Northeast Presbyterian Church

What Northeast Presbyterian Church does

Northeast Presbyterian Church (NEPC) is a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) congregation founded in 1979 and headquartered at 601 Polo Road in Columbia, South Carolina. The church runs weekly Sunday programming — a 9:30 a.m. worship service followed by an 11:00 a.m. Discipleship Hour — and organizes its members into Life Groups of roughly 8–12 people that meet in homes throughout the week. Its ministry portfolio spans Kids, Students, Women, Men, Music, Missions & Outreach, Congregational Care, and The Lamppost Library, serving a multi-generational local congregation alongside a network of supported global missionaries and partner organizations across North America, Central America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

NEPC's technology and product surface is centered on a website (nepresbyterian.org) built on Ekklesia 360 and the Shelby Next church management system. The digital product stack includes YouTube and Church Online livestream, the NEPC mobile church app, a Shelby Giving-powered online tithing and donation platform (including the Endowment Fund option), the Intersect Podcast on faith and culture, a Sermon Library organized by series and topic, the FOCUS women's Bible study program with online resources, and The Lamppost online library catalog. Day-to-day operations are supported by 11–50 staff, led by Eric Walter (Pastor of Congregational Care, joined 2012; M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary) and Jeffrey Jensen (Director of Music; Master of Music, Lee University, completing a Doctorate in Worship Studies).

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, NEPC charges no fees for any services, programs, or ministries. Revenue is derived entirely from voluntary contributions: Sunday tithes and offerings (recurring), special-purpose offerings for missions and outreach (one-time / designated), and gifts to the NEPC Endowment Fund (one-time or 5-year pledge; minimum $10,000), the latter having been active for over 40 years. There is no parent organization, no venture or institutional investor involvement, and no disclosed financial statements, consistent with the standard private nonprofit church operating model.

Name

Northeast Presbyterian Church

Legal name

Northeast Presbyterian Church

Website

https://nepresbyterian.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Northeast Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Church in America congregation in Columbia, South Carolina, founded in 1979. It serves a multi-generational congregation through worship services, Life Groups, educational programs, and global missions partnerships, funded by voluntary member donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB), Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD), Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Worship services
• Pastoral care
• Religious education
• Community outreach
• Faith formation

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Traditional Sunday morning offering plate collections and online giving through the church's website and mobile app.
2. Endowment Fund Donations: Donations to the NEPC Endowment Fund, which has been active for over 40 years. Minimum gift size of $10,000, payable as lump sum or 5-year pledge.
3. Special Offerings: Designated gifts for specific purposes such as Christmas outreach, missions, and other special campaigns.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Northeast Presbyterian Church delivers weekly Sunday worship services, age-tiered Discipleship Hour classes, and home-based Life Group small-group discipleship as its core ministry offerings. It supplements these in-person services with pastoral Congregational Care, a children's/youth ministry, women's and men's ministry programs, music and worship arts, a global Missions & Outreach program, and digital channels including a sermon library, livestream, podcast, and mobile app for online engagement.

Product overview

Northeast Presbyterian Church operates a unified digital platform centered on their website (nepresbyterian.org), which serves as the primary hub for all church activities. The core product is the church website itself, supported by several sub-products including the Intersect Podcast (a faith-and-culture podcast series), the Sermon Library (with audio/video recordings organized by series), the NEPC Church App (mobile engagement), Livestream Services for remote worship, the Online Giving Platform for tithing and donations, Discipleship Hour (Sunday Bible studies), FOCUS Bible Study (women's in-depth study program), and The Lamppost Library (in-house lending library). These digital offerings work together to support the church's mission of connecting people to God and each other through worship, education, and community engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Intersect Podcast: A podcast produced by NEPC that explores where church meets culture, featuring discussions on faith, current events, and Christian living.
• The Lamppost
• NEPC Endowment Fund
• FOCUS

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services Weekly in-person worship services held at NEPC's Columbia, SC campus, with corporate singing and sermon-based teaching for the congregation.
• Online Livestream Services Live and on-demand broadcasts of NEPC's Sunday worship services via YouTube and the Church Online platform, with bulletin and prayer request access for remote attendees.
• Life Groups Home-based small groups of 8-12 people that gather weekly across the community for fellowship, Bible study, and shared discipleship, connected to NEPC's 'connect people to God and each other through Christ' mission.
• Discipleship Hour Sunday morning education program at 11:00am that provides Bible study and topical classes for all ages, including the Connect class for adults learning about Jesus, Scripture, and the Christian life.
• Intersect Podcast Weekly audio/video podcast produced by NEPC staff exploring where church meets culture, with episodes on faith, current events, technology, family life, politics, and book reviews.
• Sermon Library Online archive of NEPC sermons in audio and video formats, organized by series and topic, with study notes and passage references for congregant use.
• NEPC Church App Mobile app that gives NEPC members easy access to church information, ministry updates, sermons, and mobile giving from their devices.
• Online Giving Platform Online giving platform (Shelby Giving) that enables members to submit tithes, offerings, special gifts, and endowment fund contributions online via debit/credit card or bank information.
• FOCUS Women's Bible Study NEPC's signature in-depth women's Bible study program combining personal study, small-group discussion, teaching sessions, and children's programming for women of the congregation.
• The Lamppost Library In-house lending library with an online catalog of Christian literature and resources curated for the NEPC congregation.
• Missions & Outreach Program Coordinated global and local missions program supporting missionaries across multiple continents and local outreach partners, with member participation in mission trips and supported missionary partnerships.
• NEPC Endowment Fund Long-term endowment fund that has supported NEPC's ministry and community impact for over 40 years, accepting planned gifts with a minimum $10,000 lump-sum or five-year pledge.

