First United Methodist Church

What First United Methodist Church does

Kerrville First United Methodist Church (KFUMC) is a religious nonprofit congregation of the United Methodist Church operating under the Rio Texas Conference, headquartered at 321 Thompson Drive in Kerrville, Texas, with continuous ministry roots in Kerr County dating to 1856 and continuous operation on its current main campus since June 19, 1977. The church delivers three Sunday worship services (8:15 AM and 10:45 AM Traditional in the Sanctuary; 9:30 AM Contemporary in the Fellowship Hall), a multi-tier discipleship and formation stack covering nursery, SPARK Kids (ages 4 through 5th grade), FLAME Youth (grades 6-12), BURN Young Adult Ministry (ages 18-29), Illuminate Women's Ministry, six adult Sunday school classes, music ministry, and recreation programs. Its underlying technology stack comprises a Clover Sites website, Vimeo livestream plus on-demand archive, Facebook Live, an Apple Podcasts channel, KERV 1230 AM / 107.7 FM radio broadcast, and KVHC Cable Channel 10 television carriage for sermon distribution; back-office operations run on ShelbyNext ChMS (membership/registration) and ShelbyGiving (online giving, text-to-give, tuition payments).

Revenue is generated across five streams: voluntary tithes, offerings, and donations (including online, text-to-give, check, and stock/securities donations coordinated through Edward Jones); recurring tuition from Bright Beginnings Playschool (~$225/month first child in Fall/Spring, $375 Summer Session); tuition and fees from the year-round Children's Ark licensed learning center (ages 6 weeks to 12 years, 7:30 AM-5:30 PM, 52 weeks/year); grants and donations supporting Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley, a related 501c3 operating on a separate 64-acre Kerrville campus (610 Methodist Encampment Road) providing food relief, parenting classes, diaper distribution, transitional housing, wellness services, and kids/adult retreats across six Hill Country counties; and disaster relief donations coordinated with the Community Foundation Kerr County Relief Fund and UMCOR. KFUMC is governed by clergy (Senior Pastor Rev. David E. Payne since July 2017, plus Associate Pastors Rev. Monica O'Donnell and Rev. Katie Toalson) and supported by approximately 18 named paid staff across two campuses, with no equity owners or shareholders as a religious nonprofit.

Name

First United Methodist Church

Legal name

Kerrville First United Methodist Church

Website

https://kfumc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1856

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Kerrville First United Methodist Church is a religious nonprofit congregation of the United Methodist Church (Rio Texas Conference) in Kerrville, Texas, delivering three Sunday worship services, age-tiered discipleship programs, year-round licensed childcare, and community outreach across six Hill Country counties from a 64-acre campus.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Community Food Services (624210)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD), Faith-Based Childcare Centers (EDACAAAN), Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Christian education programs
• Licensed childcare center
• Community outreach ministry
• Disaster relief coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Kerrville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tithes, offerings, and donations: Voluntary financial gifts from members and visitors accepted via in-service offering boxes, online giving (ShelbyGiving), text-to-give (kfumc to 830-201-3198), check, and stock/securities/bond donations (facilitated through Edward Jones Investments at 830-257-7877). Giving framed as an act of worship and investment in ministry. Memorial and honor gifts also accepted.
2. Bright Beginnings Playschool tuition: Recurring monthly tuition for a Christian-based playschool serving children 5 months to pre-K. Fall/Spring 1st child $225/month, additional child $160/month, $85 supply fee (Sept–May). Summer session $375 for 1st child, $250 additional child, $40 supply fee, with $25 late fee assessed after the 10th.
3. Children's Ark learning center tuition and fees: Full-day (7:30 AM – 5:30 PM) year-round licensed learning center for ages 6 weeks to 12 years, with published tuition fee schedule, dedicated donation page, and CACFP/USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program participation.
4. Light on the Hill community services and grants: Light on the Hill is a separate 501c3 organization providing food relief, parenting classes, diaper distribution, transitional housing, wellness services, and kids/adult camps on a 64-acre Kerrville campus; Outreach Director writes, implements, and manages grants to fund these programs.
5. Disaster relief donations and coordination: Coordination of Kerr County disaster relief (flood response), channeling monetary donations to the Community Foundation Kerr County Relief Fund and deploying UMCOR Early Response Teams; not a paid service but a structured funding pipeline.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

