Privacy Policy
To better minister to the Heritage congregation, we strongly utilize a Church Management System (ChMS) called Planning Center Online. Outlined below is an explanation of why the church needs a ChMS to store congregant data, why Heritage chose Planning Center as our database, and how Heritage Christian Church (HCC) strives to adhere to the United States privacy laws and follow best practices for securely managing congregants’ information.
A ChMS helps organizations like Heritage fulfill our legal obligation to keep track of necessary data concerning donations, tax receipts, membership, criminal record checks, etc. Online management systems keep records, especially in a medium-larger-sized church like Heritage. It also helps the staff communicate with and care for the congregation. It streamlines crucial processes such as service planning, facility bookings, event registrations, tax receipt distribution, and event attendance.
Heritage chose Planning Center after researching many other ChMSs. It’s the most effective and efficient way for the administrative team at HCC to manage documentation and registrations. Heritage has also found the developers of Planning Center to be very open and responsive to church feedback, implementing new features and actively looking for ways to improve the system for their users. Planning Center streamlines many different aspects of church life for attendees, including child check-in, event registration, youth small group information, follow-up, baptism/membership pipeline, and giving. Planning Center makes it easy for volunteers to know when they are scheduled and what is expected of them because of the built-in reminders and communication tools. Group leaders have access to some beneficial tools for communication and planning meetings (times, locations, resources). These are some basic ways Planning Center and its public-facing side, ‘Church Center,’ help the Heritage community and its church attendees.
Data privacy is taken very seriously at Heritage Christian Church, and there has been a good deal of time learning how the staff team can continue to grow and maintain a privacy-respectful culture. The two main concerns of data privacy are: what is collected and how is it stored? Within this Planning Center, Heritage holds basic profile information and keeps track of historical giving, serving, and event attendance. For more detail, click the Data Collection and Storage link at the top of the page.
Planning Center’s documentation on security and privacy can be found here.
A ChMS helps organizations like Heritage fulfill our legal obligation to keep track of necessary data concerning donations, tax receipts, membership, criminal record checks, etc. Online management systems keep records, especially in a medium-larger-sized church like Heritage. It also helps the staff communicate with and care for the congregation. It streamlines crucial processes such as service planning, facility bookings, event registrations, tax receipt distribution, and event attendance.
Heritage chose Planning Center after researching many other ChMSs. It’s the most effective and efficient way for the administrative team at HCC to manage documentation and registrations. Heritage has also found the developers of Planning Center to be very open and responsive to church feedback, implementing new features and actively looking for ways to improve the system for their users. Planning Center streamlines many different aspects of church life for attendees, including child check-in, event registration, youth small group information, follow-up, baptism/membership pipeline, and giving. Planning Center makes it easy for volunteers to know when they are scheduled and what is expected of them because of the built-in reminders and communication tools. Group leaders have access to some beneficial tools for communication and planning meetings (times, locations, resources). These are some basic ways Planning Center and its public-facing side, ‘Church Center,’ help the Heritage community and its church attendees.
Data privacy is taken very seriously at Heritage Christian Church, and there has been a good deal of time learning how the staff team can continue to grow and maintain a privacy-respectful culture. The two main concerns of data privacy are: what is collected and how is it stored? Within this Planning Center, Heritage holds basic profile information and keeps track of historical giving, serving, and event attendance. For more detail, click the Data Collection and Storage link at the top of the page.
Planning Center’s documentation on security and privacy can be found here.