Quantifiable outcome

• NEPC Endowment Fund supporting church and community for over 40 years

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CRU (Brian & Jen Catoe)coreOthersMissionaries supported in North and Central America through CRU ministry
• The Navigators (Henry & Wendy Clay)coreOthersMissionaries supported through The Navigators organization
• Skid & Sherri Logan - CRUcoreOthersMissionaries supported through CRU ministry
• Guillermo & Jennie Salina - MexicocoreOthersMissionaries serving in Mexico
• Aaron & Rachel Halbert - HondurascoreOthersMissionaries serving in Honduras
• Susanna Miller - NicaraguacoreOthersMissionary serving in Nicaragua
• Roberts Family - Africa Freedom MissionscoreOthersMission family serving in Africa through Africa Freedom Missions
• Jamie & Jacki Gildard - FrancecoreOthersMissionaries serving in France
• Mark & Laura Ambrose - CambodiacoreOthersMissionaries serving in Cambodia
• Earn Phukongchai - ThailandcoreOthersMissionary serving in Thailand
• David & Courtney Fain - ThailandcoreOthersMissionaries serving in Thailand
• Luke & Sokha Smith - CambodiacoreOthersMissionaries serving in Cambodia
• Lifeline Child ServicesminorOthersDiscipleship Hour seminar on Lifeline Harborside Families providing foster care and adoption support resources

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Tithe.ly: A leading digital giving platform serving faith-based organizations, comparable to NEPC's current Shelby Giving setup. Relevant as a benchmark for online giving conversion rates and an alternative vendor whose adoption could materially change NEPC's digital fundraising economics.
• Pushpay: Enterprise church engagement and giving platform competing in the same ChMS/giving vendor landscape as NEPC's current stack. Comparable as an ecosystem participant whose product capabilities and pricing pressure the broader market NEPC operates within.
• Ekklesia 360: Vendor that built and hosts NEPC's website platform. As an enabling technology partner, comparable to NEPC's other SaaS dependencies; understanding their pricing and roadmap informs the digital operating cost structure.
• Shelby Systems (Shelby Next): Provider of the church management system (ChMS), online giving, and engagement platform that NEPC uses. Not a competitor but a key ecosystem enabler whose product roadmap and pricing directly affect NEPC's operational capabilities and digital member experience.

Broad incumbents

• Presbyterian Church in America (PCA): The denominational governing body to which NEPC belongs; comparable as the broader ecosystem that defines polity, theology, and provides shared resources (missions networks, ministerial credentialing) that shape NEPC's operating model.
• Highland Park Presbyterian Church: A larger, established Presbyterian congregation with comparable Reformed theology and multi-generational programming — useful as a benchmark for what an upper-quartile scaled PCA-style church can achieve in giving, missions footprint, and digital engagement.

Direct peers

• Village Seven Presbyterian Church: A larger PCA congregation with a similar multi-generational ministry portfolio (kids, students, adults, missions) and similar Reformed/evangelical identity — useful for benchmarking scale, programming depth, and digital engagement strategies.
• Eastwood Presbyterian Church: Another PCA church of similar mid-sized profile and southeastern U.S. setting, with comparable ministry structures including Life Groups, women's and men's ministries, and missions focus — directly comparable on operations and scale.
• Christ Community Church (PCA): A Presbyterian Church in America congregation of comparable size operating in a similar regional U.S. market, with parallel ministries (small groups, children's programs, missions) and Reformed theological alignment — making it a directly comparable peer for benchmarking attendance, programming, and giving models.

Regional players

• Bible Chapel (Columbia, SC): A mid-sized evangelical congregation operating in the same Columbia, SC market as NEPC. Comparable as a regional peer competing for the same local congregants, though distinct in denomination and theological tradition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@NortheastPresbyterianChurch
• Facebookfacebook.com/groups/nepcmusic
• Xx.com/nepc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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