Leadership and admin training
Workshops and online courses on administration, financial management, governance and record keeping, for the people who run church and community offices.
Non-profit company for South African churches
Stronger church offices. Stronger communities.
Shepherd Suite Foundation trains and equips churches, faith-based and community organisations to run well and account for every rand. We focus on rural, township and underserved areas, with training, compliance help and sponsored tools.
- Free for the churches we serve
- Independent board
- Education, not worship
- Based in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal
Registered and
accountable
- CIPCNon-profit company2026/911006/08Registered
- DSDNPO registrationApplication in progressIn progress
- SARS PBOSection 30 statusApplying nextNext
- SARS 18ATax-deductible givingApplying nextNext
Everything a church office needs to run well.
Six programmes. Churches take what they need, when they need it.
Digital skills
Training on using technology for membership records, communication, finances and reporting, taught on the tools churches actually use.
Compliance education
POPIA, NPO registration and reporting, tax compliance and Section 18A, explained plainly for churches and small NPOs.
Sponsored technology
Funded access to software and equipment for churches that cannot afford them, paid for by donors and CSI partners.
Youth and community development
Skills development, mentorship and bursaries for young people, run through partner churches and community organisations.
Research
A yearly report on the needs, capacity and impact of faith-based and community organisations, from anonymised data shared with consent.
Sponsored technology
The right tools, and the training to use them.
A sponsored church gets Shepherd Suite for its members, giving and 18A certificates, plus the digital skills training to run it. The church pays nothing.
- Paid for by donors and CSI partners
- Priced at arm's length, board-approved
- Training included, not just a login
- Rural and township churches first
Built for the churches that hold communities together.
Many small churches run their office on goodwill, a notebook and one volunteer's phone. They carry real responsibility for people and money, with almost no support. That is who we exist for.
Under-resourced first.
Rural, township and underserved areas, where a trained treasurer or a working records system changes the most.
Education, not worship.
We don't run religious activities. Churches are our partners. We bring administration, finance and compliance know-how.
Separate from the software company.
A non-profit company with its own board and books, independent of Shepherd Suite (Pty) Ltd.
One foundation for everyone who funds, runs and serves a church.
Funding flows in from partners, and skills and tools flow out to the people doing the work.
Corporate partners
CSI that reaches the ground.
Fund programmes from your socio-economic development budget and see where every rand went.
- B-BBEE SED spend
- 18A certificates
- Annual impact report
Grant makers
Defined programmes, clear reporting.
Back a programme with set objectives and budgets, run by an independently governed NPO.
- Programme budgets
- Reviewed financials
- Sector research
Church leaders and admins
Run the office with confidence.
Training, compliance help and tools for pastors, administrators, treasurers and volunteers.
- Admin and finance training
- POPIA and NPO compliance
- Sponsored software
Youth and communities
Opportunity, close to home.
Skills, mentorship and bursaries run through the churches young people already know.
- Skills development
- Mentorship
- Bursaries
Other people's money, handled seriously.
These are the safeguards behind every gift.
Independent board
At least three directors, not all related and not all directors of Shepherd Suite (Pty) Ltd.
Arm's-length dealings
Any licence bought from Shepherd Suite is at a fair price, approved by the board, with the conflict declared and minuted.
Assets locked in
If the foundation closes, what it owns goes to another non-profit, never back to its founders.
Reported every year
Annual narrative and financial report to DSD by 30 November, and an AGM within six months of year end.
Reviewed financials
Annual financial statements are independently reviewed or audited.
Built around POPIA
Research uses anonymised, aggregated data, shared with consent. Read our privacy notice.
Bring training to your church.
Tell us who you are and what would help. We'll reply about upcoming workshops, online courses and sponsorship.