefs with service elements, worship sets, rosters, rehearsal media, timing, and personalized run sheets. The product is aimed at church plants, growing churches, mid-size churches, and multi-site networks, with plan limits based on active people rather than team-member seats.
Pricing starts with the Free Scheduler, which supports volunteer scheduling and RSVP links for one team and up to 1,000 volunteers. Plant costs $49 per month with monthly billing or $39 per month with annual billing, and includes every feature, unlimited team members, one ChMS integration, 10 GB of storage, and community support. Grow costs $150 monthly or $125 monthly with annual billing, adding three ChMS integrations, 100 GB of storage, and email support. Multiply costs $300 monthly or $249 monthly with annual billing, with unlimited integrations, 1 TB of storage, priority support, and onboarding. A 30-day free trial is also available.
The strongest fit is a church coordinating multiple campuses or a detailed service workflow: the teaching calendar, series library, service planner, volunteer RSVP and fill-status tracking, reminders, role-specific run sheets, and real-time editing cover a wide planning scope. Planning Center Online, Planning Center Services, Church Community Builder, Google Calendar, and Google Drive provide useful ecosystem connections, while the AI assistant, smart import, and engagement scoring extend the planning toolkit. Churches needing only basic volunteer scheduling may find the paid tiers broader than necessary, while organizations requiring more than one ChMS integration will need Grow or Multiply.
Ministry Planner pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Connects teaching plans, service elements, rosters, and run sheets
- Supports multi-campus planning with timing, collaboration, and version history
- Includes Planning Center, CCB, Google Calendar, and Google Drive integrations
- Where it doesn't
- Paid plans begin at $49 per month
- The platform listing is web-only
- Higher integration limits require the Grow or Multiply plans
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