Ministry Order vs Ministry Planner

Ministry Order combines church service planning and volunteer scheduling on the web, iOS, and Android. Leaders can reorder service items, and changing an item's duration updates the start times that follow. Worship sets record song titles, keys, lengths, and singers. Volunteer requests arrive by push notification, with accept or decline actions on phones. Live Mode shows a pre-service countdown, then a live clock with the current item highlighted. Churches can organize serving groups into teams with roles such as drummer, camera operator, or greeter. Accepted assignments can be added to device calendars; the overview specifies Google Calendar on Android and the system calendar on iOS. The Ministry Order plan costs $20 a month, renews monthly, and allows up to 200 users, unlimited service plans, and unlimited teams. A 30-day trial requires a payment method, charges nothing during the trial, and can be canceled online. Giving, check-in, member records, chord charts, lyrics, and a song library are not included.

Ministry Planner is a web platform for church planning and administration, combining service planning, volunteer scheduling, team chat, online giving, and a church website. Its planning tools connect a teaching calendar and series library with service plans and personalized mobile run sheets. Volunteers can accept or decline assignments through secure RSVP links without creating an account or installing an app. Listed integrations include two-way sync with Planning Center, sync with Church Community Builder, Google Calendar, and Google Drive. A free tools option allows one standalone tool per church account, with limits that vary by tool; paid plans start at $49.00 per month, and a 30-day trial is listed. Online giving has no monthly fee, but each gift incurs a 0.5% Ministry Planner charge plus Stripe processing fees. The company says church data is encrypted in transit and at rest, churches can export it at any time, and it is not sold or shared. AI features include an assistant, smart imports, and engagement predictions; data is stated not to train models. A congregation app is listed as coming soon.