EPC

What EPC does

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) is a non-profit Presbyterian denomination founded in 1981 in St. Louis, Missouri, by pastors and church leaders who left mainline Presbyterian bodies over concerns about theological liberalism. As of 2026, EPC comprises over 630 affiliated churches across the United States and conducts ministry globally through EPC World Outreach, with the 46th General Assembly convening in June 2026 in the Denver, Colorado area. The Office of General Assembly is headquartered in the Orlando, Florida area, staffed by approximately 25-30 named executive, operational, and program personnel, and is supported by a network of 200+ pastors and the broader congregational base. The denomination is governed internally by elected officers (Moderator, Moderator Elect, Stated Clerk, Chairman of the National Leadership Team) and the General Assembly; it has no parent company, no public listing, and no outside investors disclosed in the available data.

The EPC's core operational assets are a public-facing WordPress website (epc.org) featuring a Storemapper-powered church locator, a podcast hub, and an integrated news/blog platform, alongside an internal member portal (EPConnect.org) that handles church onboarding, General Assembly registration, and institutional giving. The denomination operates two affiliated entities: EPC World Outreach (EPCWO), the global missions arm serving regions in the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Ukraine, and Benefits Resources, Inc. (BRI), which administers medical coverage, wellness, and long-term care benefits for pastors, church staff, and their families. Engagement is driven by a weekly podcast ("In All Things"), a quarterly Mailchimp newsletter, equipping webinars, the annual General Assembly, and four strategic "Gospel Priorities" programs: Church Planting, Church Health, Biblical Leadership, and Global Movement.

EPC's revenue model is donation-based, with voluntary individual and church contributions collected through OnlineGiving.org and EPConnect.org and designated to operational support, disaster relief, world outreach, and other special funds. The denomination serves a hybrid constituency: over 630 member churches, 200+ pastors, individual donors, and a global workforce in unreached regions. It does not disclose financial figures and has no AI/ML capabilities embedded in its technology stack, which is built entirely on third-party SaaS tools (WordPress, Storemapper, Mailchimp, Cvent, Monday.com, OnlineGiving.org, and major podcast platforms).

Name

EPC

Legal name

Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Website

https://epc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church is a non-profit denomination of 630+ affiliated churches founded in 1981, headquartered near Orlando, Florida, and governed by an annual General Assembly. It serves member churches, pastors, individual donors, and global mission workers through four Gospel Priorities and two affiliated entities: EPC World Outreach and Benefits Resources, Inc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Denomination Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

Christian Broadcasting (TV & Radio) (MPABALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB), Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH), Seminaries (Graduate Theology & Ministry) (EDAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Presbyterian denomination
• Church planting program
• Global missions outreach
• Religious denominational governance
• Pastoral leadership development

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donor Giving: Recurring and one-time contributions from individuals through an OnlineGiving.org-powered platform; funds are restricted to designated causes (e.g., CA Wildfire Relief, Domestic Emergency Relief, International Disaster Relief, EPC World Outreach, special projects).
2. Church Giving through EPConnect.org: Member churches and pastors direct their institutional giving via the internal EPConnect.org donation portal, supporting denominational operations and shared ministry initiatives.
3. Designated Relief Funds: Targeted disaster-relief funds (CA Wildfires, Domestic Emergency, International Disaster Relief) with low remaining balances disclosed (e.g., International Disaster Relief Fund reported under $5,000 remaining) and replenishment campaigns.
4. World Outreach Support: Funding for EPC's global missions arm (EPCWO) supporting "The Hard Places" — Middle East, South Asia, Ukraine, Central Asia — through designated giving and emergency worker support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church is a non-profit religious denomination that organizes and supports over 630 affiliated Presbyterian, Reformed, Evangelical, and Missional congregations across the United States and globally. It provides member churches with centralized resources across four Gospel Priorities — Church Planting, Church Health, Global Movement (EPC World Outreach), and Biblical Leaders — along with pastoral benefits administration through Benefits Resources, Inc., doctrinal standards anchored in the Westminster Confession of Faith, and an annual General Assembly for denominational governance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EPC World Outreach (EPCWO): The global missions arm of the EPC, focusing on serving "The Hard Places" — regions like the Middle East and South Asia — by empowering Spirit-filled witnesses to make disciples and plant reproducing churches.
• Benefits Resources, Inc. (BRI)
• In All Things

