Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, improve efficiency, and provide usage information to site owners.
Jethro Software, LLC, doing business as Ministry Planner (“we,” “us,” “our”), uses both first-party cookies (set by us) and third-party cookies (set by our service providers) on the Ministry Planner platform at ministryplanner.church. This Cookie Policy explains what those cookies do, why we use them, and how you can control them. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
Church websites: Church websites hosted through Ministry Planner (on custom domains or our subdomains) do not load analytics cookies. We do not track church website visitors.
These cookies are required for the platform to function. They enable core features like authentication and payment processing. They cannot be disabled without breaking the service.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| sb-* (multiple) | Supabase | Authentication session tokens. Required to keep you logged in. | Session / expiry-based |
| mp_admin_session | Ministry Planner | Platform administrator authentication (signed HMAC cookie). | Session |
| mp_region | Ministry Planner | Detects visitor region (EU/UK/CH) using Vercel geolocation headers. Used to disable analytics tracking for European visitors. Contains only a region code — no personal data. | Session |
| m | Stripe | Payment processing. Set by Stripe.js when the giving or billing page loads. | 2 years |
| __stripe_mid | Stripe | Fraud prevention and detection. | 1 year |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe | Fraud prevention and detection (session-scoped). | 30 minutes |
These cookies are used on Ministry Planner’s own marketing and application pages only. They are never loaded on church websites hosted through our platform.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| ph_* (multiple) | PostHog | Product analytics — page views, feature usage, session replay (with all inputs masked). Automatically disabled for visitors from EU/UK/EEA/Switzerland. | Varies (session to 1 year) |
Vercel Analytics and Vercel Speed Insights are also used on platform pages. These are privacy-focused and do not set cookies — they use non-identifying, aggregated metrics only.
We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, Facebook or Google ad trackers, or any cookies for the purpose of serving advertisements. We do not sell data collected through cookies.
Push Notification Tokens
When you enable push notifications, your browser or device generates a push subscription (an FCM token for mobile apps, or a VAPID endpoint for web). These tokens are stored server-side in our database, linked to your user account, and used solely to deliver notifications you have opted into. They are not cookies.
Local Storage
The app may use browser localStorage for UI preferences such as sidebar state and theme. This data stays on your device and is not transmitted to our servers.
On Ministry Planner platform pages (not church websites), PostHog may record anonymized session replays to help us understand how the product is used and identify bugs.
Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings. Note that blocking essential cookies (such as the Supabase authentication cookies) will prevent you from logging in to Ministry Planner.
Instructions for managing cookies in popular browsers:
Disabling cookies may affect your ability to use the Services.
Church websites hosted through Ministry Planner (on custom domains or our subdomains) do not load PostHog, Vercel Analytics, or any other analytics cookies from Ministry Planner.
The only cookies that may appear on church website pages are Supabase session cookies, and only if the visitor logs in to access member features such as sermon notes.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please check the effective date at the top of this page to see when it was last revised.
If you have questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, you can reach us at:
Jethro Software, LLC d/b/a Ministry Planner
5504 Tittlebaugh Rd
Marion, OH 43302
United States
Email: hello@ministryplanner.church
For details on how we handle personal information more broadly, see our Privacy Policy.