Redeemer Presbyterian Church

What Redeemer Presbyterian Church does

Redeemer Presbyterian Church is a non-profit religious organization founded in 1989 in New York City by Tim Keller, operating today as a network of six independent congregations (Brooklyn, Downtown, East Side, West Side, Lincoln Square, and East Harlem) plus a portfolio of affiliated ministries. Its core functional offerings span worship services and community formation across the six campuses, gospel-centered psychotherapy through Redeemer Counseling Services (43 counselors serving over 1,500 clients per year as of 2017, with 65% of 2018 sessions subsidized), mercy-and-justice outreach via Hope for New York (distributing over $1.3 million in grants to 50+ nonprofit partners), faith-and-work integration through the Center for Faith & Work, and a global church-planting franchise called City to City (approximately 300 churches planted, 650+ leaders across 30+ countries, with a stated goal of 400 churches in 40 European cities over five years).

The underlying "technology" of the organization is a relatively standard church management and ministry-operations stack with no proprietary platform or AI components disclosed; distribution relies on physical campuses, the W83 Ministry Center at 150 W. 83rd Street, and digital properties including GospelInLife.com and TimothyKeller.com. The business model is donation-funded (tithes, offerings, recurring and one-time gifts) with no pricing on core services; counseling and W83 facility rentals are the only revenue lines with fee structures. Customer segments are diverse: NYC urban professionals and families as the primary worship audience, individuals and families seeking faith-integrated counseling, Christian professionals engaging through the Center for Faith & Work, and church planters globally trained through City to City.

Governance sits within the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination; in 2017 Redeemer restructured from a single multi-site church into independent congregations, and in 2023 founding pastor Tim Keller passed away — two structural and leadership events that materially shape the organization's current and forward operating posture.

Name

Redeemer Presbyterian Church

Legal name

Redeemer Presbyterian Church

Website

https://redeemer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Redeemer Presbyterian Church is a NYC-based non-profit network of six independent congregations and affiliated ministries — counseling, faith-and-work, mercy-and-justice, and global church planting — funded by donations and serving urban congregants, counseling clients, and church planters worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services and Church Network

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG), Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Church network
• Faith and work
• Church planting
• Mercy and justice

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Voluntary Giving/Donations: Redeemer operates on voluntary generosity from congregation members through tithes, offerings, and special campaign giving. The organization offers multiple giving mechanisms including one-time gifts, recurring gifts, and various ways to give.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Redeemer Presbyterian Church operates a network of six churches and affiliated ministries in New York City delivering worship services, Bible teaching, community groups, pastoral care, gospel-centered counseling, faith and work integration programs, mercy and justice outreach, and church planting support. Core programs include Center for Faith and Work, Redeemer Counseling Services, Hope for New York, and Redeemer City to City.

Product overview

Redeemer Presbyterian Church operates as a family of churches and ministries in New York City, consisting of six church locations (Brooklyn, Downtown, East Side, West Side, Lincoln Square, East Harlem) supported by a network of ministry programs. The core offerings include: Center for Faith & Work (vocational ministry), Redeemer Counseling Services (gospel-centered mental health), Hope for New York (mercy/justice outreach), Redeemer City to City (church planting), Gospel in Life (sermons/resources), and The Rise Campaign (vision initiative). The organization also publishes Life in the Gospel quarterly and maintains the W83 Ministry Center for community programs. These ministries work together under a unified vision to bring gospel renewal to New York City and beyond.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Center for Faith & Work: Ministry focused on integrating faith and work in daily vocational life
• Redeemer Counseling Services
• Hope for New York
• Redeemer City to City
• The Rise Campaign
• Gotham Fellowship
• Gospel in Life

Products and services

• Redeemer Churches Network A network of six church locations across New York City (Brooklyn, Downtown, East Side, West Side, Lincoln Square, and East Harlem) providing weekly worship services, Bible teaching, community groups, youth ministries, and children's programs for Christian congregants in NYC.
• Redeemer Counseling Services A counseling center providing gospel-centered psychotherapy services including individual, couple, family, and group counseling for Redeemer congregants, over 25 partner churches, and unchurched individuals seeking professional counseling that integrates Christian theology and clinical psychology.
• Center for Faith and Work

