Connect Church

What Connect Church does

Connect Church is an independent, non-profit Christian church headquartered at 1103 E L Street, Russellville, Arkansas, serving the River Valley community in Pope County with the stated mission of helping people find and follow Jesus. Worship services are held Sundays at 10:30 AM with midweek MDWK programming on Wednesdays at 6 PM, complemented by a structured, age-segmented ministry portfolio: Connect Kids (birth–4th grade), Connect 567 (5th–7th grade), Connect Students (8th–12th grade), College & Young Adults programming, and Recovery Church River Valley for individuals in addiction recovery. The church also operates Connect Groups for small-group fellowship across the region, Connect 20 daily devotionals, seasonal Vacation Bible School, Serve Teams, and a Summer Serve food-distribution partnership with Russellville Schools at Crawford Elementary.

The church's technology layer is built on the Nucleus church platform, which powers the website (myconnectchurch.cc), giving flows, and event registration. Content distribution extends globally through a YouTube channel hosting an on-demand library of 4+ years of sermons, 100+ adult Bible studies, and 150+ children's Bible stories, plus a Spotify podcast. The business model is non-transactional: core worship services, programs, and community groups are offered free of charge, with revenue derived from voluntary tithes and offerings by congregation members. A structurally defined 5.25% allocation of weekly offerings flows to the Connect Sends global missions program, supporting church planters and missionaries across Japan, France, Spain, Uruguay, Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Italy, Bulgaria, Kenya, California, and Arkansas; the 2026 Global Outreach Goal is $73,500, implying roughly $1.4M in annualized offerings.

The pastoral leadership team is led by Lead Pastor Blaine Rogers, with Blake Jordan (Groups), Trevor Holden (Spiritual Formation), Robert Pruitt (Children's), Chris Lauckner (Worship, Communication & Creative), Hannah Lane (Ministry Operations / Connect 567), Jennifer Reed (Connect Kids), Carlynn Welch (Learning Land Preschool), and Melissa Matchett (Facilities Operations). Total headcount is reported at 1–10. Marketing and outreach are conducted via Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, email newsletters, podcast, and in-person community events. As a religious non-profit, Connect Church is privately held with no investor ownership, public listing, or disclosed funding rounds.

Name

Connect Church

Legal name

Connect Church

Website

https://myconnectchurch.cc

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Connect Church is an independent non-profit Christian church in Russellville, Arkansas, serving River Valley families through age-segmented ministries (kids, students, young adults, recovery), digital devotionals, on-demand video content, and a global missions program funded by congregational tithes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services / Christian Church

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

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 industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Christian church services
• Religious community programs
• Worship and discipleship
• Faith-based ministries
• Community outreach services

Headquarters

HQ city

Russellville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Church members and attendees contribute financial gifts through regular tithes and offerings, which support the church's mission to help people find and follow Jesus, including global outreach and local community service.
2. Global Outreach Giving: Designated giving toward international and national church planters and missionaries supported by the church, including a 5.25% allocation of weekly offerings plus additional pledges from the church family.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Connect Church is a Christian church that provides in-person worship services, age-segmented ministry programs (children, students, college/young adults), small-group fellowship, daily devotional content, on-demand sermons and Bible studies, seasonal programs such as Vacation Bible School, recovery-focused services, and a global missions funding program. All programs are delivered free of charge at the Russellville, Arkansas campus and through digital channels including YouTube, Spotify, and the church's Nucleus-powered website.

Product overview

Connect Church offers a comprehensive suite of ministry programs designed to help people find and follow Jesus. The church operates as a single unified ministry with multiple program tracks including Connect Kids (birth-4th grade), Connect 567 (5th-7th grade), Connect Students (8th-12th grade), and Connect Groups for small group community. Digital offerings include Connect 20 for daily devotions and an On Demand content library with sermons, Bible studies, and children's programming. The church also runs seasonal programs like VBS, midweek MDWK services, a missions program (Connect Sends), serve teams, and Recovery Church for those in addiction recovery. All programs integrate with the church's digital platform for communications, giving, and content delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Connect Kids: Children's ministry for birth through 4th grade
• Connect 567
• Connect Students
• Connect Groups
• MDWK
• Connect 20
• Connect Sends
• Recovery Church River Valley

Products and services

• Connect Kids Age-appropriate children's ministry for birth through 4th grade offering Sunday and Wednesday programming with worship, lessons, and hands-on activities to teach children about Jesus. Designed for parents seeking faith formation for their children.
• Connect 567
• Connect Students
• Connect Groups
• Connect 20
• MDWK (Midweek Program)
• On Demand Content Library
• VBS (Vacation Bible School)
• Connect Sends (Missions)
• Serve Teams
• Summer Serve Program
• Recovery Church River Valley
• Learning Land Preschool

