The Grove Church

What The Grove Church does

The Grove Church is an independent, non-profit evangelical congregation headquartered at 8585 Rice Lake Road, Maple Grove, Minnesota, affiliated by faith statement with the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) and led by Lead Pastor Scott Foster with a 10-member Elder Board. The organization runs two Sunday worship services at 9:00am and 10:45am in person and via livestream, and operates a full multi-generational ministry portfolio including Grove Kids (birth–5th grade), Grove Students (middle and high school), Women, Men, and Seniors ministries, supplemented by Care Ministry, in-home Growth Groups and seasonal Affinity Groups, baptism, covenant membership, and a structured "Follow Jesus" discipleship pathway.

The church's product surface is delivered through a layered physical-and-digital stack: a physical campus undergoing a major renovation (April 15 – July 24, 2025), a SnapPages-built website, Planning Center's Church Center app for registrations, calendar, groups, giving, and prayer requests, and Planning Center Giving for online donations including ACH, credit, debit, stock, QCD, and Donor Advised Fund transactions. Outreach is exercised through 11+ global missionary partnerships (ReachGlobal/EFCA, CRU, TEAM, Global Teams, Global Freedom EFCA, Bridges for Justice, Global Training Network, Converge Worldwide) and 6 local mission partners (Together for Good, CROSS Services, Arrive Ministries, Zanewood Community School, Crystal Women's Clinic, Kingdom Collective).

The revenue model is exclusively donation-based: voluntary tithes and offerings collected during services, online giving routed through the General Fund or restricted funds (notably a Renovation & Campus Launch fund), plus alternative-gift vehicles (stock, QCDs, Donor Advised Funds). All participation is free; no fees are charged for services, programs, or membership, and the church accepts financial-assistance applications from members facing hardship. There is no equity ownership, no investor base, and the entity is governed entirely by its Elder Board under EFCA doctrine.

Name

The Grove Church

Legal name

The Grove Church

Website

https://mygrovechurch.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Grove Church is an independent non-profit evangelical church in Maple Grove, Minnesota, offering Sunday worship, multi-generational ministries (Kids, Students, Women, Men, Seniors), and global/local missions, funded entirely by voluntary congregational 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

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG), Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE), Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Church ministry
• Community outreach
• Faith formation
• Missions partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

Maple Grove

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary donations from congregation members during Sunday services via offering baskets, accepted in cash and check. Church members are encouraged to give as an act of worship and stewardship.
2. Online Giving: Online donations through Planning Center Giving service via website and Church Center app. Accepts ACH, credit cards, and debit cards. Donors can give to General Fund for ongoing operations or to specific funds like Renovation and Campus Launch.
3. Stock and Qualified Charitable Distributions: The church accepts contributions of stocks, Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), and Donor Advised Funds as alternative giving methods with potential tax advantages.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Grove Church is a non-profit Christian church that conducts Sunday worship services (in-person and livestream) and delivers a comprehensive set of ministries spanning children, students, adults, women, men, seniors, care, baptism, membership, and missions. Its core outputs are spiritual community, faith formation, discipleship pathways, and community outreach programs funded entirely by voluntary donations.

Product overview

The Grove Church offers a comprehensive suite of in-person and online religious services, including Sunday worship services at 9:00am and 10:45am (available both in-person and via livestream), with age-specific ministries including Grove Kids (birth-5th grade), Grove Students (middle and high school), Grove Adults (Growth Groups, Bible studies), Grove Seniors, Grove Women, Grove Men, Care Ministry, and Missions. The church also provides digital engagement tools through its website built on SnapPages and Church Center App platform for giving, prayer requests, event registration, and growth group management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services In-person and livestream worship services held every Sunday at 9:00am and 10:45am, featuring contemporary worship music and biblical teaching for the congregation and online viewers.
• Grove Kids Ministry Children's ministry for children from birth through 5th grade, offering age-appropriate Sunday classes at both service times, Vacation Bible School (VBS), family events, and the Christians in Action (CIA) Discipleship Class for 3rd-5th graders.
• Grove Students Ministry Middle and high school student ministry with Wednesday night gatherings featuring worship, lessons, and grade-specific small groups, plus retreats, conferences, and outreach events for teenagers.
• Grove Growth Groups Small groups meeting in homes around the West Suburbs designed to help members grow in faith through Bible study, relationships, and service to others.
• Follow Jesus Discipleship Program Discipleship pathway helping new Christians connect to God through Bible reading, prayer, baptism, fellowship, service, and witnessing, with guidance resources including Bible reading recommendations.
• Grove Care Ministry Support ministry providing meals, visits, household help, transportation, prayer, counseling referrals, and benevolence assistance for church members facing challenging life seasons.
• Grove Missions Program

