Realm Shepherd - for Pastors2026.6.0 - App Store

Take your pastoral care ministry to the next level by giving pastors and pastoral staff on-the-go mobile access to your church directory, groups, next step pathways and pastoral notes in Realm.

INSTANT ACCESS TO INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY INFORMATION
. Look up the names of people in your church
. See related family members
. View participation in small groups
. Track where people are in their spiritual journey

CREATE, VIEW, AND EDIT YOUR PASTORAL NOTES
. Connect your notes to a specific individual in your church
. Keep records of your interactions in one place
. Note discipleship and spiritual formation progress
. Record visitation notes wherever you go

VIEW DETAILED PROFILE INFORMATION ON THE GO
. Full names
. Names of family members
. Relationships to family members
. Contact information
. Addresses
. Birthday
. Photos
. Groups
. Pathway Participation

Realm(R) Shepherd is a FREE app for pastors at churches that use Realm. It is included in your church’s monthly subscription to Realm. You must have an active user account to sign and use this app. Thank you for serving in ministry!

ABOUT REALM
Realm is an online church ministry tool designed and developed by ACS Technologies. It connects your entire church and personalizes everyone’s involvement in your ministry. Realm brings together a church’s business administration, bookkeeping, and personal connections into one system, so it offers something for everyone at your church. It’s a whole-church ministry tool, and thousands of churches across the US use it everyday to impact our world with real ministry. If you are looking for a new way to engage your entire church in ministry, become a Realm Church today.

CONTACT
Pastors, we're here to support the important work of your ministry. Please send any feedback, ideas, and suggestions to shepherd@acst.com.

Version History Bug fixes and performance improvements 2026.6.0 Jun 10 Bug fixes and performance improvements 2026.1.0 Feb 4 Bug fixes and performance enhancements 2025.25.0 12/18/2025 Improved sign in experience. When you signed in using uppercase letters in your email address, this caused an “incorrect credentials” error and prevented you from signing in. With this update, uppercase letters in email addresses are automatically converted to lowercase letters, fixing this error and allowing you to sign in. 2025.13.0 06/27/2025 Bug fixes and performance improvements 2024.22.0 10/30/2024 Bug fixes & performance enhancements 2024.12.0 06/13/2024 Bug fixes and Performance Improvements 2024.11.0 05/29/2024 We've made several improvements to the app login. If you've enabled two-step verification to strengthen your account security, you will now need to use that when logging into the app. You can also log into the app using your Google or Apple credentials. 2024.5.0 05/16/2024 Bug fixes and performance enhancements 2024.4.0 02/22/2024 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 2024.1 01/11/2024 View upcoming birthdays. In the People section, you can now tap on the filter in the top-right corner and select Birthdays. This will display the birthday next to the individual's name. 2023.23.0 11/15/2023 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 2023.21.0 10/19/2023 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 2023.20.0 10/05/2023 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 20203.19.0 09/21/2023 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 2023.17.0 08/24/2023 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 2023.16.0 08/10/2023 bug fixes and performances improvements 2023.11.0 05/25/2023 See someone's formal name. When you view the Info tab of a person's profile, you can now see any formal names that apply to them. 2023.10.0 05/17/2023 bug fixes and performance improvements 2023.8.0 04/25/2023 Introducing dark mode! You can now select between dark and light mode by tapping Appearance from the main app menu. 2023.6.0 03/22/2023 We've updated the sign in screen and added a new way to sign in by linking your Google or Apple account to your existing Realm account. 2023.4.0 02/22/2023 bug fixes and performance improvements 2022.26.0 01/17/2023 bug fixes and performance improvements 2022.25.0 12/19/2022 bug fixes and performance improvements 2022.24.0 12/02/2022 bug fixes and performance improvements 2022.23.0 11/19/2022