Why Shepherds Inbox

Follow-up is the whole point.

Most church software tries to do everything, and leaves follow-up for you to build. We do one thing: make sure every person gets followed up, and that someone owns it.

The follow-up nobody owns

Every church has a list of people. What most don’t have is a clear answer to “whose job is it to call this person, and did they?”

In Shepherds Inbox that answer is built in. A sign-up goes to the right leader, reminders follow, overdue follow-ups reach Admins, and leaders can hand one off. It all shows on each leader’s Follow-ups and one Overview for Admins.

Volunteers Overview: who has no leader yet and who is overdue.Demo data
What sets us apart

Easy, focused and fairly priced

Nothing to build

Other tools hand you forms, workflows and automations to put together. Ours comes ready: answer a few questions, share your link, and follow-ups land with the right person. See the difference.

Made for small churches

Most churches have fewer than 100 people on a Sunday and no office staff. Shepherds Inbox never asks you to keep something up to date every week. It only speaks up when a person needs you.

One price from $15

Everything in every plan, priced by the size of your church. No per-user fees, no setup fees, no add-ons. See pricing.

What you won’t have to build

These come ready on day one, already set up for how a church follows up. You can change the details, like your questions and reminder days, but you never start from a blank page.

  • Signup forms
  • Follow-up workflows
  • Automations
  • Notification lists
  • Permission levels
  • Reminder rules
  • Welcome emails
  • A report of who’s waiting

What we’re not

Shepherds Inbox doesn’t do giving, check-in, small groups, accounting or service planning, and we don’t plan to. Use us alongside the tools you already have:

  • Your giving tool for donations
  • Your planning tool for worship planning and serving schedules
  • Bring your people over with a spreadsheet (CSV) import

What we don’t do

  • Online giving
  • Kids check-in
  • Accounting
  • Service or worship planning
  • Volunteer scheduling (rotas)
  • Small groups
  • Attendance tracking
  • Events and calendar
  • A member app or directory
  • Bulk email or texts to the whole congregation
  • A native app from the app store (we’re a phone-friendly website)
For small churches

No admin team? No problem.

  • Guided setup: about 10 minutes, start to finish
  • No passwords to manage: sign in with a link by email or text
  • $15 a month up to 100 people, everything included
  • Works from a phone; nothing to install
Guided Volunteers setup, step 1 of 5.Demo data

What’s next

Guests is next: first-time guest follow-up on the same Follow-ups list. After that, a simple way to send a message to your church. No dates yet, and both will be included in your plan.

See if it fits your church. Free for 30 days at launch.

Launching soon · 30 days free when we launch · no credit card