Short answer
Filter your own Wi‑Fi first, then give parents an easy next step: a sign with a QR code, a link in the bulletin, and a short mention from the front. With Sheepdog Filter for Churches, your church gets its own link, families set up free at home in five minutes, and you can see how many have joined, never what they do online.
Start with your own building
Parents notice when a church takes this seriously. Filter your church's Wi‑Fi first, and put up the "This Wi‑Fi is filtered" sign from your dashboard.
Give parents one easy step
Most parents mean to set up parental controls and never get round to it, because it looks complicated. Your church can make it one step:
- The sign. Its QR code takes parents straight to a free family setup, marked as recommended by your church.
- The bulletin or newsletter. Copy your church's link from the dashboard and paste it in, with a line like "Protect your family's internet, free, in five minutes."
- The parents' group chat. Same link, same line.
- A mention from the front. A minute in a parenting series or a youth parents' meeting does more than any poster.
What families get
Every family gets the full Sheepdog Filter, free to start: parental controls for their home Wi‑Fi, their kids' iPhones and Android phones, bedtimes, and a short weekly report.
What your church sees
Only how many families have joined through your link. Never who they are, and never anything about what they do online.
Sheepdog Filter
Safe Wi‑Fi for every child in your building.
One setting on your church's router filters every phone, tablet and laptop on your Wi‑Fi. Free to start, with a printable sign and a link for your families.
Set up our church, freeQuestions church staff ask
Does it cost families anything?
It's free to start, with every feature included. Very busy households can upgrade later from their own dashboard.
Can families see that our church recommended it?
Yes. When they open your link, the signup page shows your church's name.