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ReachGlobal (EFCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReachGlobal is the mission agency of the Evangelical Free Church of America. The Grove Church supports ReachGlobal missionaries serving in Haiti, Germany, Southern Brazil, and Crisis Response teams. These partnerships involve supporting church planting, leadership development, and trauma care ministries globally.
• CRU (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Grove supports CRU missionaries in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota (Dan & Debby with ICan program for inner-city high school students) and Moldova (Vladimir & Oxana serving near the Ukraine border). CRU focuses on evangelism and discipleship.
• Converge WorldwideminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCory & Brooke serve as Converge missionaries reaching the Thai immigrant community with the gospel in partnership with other Converge missionaries in the Twin Cities.
• TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnonymous workers serving with TEAM in the Middle East, focusing on personal evangelism and discipleship of new Middle Eastern believers and leading a team of expatriate workers.
• Global TeamsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnonymous workers collaborating with national believers from a Muslim background, recently completing translation of the New Testament into the national language of a large unreached country in Asia.
• Global Freedom (EFCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid & Liza oversee anti-trafficking support centers in three different countries, partnering with local churches to train counselors, raise awareness, and provide support to victims.
• Bridges for JusticeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnonymous workers in Southeast Asia building meaningful relationships and sharing God's love through holistic community development initiatives and church planting ministry in unreached communities.
• Global Training Network (GTN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCraig & Kathy serve as church planters in Portugal and regularly travel to East Asia, Bangladesh, and Uganda training believers in Bible Storytelling and church leadership multiplication.
• Together for GoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded in 2017, Together for Good connects volunteers from local churches with isolated parents and vulnerable children. The Grove Church provides wrap-around relational care including hosting children, delivering meals, mentoring, and Family Bless Campaigns.
• CROSS ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCROSS Services provides compassionate supportive care to people in the northwest metro who are in great need. The Grove Church partners through food drives and onsite volunteering.
• Arrive MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArrive Ministries resettles refugees and immigrants in Minnesota by providing essential services. The Grove Church serves through wraparound teams, English teaching, and mentorship.
• Zanewood Community SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Grove Church serves Zanewood Community School through Back-To-School drives, volunteer support, teacher appreciation, and ongoing tutoring and library helper services.
• CWC (Crystal Women's Clinic)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCWC offers free medical and counseling services to women facing unplanned pregnancy. The Grove Church participates in Walk and Ride for Life, stocks the Baby Boutique, and facilitates the Pathway to Parenting program.
• Kingdom CollectiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKingdom Collective is a collaboration of local churches in the northwest metro who serve the community through acts of kindness and meeting real needs.
• Timber Bay CampcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDan has served at Timber Bay Camp since 1999, planning and implementing weekly discipleship programming for teenagers, supervising outreach staff, and mentoring local youth.
• Campus Ministry (University of North Dakota)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid & Courtney serve through a two-year internship program raising up and discipling the next generation of missionaries, preaching on campus, and mentoring small group leaders and international students.
• Planning CentercoreTechnology or IntegrationThe church uses Planning Center's Church Center platform for managing registrations, calendar events, groups, giving, and prayer requests through their website and mobile app.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Crossroads Church (Cincinnati): Mid-sized evangelical church using Planning Center and contemporary worship with strong small-group and digital engagement, comparable in tech stack and ministry programming to The Grove.

Others

• Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA): Denominational body under whose Statement of Faith The Grove operates; comparable as an organizational/reference point for governance, missions partnerships, and sister-church relationships.
• Converge (formerly Baptist General Conference): Cooperative network of evangelical churches with shared missions and church-planting resources; The Grove already partners with Converge Worldwide missionaries, making it an adjacent peer in the evangelical ecosystem.

Direct peers

• North Heights Lutheran Church: Long-established Twin Cities suburban congregation with multi-generational programming, small groups, and community outreach — comparable regional independent congregation profile.
• Wooddale Church: Independent EFCA-affiliated evangelical church in the Twin Cities metro with comparable size, denomination alignment, and suburban congregation profile — a direct counterpart in the same Minneapolis-area market.
• River Valley Church: Minnesota-based evangelical church with contemporary services, age-segregated ministries, small groups, and global missions — similar in scale, model, and operating geographies.
• Eagle Brook Church: Large multi-site evangelical church headquartered near the Twin Cities with contemporary worship, kids and students ministries, and small groups — directly comparable in ministry model and regional footprint.
• Bethlehem Baptist Church: Independent evangelical Minneapolis church with discipleship pathway, global missions partnerships, and small-group ministry — directly comparable in ministry structure and congregation size.
• Stonebrook Church: Independent evangelical church in the western Twin Cities suburbs with contemporary services, kids/students ministries, small groups, and missions engagement — a closely comparable suburban congregation.

Regional players

• Park Church (Carver County / Maple Grove area): Suburban Twin Cities evangelical church operating in the same west-metro region as The Grove, drawing from overlapping community segments with a similar contemporary worship and small-group model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mygrovechurch
• Facebookfacebook.com/mygrovechurch

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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