Church Center App
Ratings & Reviews
Church Center is a great app, everything it offers is well designed. I’d like to see a polling option added with a choice for how the results are viewed. Either viewed by all or just leaders, with the option for the leader later sharing the results. Also, it would be nice if texting or direct messages could be sent in the app instead of how it currently works. There's probably a reason it is designed like that.m
Developer ResponseThank you for the kind words! It sounds like you want to know more about the Chat feature and private messages. If you have a use case you would like to share, we would love to hear it! You can reach us here to submit your official feature request: support@planningcenter.com. Have a great day!MC TanksleySupport Agent | Planning CenterHelp Center I Video Courses I What's New
I am on staff at a large church in Arizona. We use this app to communicate with all of our volunteers (we call them different makers) - and for so many other things. Recently, I found a small bug in the app. I contacted support and got a reply in just a few hours. They reproduced the problem, and fixed it in their next update.I love this app for all the features. I love it even more for the great support from the development team behind it.
Developer ResponseThank you for writing in and sharing what you found! We are so glad we could get it fixed for you. Have a great day!
This could be a great app, but honestly it has some really frustrating quirks. The main frustration is that when I read chats for groups that I am in, the chats still show that the messages are unread. In order to clear them I have clicked the messages icon at the top and then click “mark all as read”. That feels really clunky and inefficient because then I’m not sure if I have actually caught up on chat messages.
Developer ResponseHello,Thank you for sharing this review! We'd love to take a closer look at this. Could you email some examples of this to support@planningcenter.com? That will allow us to investigate and work on this improvement!
At the beginning of this month (May 2026) All RSVP’s was visible for the first time for non group leaders up until today. It’s no longer visible. Looks like the latest update removed that option? Please bring that back! It’s a very helpful feature for meal planning instead of having to ask the group lead how many people have RSVP’d
Developer ResponseWe are glad to take a closer look and assist you with what you are seeing. To continue the conversation, please contact us at support@planningcenter.com. Thank you!MC TanksleySupport Agent | Planning CenterHelp Center I Video Courses I What's New
I love Church Center, we use it for so much at our church. Great from both the participant and the leader sides of things!But the app icon on my phones home screen says I have 8 notifications, and I cannot for the LIFE of me figure out what they are 😭 I scrolled all the way down to my earliest chats, I’ve RSVPed to upcoming events, I’ve clicked pretty much every button on the app, and the number has not gone down from 8. It’s such a non-issue in the grand scheme of things, but as someone who likes clearing out and dealing with notifications instead of letting them sit, I really wish it was more obvious within the app what the notifications are and what I need to do to address them, because nothing within the app is badged or highlighted or anything. Thanks for making a great app that enables our church to do so much!!
Developer ResponseThanks for the kind words, dude! We’re so glad Church Center helps your church. Sorry about the stuck badge—that would bug us too. Please write in to support@planningcenter.com, so we can figure out what's causing it and reset your notifications.—Laurie DossettSupport Agent, Planning CenterHelp Center | Video Courses | What's New
App looks sophisticated, too many data fields are required and cannot be deleted or must contact someone at the church office (gender, marital status, birthdate). Signed up as an adult, recent app update requires actual birthdate. No church-specific privacy policy accessible from the app. App collects private information of adults (birthdate) alleging it is to protect children who use the app. I don’t see the value of collecting adult private information, need a different option.