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Turn Church Data Into Ministry Insight

Parable connects to Planning Center, syncs your ministry data into one unified warehouse, and gives your team dashboards, reports, engagement scoring, and a data assistant on top of it — plus direct SQL access when you want to go further. Your data tells a story. Let us help you discover it.

Get Started in Minutes

Connect Planning Center, start your free trial, and get your first insights

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Why Parable Exists

Church data is fragmented by design. People, giving, attendance, groups, serving, and events each live in their own Planning Center app, and answering a simple question — who came once and never came back? — means exporting spreadsheets and reconciling them by hand. Parable unifies all of it, keeps it current, and puts real analysis on top.

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What You Get

Unified Church Data

Every Planning Center app you connect, synced into one queryable warehouse

Dashboards & Reports

Build, schedule, share, and export reports and dashboards without writing SQL

Engagement Scoring

A per-person engagement score, tier, and warning light across seven ministry categories

Ask Your Data

Ask questions in plain language and get answers, charts, and reports back

SQL Access

A built-in SQL editor plus a read-only connection string for your own tools

Automatic Sync

Parable keeps your data current in the background — no manual exports

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Planning Center Integration

Connect any combination of the eight Planning Center apps:

People & Giving

Membership records and donation history unified for whole-person insight

Check-Ins & Groups

Attendance patterns and community involvement in one queryable source

Calendar & Services

Facility scheduling and worship planning alongside member engagement

Publishing & Registrations

Online content reach and event signups connected to your people data
Parable can also write back to Planning Center, adding each person’s engagement tier, warning light, and giving pattern as custom fields your staff can see and filter on inside Planning Center itself.

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Working With Your Data

Explore in the App

People profiles, dashboards, saved reports, and a SQL editor with schema autocomplete

Connect BI Tools

A read-only PostgreSQL connection string works with Power BI, Tableau, Metabase, or any SQL client

Schedule & Share

Email reports on a schedule, publish dashboards by link, and export to PDF or CSV

Understand Engagement

See how the engagement score, tiers, and warning lights are calculated

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Early Access Community

Parable is in early access, and we’re building alongside church leaders who understand the power of data-informed ministry.

Join the Community

Connect with other church data leaders, share queries, and help shape Parable’s future

Direct Support

Get personal help from our founder

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Your Ministry’s Data Story Awaits

Every data point represents a person in your congregation — their journey, their engagement, their growth. Parable turns those individual stories into insight that helps you shepherd more effectively.
Ready to start? Follow the quickstart guide, or email michael@getparable.io with questions about your church’s data.