Not just advice
We build the software, too.
The same small team that closes your books is building two products — shaped hand-in-hand with the churches piloting them.
Too many churches get handed generic tools and generic advice from people who don't understand how a church actually works. It didn't have to be that way — so we built a team that does one thing, and only one thing.
Not a vendor. Not a generalist. A small team that only serves churches.
Designated funds, fiscal calendars, polity, denominational structure — none of it confuses us. This is the only world we work in, so you never have to translate.
Whether we're closing your books or shaping Flock and Docket with the churches piloting them, we work alongside you — not around you.
You'll work with people who know your name and your church. Michael personally onboards every client — you'll always know who's behind your books or in your meetings.
The same small team that closes your books is building two products — shaped hand-in-hand with the churches piloting them.
Zippy is led by Michael Shuman. Fifteen years working in product management, operations, and small teams — across startups, large national corporations, and his own consulting practice since 2019.
He started Zippy after watching too many churches get handed generic tools and generic advice. Today he works with a small bench of specialists in bookkeeping, software, and church operations — and personally onboards every client.
The hardest stretch of any project is the gap between knowing what your church needs and seeing it actually live. With most firms, you spend more time talking about the work than watching it happen.
Zippy is the opposite — nimble moves, real momentum, and a little fun on the ride. We're as eager to get your project launched as you are.
The things churches ask us before we start working together.
Every engagement is priced to the church in front of us — but custom shouldn't mean nerve-wracking. We scope you down to exactly what you need, give you options sized to your team and budget, and lean on a catalog of tools we've already built, so you're never paying to reinvent the basics.
Michael leads every engagement personally. Behind him is a small, vetted bench of specialists — IT and networking, web development, bookkeeping and accounting, copywriting, and design — brought in as your project needs them. You'll always know who's on your account.
That's how most first conversations start. Tell us what isn't working, and we'll help you name the real problem and the smallest fix for it — even if that fix turns out not to be us.