Church marketing, handled.
You didn't go to seminary to run Google Ads.
Using AI, Shepherd Station runs your entire church marketing operation — Google Ads, Facebook leads, website, follow-up sequences — so you can focus on the people walking through the door.
No credit card. No pressure. Just a 15-minute look inside.
Screens shown use a demo church with sample people.
You're not the only pastor feeling this way.
24%
of U.S. senior Protestant pastors say they have seriously considered leaving full-time ministry in the past year.
42%
At the height of the pastoral burnout crisis in 2022, that number reached 42%
56%
— and 56% of pastors who had considered quitting said the immense stress of the job was one of the reasons why.
Sources: Barna Group pastoral research, 2022 and 2026.
You're not lazy.
You don't lack talent.
You just can't do the job
of ten people.
And now you don't have to.
Real numbers from a real church using Shepherd Station:
788
Contacts captured
179
Facebook leads
609
Organic visitors
$831
Monthly ad spend
“I drove myself half crazy trying to understand Google and Facebook ads. I'm a theologian — running ad campaigns is not my calling. Shepherd Station handles all of it so I can focus on the people walking through the door.”
— Pastor Ben Fischer
Riverview Church
Ready to hand this ALL off?
Book a 15-Minute WalkthroughMost pastors today are paying too much for too little.
The average growing church stitches together an ad agency, an email tool, church software, and a web developer.
That's a $700–$2,400/month stack — and none of it talks to each other.
What you're probably paying now
- Google Ads agency$500–$1,500/mo
- Email marketing$50–$300/mo
- Church management software$50–$300/mo
- Website developer / maintenance$100–$300/mo
Shepherd Station — all of it:
$247/mo
How it works
With Shepherd Station, three things happen automatically every week.
01
Ads run themselves
Using AI, Shepherd Station builds your Google and Facebook campaigns — copy, targeting, budget, all of it.
02
Leads land in one inbox
Every form submission, Facebook lead, and SMS reply flows into one place. AI helps draft follow-up in your church's voice before you even see the notification.
03
Visitors become members
Automated welcome sequences, Sunday reminders, and re-engagement messages run in the background.
You show up on Sunday; the system shows up every other day.
Most pastors have never heard of this next part.
Did you know your church may qualify for up to $10,000 every month in Google Search advertising?
That's up to $120,000 a year in Google Search ads — including the opportunity to appear when people in your area are searching for a church.
But churches that qualify can still struggle to use it.
The reason? Google has rules and requirements for the Ad Grant program that can be difficult to navigate when digital advertising isn't your full-time job.
What Shepherd Station does instead:
- It helps walk you through applying for the Grant.
- It helps build campaigns around Google's requirements.
- It manages and monitors your campaigns.
- It helps you make better use of the advertising available to your church.
- It helps monitor the things that could put your participation at risk.
Ready to put the Google Ad Grant to work?
Book a 15-Minute WalkthroughShepherd Station gives you everything included.
One price. No add-ons. No per-feature upgrades. No surprises.
Full platform replacement
Planning Center is great church software. But it will not find your next visitor.
Shepherd Station includes the core tools churches expect from church-management software — plus the marketing and follow-up tools traditional church software was never designed to provide.
The church-management side:
- People — contacts & member management
- Check-In — kids check-in with security tags
- Giving — online donations & giving history
- Forms — registrations, connection forms, prayer requests and more
- Services — service planning and order of worship
- Volunteers — scheduling, call times and reminders
Then Shepherd Station adds the outreach side:
- Google Ads & Google Ad Grant management
- Facebook Lead Ads
- AI website builder built around your church
- Messenger, SMS & email in one communication system
- Automated follow-up sequences
- Plan Your Visit
- Advertising connected to real ministry outcomes
One database. One person. One journey.
Already using Planning Center?
Planning Center is great church software. Shepherd Station includes people, giving, check-in, services and volunteer scheduling too — plus the outreach and follow-up tools church-management software was never designed for.
Start with Shepherd Station where it creates the most value, then consolidate as you're ready.
Ready to make the switch?
Book a 15-Minute Walkthrough“But we've got years of data in Planning Center.”
Good. Bring it with you.
Switching shouldn't take months.
With Shepherd Station, switching is easy.
Shepherd Station helps handle the heavy lifting as your church's information moves into the system.
01
Export from your current platform
Download the church information you want to bring with you.
No special tools. No IT department.
02
Upload once
Bring your files into Shepherd Station and let our AI system handle the organization and import process.
Your goal isn't to become an expert in spreadsheets. Your goal is to get your church running.
03
Put it to work
Set up your church website, forms, communication and outreach and start putting Shepherd Station to work.
Buy it this morning. Put it to work this afternoon.
Your community is searching for a church right now.
Go find them.
Shepherd Station doesn't touch your offerings.
Have you noticed how some giving platforms charge a platform percentage on donations?
Shepherd Station doesn't.
Shepherd Station charges a flat monthly subscription and keeps 0% of your congregation's giving. Your church connects its own Stripe account, and gifts go to your church.
0%
platform cut
We don't take a percentage of offerings.
Normal processing fees
Standard Stripe payment-processing fees still apply. Shepherd Station adds no percentage platform fee to the gift.
$247/mo
One subscription for Shepherd Station.
Ready to start?
Book a 15-Minute WalkthroughThe data flywheel
Most advertising software knows who clicked.
Shepherd Station helps you understand what happened next.
A click is nice.
A Facebook lead is better.
But neither tells you whether somebody actually connected with your church.
Shepherd Station connects your outreach with what happens afterward so you can start learning what's actually working.
01
Ads → Leads
See which outreach is producing responses — not just impressions and clicks.
02
Leads → Conversations
Connect Facebook leads, website forms and incoming messages with the people your team is actually talking to.
03
Conversations → Real outcomes
Understand which outreach is leading toward Plan Your Visit requests, conversations and real connection with your church.
So instead of asking:
“How many clicks did we get?”
You can start asking:
“Is this actually helping us reach people?”
Our proprietary system is powered by AI.
Shepherd Station knows your church.
Out of the box, Shepherd Station learns your church's name, voice, community and ministry context.
Every ad headline, follow-up message and website page it helps generate can be built around your church.
Not some generic church.
Your church.
AI helps do the repetitive work. You remain in control of what your church actually says.
Ready to switch?
Book a 15-Minute WalkthroughChurch marketing, handled.
You didn't get into ministry to spend your evenings learning Google Ads.
You didn't get called to pastor so you could connect six pieces of software.
And you shouldn't have to do the job of ten people just because your church doesn't have a staff of ten.
Let Shepherd Station handle more of the machinery.
So you can focus on the people walking through the door.
$247/month
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