Become a Member of Shepherd’s Stream

Shepherd’s Stream is a completely free platform designed for church seekers, congregants, and church leadership—a full-featured Christian alternative to secular platforms. 

How Shepherd’s Stream Serves You

• Church Seekers: Find your new church home with our advanced Church GeoLocator. Organize your search with custom lists, private notes, and flexible privacy settings.
• Church Congregants: Stay up to date by following your church. Receive notifications for new media, attend virtual meetings, and receive daily Bible Stream reading plans in your inbox.
• Church Leadership: Supporting the mission of shepherding the Flock of God. Claim your free profile to host unlimited sermons, live stream services, and access our multi-vendor Marketplace. 

Key Platform Features 

The Comprehensive Church Profile: Church leadership can maintain a detailed 12-tab listing to keep their community and visitors informed. Key sections include:

• Summary & Description
• Service Times & Welcome
• From the Pulpit (Sermons)
• Geo-coded Location & Maps
• Leadership & Ministries
• Doctrine & History
• Live Stream & Announcements
• Rich Media & Documents

Sermon Stream & Media Hosting

A simple, powerful solution for sermon management. Live stream your services, then convert and upload them in one seamless process. Our Sermon Manager allows for unlimited hosting, series management, and transcription.

Marketplace & Meeting Manager

Access a secure, multi-vendor e-commerce marketplace powered by Stripe Connect. Additionally, use our Meeting Manager to schedule and host unlimited virtual meetings with your leadership team or congregants.

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Effortless Collaboration for the Modern Church

Reimagine how your church leadership communicates and collaborates across locations and devices. The Shepherd’s Stream Meeting Manager is a dedicated space designed specifically for the work of the ministry, allowing you to bridge the distance and keep your team united through a completely free, unlimited platform. Unlike many other services that require monthly subscriptions or place strict time limits on free accounts, Shepherd’s Stream provides unlimited meeting duration at no cost to your church. Our platform provides a secure, censorship-free sanctuary for your leadership communication and media."

Focus on the spirit of the conversation, not the ticking of a timer. Whether it’s a deep prayer session or a vital leadership planning meeting, our platform allows you to host your gatherings for as long as needed. By removing the financial barriers of digital communication, Shepherd’s Stream helps your church redirect valuable funds back into local missions and community outreach.

Powerful Features Built for Church Leaders

1. Integrated Scheduling & Calendar

Manage your ministry’s pace with a scheduling system that respects your time.

• Visual Planning: Toggle between Month, Week, or Day views to visualize your priorities and coordinate leadership efforts at a glance.
• Document Integration: Preparation is key to a fruitful meeting. Simply include attachments—such as agendas, financial reports, or prayer lists—when scheduling. All participants receive their copy automatically, ensuring everyone is ready to contribute.

2. Organized for the Mission

Keep your leadership history organized with custom categories tailored specifically for the church:

• Virtual Bible Studies: For teaching, edification, and small groups.
• Virtual Elders Meetings: For confidential oversight and prayerful deliberation.
• Virtual Pastor Meetings: For regional coordination and fraternal fellowship.
• General Virtual Meetings: For any other gathering that moves your mission forward.

3. The Rhythm of Shepherding

Consistency is vital in leadership. Our recurring meeting features allow you to automate your gathering schedule so you can focus on the people, not the technology. Set your meetings to repeat:

• Daily for morning prayer or staff huddles.
• Weekly for ministry planning.
• Monthly (by specific days in the month or days in the week) for board and business meetings.

The Shepherd’s Stream Marketplace: A Platform Built for Your Ministry

"The Laborer is Worthy of His Hire"

At Shepherd’s Stream, we recognize that for many pastors, authors, and musicians, self-publishing is a vital part of their ministry calling. However, secular platforms often take a disproportionate share of your earnings. Our Marketplace is a multi-vendor, e-commerce ecosystem designed to reverse that trend, allowing you to reach the body of Christ while retaining the profit needed to sustain your work.

Industry-Leading Security with Stripe Connect

Security and transparency are the foundations of our platform. We are proud to partner with Stripe, the gold standard in global payment processing.

• Secure Onboarding: When you join as a vendor, your financial onboarding takes place directly on Stripe’s encrypted servers. Shepherd’s Stream never sees or stores your sensitive banking information.

• The Stripe Dashboard: Every vendor receives a free Stripe Express account. This gives you a powerful, private dashboard—accessible directly from our members' area—where you can manage your payouts, view tax documents, and track sales in real-time.

A Simplified Vendor Experience

Our intuitive Vendor Dashboard puts the power of a full-scale online store in your hands. Without needing advanced technical skills, you can:

• Custom Profiles: Manage your vendor identity and tell your ministry story.

• Product Management: Easily add, edit, and categorize books, digital downloads, or physical resources.

• Orders & Logistics: Gain deep insights into customer trends, manage orders, and set custom shipping or discount options.

The Shepherd’s Stream Advantage

We’ve removed the complexity and high costs of traditional e-commerce so you can stay focused on your creative calling. Our goal is to provide a professional marketplace that is easy to understand and fair to every creator.

• Simple, All-Inclusive Pricing: We believe in transparency. Shepherd’s Stream takes a flat 7% commission on each sale. This isn't just a platform fee—it includes the Stripe credit card processing fees ($2.9% + 30¢$). While other platforms hit you with hidden transaction costs on top of their commission, our 7% covers everything, allowing you to retain 93% of your revenue.

• Reliable Payouts with Stripe Connect: Through our partnership with Stripe Connect, your earnings are handled securely and efficiently. No more waiting for long, monthly payout cycles; you receive your funds directly in your account every 7 days.

• Ministry Alignment: You aren't just selling on a generic site; you are sharing your work on a platform that shares your values. We are a non-profit dedicated to serving Jesus our Lord, and we actively promote your content to a dedicated audience of believers who want to support Christian creators.

If you have a support request, please use the Support Center to access the knowledgebase or submit a support request. You can access the Support Center from the Main Menu menu or by clicking here. 

If you would like to contact Shepherd's Stream for any other reason, please fill out the form below and allow one business day for a reply; however, response times are usually much faster. If you need immediate assistance and it is within normal business hours, you may call or start a chat session. we will be glad to help.