Welcome to Parable
Turn your church data into ministry insight
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.
Connect Planning Center, start your free trial, and get your first insights
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.
What You Get
Every Planning Center app you connect, synced into one queryable warehouse
Build, schedule, share, and export reports and dashboards without writing SQL
A per-person engagement score, tier, and warning light across seven ministry categories
Ask questions in plain language and get answers, charts, and reports back
A built-in SQL editor plus a read-only connection string for your own tools
Parable keeps your data current in the background — no manual exports
Planning Center Integration
Connect any combination of the eight Planning Center apps:
Membership records and donation history unified for whole-person insight
Attendance patterns and community involvement in one queryable source
Facility scheduling and worship planning alongside member engagement
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.
Working With Your Data
People profiles, dashboards, saved reports, and a SQL editor with schema autocomplete
A read-only PostgreSQL connection string works with Power BI, Tableau, Metabase, or any SQL client
Email reports on a schedule, publish dashboards by link, and export to PDF or CSV
See how the engagement score, tiers, and warning lights are calculated
Early Access Community
Parable is in early access, and we're building alongside church leaders who understand the power of data-informed ministry.
Connect with other church data leaders, share queries, and help shape Parable's future
Get personal help from our founder
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.