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Josh & Jamie Holmes (Sicily, Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissionaries serving in Sicily, Italy. Part of Connect Church's Global Outreach program supporting church planting internationally. Josh & Jamie are establishing churches in the region.
• Nathan & Haley Kimbrell (Coral Springs, FL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDomestic church planters in Broward County, Florida. The Kimbrells are planting a house church network in one of the fastest-growing regions in the US.
• Daniel & Kate Speer (Japan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch planters in Japan working to establish New Life Church and create new life among the Japanese people through the gospel.
• Doug & Miriam Bishop (Japan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFully funded missionaries returning to Japan to plant New Life Church. Attended AR Missions Conference for commissioning.
• Abby Walker (Japan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissionary to Japan focusing on young adult ministry, helping establish a place for Japanese college students and young adults within the church.
• Heath & Joni Hubbard (Japan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissionaries in Tokorozawa, Japan outside Tokyo. Part of Hope Alive Church launched in 2019, now seeking funds to purchase their current rental building.
• Daniel & Shelby Culwell (Japan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFully funded church planting team in Tokyo, Japan. Serve in construction, maintenance, English outreach, youth ministry, finances, and digital communications for Hope Alive bilingual church.
• Anthony & Lea Edgmon (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerServing in Spain for 23 years with 15 years focused on planting and growing the Alpedrete church alongside teammates.
• Shane & Joy (France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerServing in Southern France with The Hanna Project, leading an education project reaching North African immigrants through language and computer classes as a means of outreach.
• Rolando & Kiela Delgado (Arkansas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerServing in Arkansas with Hispanic Missions, planting churches and directing Free Will Baptist Hispanic Ministries across the state.
• David & Mimi Reeves (France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPreparing for church plant south of Nantes in La Haie Foissiere, France. Currently hosting discussion groups for seekers with questions about the Christian faith.
• Keren Delgado (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissionary intern approved in 2019, served in Varna Bulgaria, now preparing to serve in Spain. Currently fundraising for career status.
• Russellville SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with local Russellville schools for summer food distribution program. Connect Church volunteers help distribute food boxes to families at Crawford Elementary.
• 1040i (Côte d'Ivoire)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in Côte d'Ivoire. High school completely built for next generation. Pastor Yu and family joining the team.
• City Lights Church (Chula Vista, CA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch in the Otay Ranch area of Chula Vista, CA pastored by Amos Dillard. Celebrating one-year anniversary with many lives transformed.
• Horizon Church (Siloam Springs, AR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch in Siloam Springs, AR led by Pastor Josh Lee. Has new permanent location at 815 S. Mount Olive St. for worship and children's ministry.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Nucleus: Church website and ministry-operations platform provider powering Connect Church's digital infrastructure (giving, groups, devotionals, content). Direct technology vendor and ecosystem enabler.

Broad incumbents

• Gateway Church: Large multi-site church with strong digital broadcast, community outreach, and global missions funding parallel to Connect Church's Connect Sends program.
• Elevation Church: Digital-first, content-heavy church with global streaming reach and a church-planting network. Comparable digital distribution and outreach approach, at much larger scale.
• McLean Bible Church: Multi-campus church with extensive global missions funding, online content distribution, and age-segmented ministries — overlapping operational model though much larger.
• The Church of Eleven22: Non-denominational multisite church with strong digital content, age-segmented programs, and a church-planting ethos. Larger and broader in scale but operates on the same playbook Connect Church is executing.
• Christ Fellowship Church: Multi-generational church with parallel kids/students/young-adults programming and digital devotionals. Comparable ministry architecture but at significantly greater scale.
• Life.Church: Industry leader in digital church experience (Church Online Platform, YouVersion Bible App), serving as the archetypal incumbent for the digital content strategy Connect Church is pursuing.

Direct peers

• North Coast Church: Multi-site non-denominational church similar in size and operational ethos, with comparable age-segmented ministry programming and small-group (Connect Groups-equivalent) focus. Directly comparable as a community-led church model.
• Watermark Church: Community-focused non-denominational church emphasizing small groups, recovery ministry (similar to Connect Church's Recovery Church), and local outreach. Comparable mission structure and ministry segmentation.

Emerging players

• Recovery Church Network: Network of recovery-focused church services across multiple cities; Recovery Church River Valley (Connect Church's program) is hosted under this network, making it a direct partner/peer in the recovery ministry niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@myconnectchurch
• Facebookfacebook.com/MyConnectChurch
• Instagraminstagram.com/myconnectchurch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/my-connect-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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