Members and families
Profiles, households, attendance and a member directory your staff can keep up to date.
Church management software, free for every congregation
Keep member records, attendance, giving, sermons and events in one place. Shepherd is built for small churches and costs nothing to use.
Free for every church
Every feature is free, with no subscription and no per-member fee.
Gifts go to your church
Each church gives through its own Stripe account. Shepherd takes no share of donations.
Built in Virginia
Extant 2000 LLC builds and runs Shepherd from Springfield, Virginia, for churches in the United States.
What Shepherd does for your church
Giving
Online and recurring gifts, pledges, campaigns, and year-end tax statements as PDFs.
Care and prayer
Prayer requests, pastoral care notes and private confessions, stored encrypted.
Groups, events and serving
Small groups, an events calendar people can subscribe to, and volunteer rosters with sign-ups.
Getting started
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Register your church
Create an account and enter your church's name, city and state.
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We approve it
A person at Shepherd checks every new church before it goes live.
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Connect Stripe and invite your people
After approval, Shepherd opens a Stripe account for your church. Finish Stripe's form, then members can join and give online.
Everything is included
Every church gets every feature. Nothing is held back for a paid plan.
- People and members
- Giving and pledges
- Sermons
- Events
- Check-in
- Kiosk
- Small groups
- Serving and volunteers
- Prayer wall
- Pastoral care
- Care register
- Private confessions
- Children's ministry
- Visitor tracking
- Faith milestones
- Bible study
- Discipleship
- Announcements
- Messages
- Appointments
- Documents
- Facility management
- Forms and surveys
- Background checks
- Finance
- Reporting and analytics
How Shepherd stays free
Shepherd has no paid plans. Donations from churches and individuals pay for development and hosting, and that is the only income. Gifts to Shepherd go to Extant 2000 LLC and are not tax-deductible.
Questions
Is Shepherd really free?
Yes. Every feature is free for every church, with no limit on members.
Where do donations to our church go?
To your church's own Stripe account and then to your bank. Shepherd takes no share. Stripe charges its standard card and bank fees.
Who can see our members' information?
Your church controls it. Extant 2000 LLC stores it on servers in the United States, does not use it for its own purposes and does not sell it.
Do we need a web developer?
No. Registration is one form, and the help pages explain each part of Shepherd.
Set up your church on Shepherd
Registration is free and only needs your name, email and your church's location.
Register your church