KFUMC delivers Sunday worship services (8:15 AM and 10:45 AM Traditional in the Sanctuary; 9:30 AM Contemporary in Fellowship Hall) along with Christian formation across all life stages (nursery, SPARK Kids, FLAME Youth, BURN Young Adults, adult Sunday school, Covenant Discipleship Groups, Discipleship Bands, Illuminate Women's Ministry, Music Ministry, Recreation). It also operates the licensed Children's Ark learning center and the tuition-based Bright Beginnings Playschool, and runs the affiliated Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley 501(c)(3) for community outreach (food relief, transitional housing, parenting classes, diaper distribution, wellness, camps) plus Kerr County disaster relief coordination.

Product overview

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Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley (LOTH): A 501c3 organization that offers community-based support and outreach services including food relief, transitional housing, parenting support, health services, and kids/adult retreats on a 64-acre campus in Kerrville, TX.
• Children's Ark
• Bright Beginnings Playschool (BBP)
• FLAME Youth
• BURN Young Adult Ministry
• Illuminate Women's Ministry
• SPARK Kids
• Band Together

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services
• Children's Ark Learning Center
• Bright Beginnings Playschool / Mother's Day Out
• Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley Community Services
• Kerr County Disaster Relief Coordination
• Tithes, Offerings, and Online Giving

Quantifiable outcome

• 7–31 average attendance per adult Sunday school class across Keystone, Amazing Grace, Compass, Metamorphosis, Seekers, and Journey classes
• +3 more outcomes

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Highland Park United Methodist Church (Dallas): Large Texas United Methodist congregation with multi-modal worship, on-site early childhood programs, and broad community outreach. Sara Lohmeyer (KFUMC Office Administrator) previously served 15 years in HPUMC's HR/payroll/AP function, evidencing direct workflow comparability and conference affiliation.
• First United Methodist Church Dallas (FUMC Dallas): One of the largest downtown United Methodist congregations in Texas with comparable multi-campus infrastructure, broadcast media distribution, and an extensive weekday preschool/learning-center ministry that competes for the same Dallas-Fort Worth family demographic.
• St. Luke's United Methodist Church (Houston): Large Texas UMC with a similarly broad operating footprint including early childhood education, community outreach, multi-site worship, and broadcast media, making it a close structural comparable for staffing scale, programming breadth, and revenue diversification.
• United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR): National UMC disaster relief and humanitarian aid arm. KFUMC channels disaster donations through UMCOR Early Response Teams for Kerr County flood response, making UMCOR the direct institutional counterparty for KFUMC's relief pipeline.
• Chapel Hill United Methodist Church (San Antonio / Boerne): Texas Hill Country-area UMC congregation operating worship, children's, youth, and community-outreach programming of comparable scale, serving a similar demographic profile in a neighboring Texas region.
• Tarrytown United Methodist Church (Austin): Mid-to-large Texas UMC with comparable multi-generational programming, licensed preschool, and community outreach in a similar Texas metro context. Operates within the same Rio Texas Conference.
• Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country: The lead investor in KFUMC's recent $62,500 grant and operator of the Kerr County Relief Fund that channels KFUMC's disaster donations. A direct institutional counterparty for grant and relief funding.

Broad incumbents

• Salvation Army Kerrville / Hill Country: Broader community-services nonprofit with disaster relief, food distribution, and transitional housing programs that overlap with KFUMC's Light on the Hill portfolio across Kerr County and surrounding counties.

Emerging players

• Habitat for Humanity Kerrville: Local affiliate delivering housing-related community services in the same Kerrville geography; overlaps with KFUMC's transitional housing and disaster recovery outreach via Light on the Hill.

Regional players

• Hill Country Daily Bread Ministries: Regional faith-based food relief nonprofit operating in the same Texas Hill Country footprint as Light on the Hill, with overlapping food pantry, parenting support, and disaster recovery programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/KFUMC
• Instagraminstagram.com/kfumc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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