Shouldered AI / For denominations, church planting networks and Christian business groups
Help every church in your network carry the load.
Your pastors and planters were called to people, not paperwork. Your network runs on Shouldered first, then each church or member business can have an HQ of its own, so the admin is carried together.
"Our church planters burn out on admin."
Each planter's church gets an HQ that handles the scheduling, follow ups and paperwork, so they can stay with people.
"We can't see how our churches are really doing."
The network sees the numbers each church agrees to share, in one place, without asking for another report.
"Our Christian business members want to help each other."
Every member business can run on Shouldered, and the marketplace where Christian businesses find each other is coming.
"Our network office is small and stretched."
The network's own HQ handles events, communication and records, so a small team can serve many churches.
Simon and seven desks of Heroes, working for church networks.
Gives network leaders one view of the churches and businesses they serve and flags who needs a call.
Schedules gatherings, trainings and visits, and sends the reminders.
Drafts network newsletters and event invitations for leaders to review.
Sends giving receipts and thank you notes, and keeps supporter follow ups on time.
Keeps the network's books current and prepares reports for the board.
Keeps volunteer, staff and planter onboarding moving with the right paperwork.
Simon runs HQ: all the tech and all the brain power, and the one you talk to. Each of the seven desks is run by a Hero, and Simon directs all seven and answers for them. A person approves what matters, and legal, tax, medical and financial decisions stay with you and your licensed advisers.
Thursday, the network office has a training next week for thirty planters. Invitations went out, sign ups are tracked, and the reminders are scheduled. A planter in a new city had a pile of unanswered visitor follow ups, and his HQ sent a warm note to each family. The network director spends the afternoon on the phone with pastors, not on a spreadsheet.
An illustration, not a promised result.
Start
Start with your network office: an HQ from $750 a month for Small (Founding price: $500, first 50 companies only). Events, communication and reporting get handled first.
Grow
Then each member business can have an HQ of its own from $750 a month (Founding price: $500, first 50 companies only). Each church pays half of the standard price: $375 a month for Small, paid for the year. Large or multi church deals get a custom quote.
Your Hero is here to improve the human. Your HQ, led by Simon, is here to improve your business.
Two prices, and 50 Founding places.
First, what the work costs you today. A full-time office manager runs most small businesses about $4,000 to $5,000 a month with taxes and benefits, and goes home at five. Every call nobody answers is a job that goes to someone else.
Business coaching often costs $5,000 to $7,500 for one session day. HQ does the work every month, with a coach running the Shouldered Way and workshops included. Already have a coach? HQ works alongside them.
Founding 50: of 50 places left. When they are gone, this price closes.
For you
An assistant for one person: mail, chat, calendar, to-dos and contacts. It learns how you work.
- A seat a month
- $25
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $20
- A seat a month. Cancel any time
- No onboarding fee
- It stops where you stop. It does not run a business
Up to five people
5 seats and 80 hours a month. Onboarding $1,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $750
- Month to month
- $1,100
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $500
- Simon and all seven desks
- Starts the work itself
- About $25 a day, paid for the year
- The six-month guarantee
- Arrives in December. Join the founding list now
Six to twenty people
20 seats and 200 hours a month. Onboarding $2,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $1,875
- Month to month
- $2,750
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $1,250
- Everything in Small
- Room to grow without changing plan
- The six-month guarantee
Prices are per month. Only the first 50 companies (the Founding 50) get the Founding price with a two-year commitment, paid yearly by bank transfer, and keep it for as long as they renew. Pay yearly by bank transfer and take 3% off. Onboarding is $1,000 for Small and $2,000 for Medium, paid once, and free at Shouldered events. It is one 1-hour call: technical setup with our technical team first, then your business with our team. The person who sold you HQ joins your onboarding call. Paid for the year, you get a named person who checks in every month. Month to month gets standard support. Twenty-one people and up is built around you. More seats are $25 each (Founding price $20), and more hours $12.50 each; hours count only while HQ is working, like minutes on a phone plan.
Enterprise and government. For large companies and public agencies. Custom plans start at $5,000 a month. Pilots are paid. We start SOC 2 Type 1 work in 2027. Texas agencies: we are working toward TX-RAMP.
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
The onboarding fee is not refunded. The guarantee asks one thing of you: let HQ do its work. Give it the access it needs and review its work in good faith. If our records show you kept declining or blocking the work HQ set out to do, the guarantee does not apply. If we see that happening, we tell you in writing so you can fix it.
The six months start the day HQ goes live for you. The Founding 50 are included. The guarantee covers HQ only, never coach fees.
Is Shouldered a Christian company?
Yes, Christian run and proud of it. Our company verse is Galatians 6:2, and we are open to everyone.
What about the churches in our network?
Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free. Talk to us about how that can work for your network.
Can the network see each church's private data?
No. Each church's private data stays in its own system. The network sees what each church agrees to share.
When is it live?
The Hero is available now. HQ launches in December 2026, and the Founding 50 list is open now.
How does pricing work across a network?
The network runs on it first. Each member business is $750 a month paid for the year (Founding price: $500, first 50 companies only). Each church pays half of the standard price, $375 a month for Small paid for the year, with no onboarding fee. Large or multi church deals get a custom quote.
Whose theology does it follow?
Each church's own. Every church sets its own statement of faith, and Simon points deeper questions to a pastor.
A Christian-run company, and proud of it.
Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free.
Simon is named for Simon of Cyrene, who stepped in and shouldered the cross for another. Shouldered takes no outside funding and is open to everyone. The technology comes from the OurWorld group: ten years of work, 60+ engineers, running in 20+ countries.
Pull up a chair.
Start with your Hero today, take a Founding 50 place for HQ, or just come and ask questions in the community.
Founding list
One of the first 50 places. Keep the Founding price as long as you renew.
Hold my place →Your Hero
$25 a seat (Founding price $20). Available now.
Start with your Hero →Telegram
The front door. Talk with us and with owners like you.
Join on Telegram →Or write to Simon: simon@shouldered.com