Quantifiable outcome

• Redeemer Counseling Services served over 3,000 people through 23,125 sessions in 2018, with 65% subsidized
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• City to City Europe (CTCE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2019City to City Europe is a network supporting church planters across Europe. The organization has grown to include 650+ leaders from 30+ countries, with a goal of planting 400 churches in 40 cities over five years.
• MNA Special Needs MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2013MNA Special Needs Ministries is a PCA organization providing evangelism and outreach support to churches serving people with disabilities. Co-sponsored the Autism and Your Church workshop with Redeemer.
• Young Life CapernaumminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2013Young Life Capernaum is the special needs ministry of Young Life. Co-sponsored the Autism and Your Church workshop alongside Redeemer Family Ministries.
• NYCPCA (New York Christians for Parents of Children with Autism)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2013NYCPCA is a network of Christian parents of children with autism. Co-sponsored the Autism and Your Church workshop at the W83 Ministry Center.
• CLC NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2013CLC Network is a Christian organization near Grand Rapids, Michigan providing special education and inclusive services. Barbara Newman from CLC Network led the Autism and Your Church workshop.
• Hope for New York (HFNY)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHope for New York is Redeemer's mercy and justice outreach ministry, a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit. HFNY mobilizes volunteers and distributes grants to over 50 nonprofit partners across NYC, focusing on areas including food security, housing, job training, and youth mentoring.
• Redeemer Counseling Services Partner ChurchescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 25 churches in New York City refer their congregants to Redeemer Counseling Services for professional counseling care. Five churches have established satellite counseling locations in partnership with RCS.
• New York City ReliefcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew York City Relief is a Hope for New York affiliate that serves men and women living on the streets. The organization engages volunteers in outreach to homeless individuals and has been operating for over 7 years with HFNY partnership.
• Gifted HandsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGifted Hands is an HFNY affiliate providing educational art programs to build self-esteem and teach new skills. Founder Dustee has connected homeless individuals and families to church community through jewelry-making classes and church invitations.
• The Bowery MissionminorOthersThe Bowery Mission is a Christian, faith-based organization committed since the 1870s to serving people experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty in New York City.
• Yeshiva UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRedeemer Counseling Services is participating in an outcome study in partnership with Yeshiva University to evaluate and legitimize gospel-centered counseling approaches.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Q Conference: Q (formerly Q Conference) is a Christian ideas and culture conference that convenes professionals, pastors, and thought leaders around faith-and-work and cultural engagement — thematically aligned with Redeemer's Center for Faith & Work and Gospel & Culture events. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Emerging players

• Tim Keller Center for Apologetics and Cultural Engagement: The Tim Keller Center is a recently established organization carrying forward Keller's intellectual legacy and cultural engagement work, with overlapping audiences and content. It is an emerging player in the same gospel-centered, urban, intellectual Christianity niche that Redeemer helped create, and could become either a partner or a partial competitor for thought leadership.
• Intersect (faith and work): Intersect is a faith-and-work ministry equipping working professionals to integrate their Christian faith with their vocations — directly comparable to Redeemer's Center for Faith & Work. It targets a similar professional demographic with similar events, fellowships, and educational content, making it an emerging player in the same niche.

Direct peers

• Acts 29 Network: Acts 29 is a global church-planting network that recruits, trains, and resources church planters — a function that overlaps directly with Redeemer City to City. Both organizations focus on multiplying gospel-centered congregations through leader development and are comparably positioned as networked church-planting movements rather than single congregations.
• Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF): CCEF is a faith-integrated counseling and training organization that combines biblical theology with professional psychotherapy, comparable to Redeemer Counseling Services. Both organizations train and certify counselors and offer biblically-grounded therapy to Christian communities, overlapping directly in mission and methodology.
• Park Community Church: Park Community Church is a multi-site NYC church with a focus on urban professionals and faith-and-work integration. Like Redeemer, it serves a New York City demographic of working professionals and operates multiple neighborhood locations, making it a direct local peer.
• Trinity Grace Church: Trinity Grace is a New York City-based church-planting network with multiple neighborhood congregations focused on gospel-centered community formation. Like Redeemer, it operates a multi-site model in NYC targeting urban professionals and emphasizes church planting beyond its own campuses, making it the closest direct geographic and missional peer.
• The Village Church: The Village Church (Matt Chandler) is a multi-site, gospel-centered church with a national church-planting footprint and theological influence comparable to Redeemer's. Both churches pair robust publishing/teaching platforms with externally-oriented church-planting networks, making them direct peers in the "gospel renewal movement" segment of American evangelicalism.

Broad incumbents

• World Vision US: World Vision is a large faith-based humanitarian organization operating mercy, justice, and community-development programs globally — broadly comparable to Hope for New York's mercy-and-justice model but at vastly larger scale. It is a broad incumbent in the faith-based nonprofit space rather than a direct competitor, with overlap in donor base and volunteer mobilization.
• Saddleback Church: Saddleback Church (Rick Warren) is a large multi-site American church known for leadership development, global church planting (PEACE Plan), and congregational resources. It overlaps with Redeemer in church-planting ambition and resource publishing but serves a much broader and more suburban demographic, making it a broad incumbent peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RedeemerNYC
• Facebookfacebook.com/RedeemerNYC
• Instagraminstagram.com/redeemernyc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/redeemer-presbyterian-church

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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