Welcome to ChMeetings! We are grateful for your decision to migrate your church data into our platform and are here to help make your transition as comfortable as possible.
If you have subscribed to a paid plan and prefer to leave this to us, please get in touch. If you choose any of our paid plans, our team will migrate your data at no additional cost.
If you have a free account or want to do this process yourself, we provide various import tools to bring your data over as easily as possible.
You can migrate people, contributions, and songs from Planning Center to ChMeetings. This guide shows you how to retrieve your data from Planning Center and import it into ChMeetings.
Export From Planning Center
People
- Within Planning Center, go to Accounts > People.
- Click the Gear Icon, then select Export People.
- Click Generate & Send CSV.
- You will receive the export file on the email address associated with your Planning Center account.
Givings
- Within Planning Center, go to Accounts > Giving.
- Set a Date Range.
- Click Export.
- Download the CSV
Songs
Please see Planning Center’s Files and Storage documentation for the most updated instructions. If you have any issues, please contact Planning Center support for assistance.
When transferring songs, please ensure that you have the right to use the chords, lyrics, files, and anything else related to the songs in question. Your church is responsible for licensing media content uploaded to ChMeetings.
Import into ChMeetings
People and Contributions
To import your people and contributions data into ChMeetings, please use the corresponding report files you got from Planning Center, along with the dedicated tool for each import:
- Import people. You can Merge duplicate people if needed.
- Import contributions.
Songs
You can easily import songs right into ChMeetings’ Song Library.
If you need any guidance or decide to let our team migrate your data, please don’t hesitate to contact us.