In pilot · Now onboarding Founder Churches
ShepherdOS runs the important parts of church life from one trustworthy place. It starts where point tools can't keep up: printer-free kids check-in and a real phone-based panic & lockdown app, working together. Giving and planning follow.
One system. Every ministry. Protected by design.
For small-to-medium churches replacing a patchwork of point tools, spreadsheets, and paper check-in.
4-digit family PIN. No printer, no labels jam.
Tap to alert the safety team in seconds.
An illustration of the wedge — check-in context flowing to a responder.
Integrated by design: an alert carries live check-in context — which room, who dropped the child off — to whoever responds.
- Safety
- ·Care
- ·Order
- ·Worship
- ·Give
The Sunday-morning wedge
The two things that have to go right on Sunday — finally in one place.
Check-in and security are where families form their first impression and where the stakes are highest. Most churches run them on separate, disconnected tools. ShepherdOS runs them together.
Printer-free kids check-in
- Families check in with a 4-digit PIN — no label printers to jam or refill.
- Secure pickup: every child is matched to an authorized guardian.
- Volunteers run it from a tablet; rooms and ratios stay clear at a glance.
A real phone-based security app
- Your safety team carries the panic button in their pocket — no hardware to install.
- Raise an alert in seconds and reach the right people instantly.
- Built for real lockdown and medical moments, not a checkbox feature.
Why integrated matters: a missing-child moment
When a child can't be found, the responder doesn't start from zero. The alert already carries live check-in context — which room the child was in, who checked them in, who's authorized for pickup. Siloed point tools structurally can't hand that over.
One system can.
How it's different
Not another point tool bolted onto the pile.
Churches end up with a check-in app, a giving app, a planning app, and a group text for emergencies — none of which talk to each other. ShepherdOS is one system, designed around how Sunday actually runs.
Integrated, not stitched together
Check-in, security, giving, and planning share one source of truth. Context flows between them — so the safety team sees room and guardian data the instant it's needed, automatically.
0% giving platform fee
When giving arrives, your church pays Stripe's standard processing — and nothing to ShepherdOS per gift. We don't take a cut of the offering.
Protected by design
Per-church data isolation, append-only audit trails, and child-data minimization aren't add-ons. They're how the system is built — with no child logins, COPPA-safe by design.
The full system
Four modules. One operating system. Built wedge-first.
ShepherdOS is built in deliberate order — we start with the Sunday-morning experience competitors can't match, then grow into the rest of church operations.
- 1
Check-in
The pilot wedgePrinter-free kids check-in and secure pickup — the front door to Sunday.
- 2
Security
The pilot wedgeA phone-based panic & lockdown app for your safety team, wired into check-in.
- 3
Giving
FollowingSimple, 0%-platform-fee giving — your church keeps the offering.
- 4
Planning
FollowingServices, volunteers, and the weekly rhythm — order for the whole team.
Honest about stage: Check-in and Security are what Founder Churches pilot today. Giving and Planning follow on the roadmap — built into the same system, not bolted on later.
Founder Church program
Help shape the church operating system — and get it first.
ShepherdOS is in pilot. We're onboarding a small group of Founder Churches to build the wedge with us, in real ministry, before general availability.
- Early access to the Sunday-morning wedge — check-in and security — as it ships.
- Reduced or free first year while we build alongside you.
- Direct influence on the product: your real Sunday shapes the roadmap.
- Cancel anytime, and export your data whenever you want it.
Pricing stays simple and conversational during the pilot — there are no public tiers to puzzle over. Tell us about your church and we'll talk through what fits.
Trust & safety
Built for the most sensitive room in the building.
Children, giving records, and emergencies run through ShepherdOS. The posture is plain and verifiable — here's how your church's data is handled.
Your data stays yours, and isolated
Every church's data is separated at the row level — one church can never see another's. Cancel anytime and export your data on the way out.
Every sensitive action is audited
Check-ins, pickups, and alerts are recorded in an append-only trail you can review — so there's always a clear, tamper-resistant record of who did what.
Kids' data is minimized — and never a login
We collect the least we need to keep children safe, and children never have accounts or logins. COPPA-safe by design, not as an afterthought.
Want the Sunday-morning wedge in your church this pilot season? We're onboarding a small group of Founder Churches now.
Become a Founder Church