Products and services

• epc.org Public Website The Evangelical Presbyterian Church's primary public-facing website. Provides denominational information, beliefs, leadership directory, news and events blog, In All Things podcast hub, and a Storemapper-powered church locator to help visitors find local EPC congregations.
• EPConnect.org Member Portal Internal/member-facing portal hosting the 46th General Assembly microsite (ga2026), GA documents and dockets, church- and pastor-level onboarding (Join the EPC), and internal giving for member churches and pastors.
• In All Things Podcast Weekly Friday podcast hosted by Stated Clerk Dean Weaver featuring interviews with EPC pastors, leaders, and ministry guests. Distributed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean, covering series on Generations, Essentials, and the Better Together/GA prep arc.
• Church Planting Program One of EPC's four Gospel Priorities. A Church Planting Team that trains, nurtures, and equips EPC planters, recruits next-generation planters, and supports launch teams. More than 55 percent of EPC congregations participate in church planting at some level.
• Church Health Program Gospel Priority program equipping over 600 churches across the country through a three-fold approach of ReFocus, Evangelism, and Transitional Pastoring. Led by National Director of Church Health Marc de Jeu, with tools and resources centralized at epconnect.org/churchhealthtools.
• Global Movement / EPC World Outreach (EPCWO) EPC's global missions arm, focused on serving The Hard Places such as the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Ukraine where the Gospel is largely unheard. Empowers Spirit-filled witnesses to make disciples and plant reproducing churches, supported by a Risk and Crisis Management Team and an international security consultant. Operates a separate giving site at epcwo.org/give.
• Biblical Leaders Program Gospel Priority program providing pastoral cohorts, webinars, retreats, and resources aimed at leader well-being and resilience, including the Commissioned Pastor Certification Program with Knox Theological Seminary.
• Benefits Resources, Inc. (BRI) EPC-affiliated benefits program for pastors, church staff, and families providing medical coverage, wellness resources, long-term care, counseling, coaching, sabbatical planning, and benevolence funds. Executive Director: Carolee Richendollar. Program detail is centralized at epconnect.org/benefits.
• EPC Quarterly Newsletter Quarterly denominational newsletter distributed via Mailchimp sharing important dates for denominational events, trainings, best-practice articles, impact stories, and vital updates within the EPC.
• The Essentials of Our Faith Concise statement of the EPC's core doctrinal beliefs, comprising seven statements including that the Bible is the foundation of all belief. Distributed as a downloadable PDF and recognized as the document defining EPC's unity with the broader Christian church.
• Westminster Confession of Faith Materials Adopted confessional standard to which EPC pastors and Ruling Elders vow at ordination. EPC publishes the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms and the companion resource What It Means to Receive and Adopt the Westminster Confession of Faith.
• EPC Position Papers Official EPC position statements providing scripturally reasoned perspectives on cultural and complex topics: Abortion, Divorce and Remarriage, The Holy Spirit, Human Sexuality, Ordination of Women, Problems of Suffering/Death/Dying, and The Value of and Respect for Human Life.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 630 churches affiliated; approximately 8% are church plants; more than 55% of congregations participate in church planting at some level.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA): The EFCA is a non-Presbyterian evangelical denomination with similar evangelical convictions, church-planting orientation, and conference-based polity — a partial-overlap peer competing for the same evangelical church-planter talent pool.
• Anglican Church in North America (ACNA): ACNA is a relatively young (2009) conservative breakaway denomination that, like EPC, has grown by attracting disaffected evangelicals from larger mainline bodies (Episcopal Church). Comparable trajectory, similar target demographic, analogous mid-scale evangelical identity.

Direct peers

• Christian Reformed Church (CRCNA): The CRCNA is a Reformed denomination of comparable size (1,000+ congregations) sharing confessional heritage and a North American footprint; a structural peer for EPC in polity, governance assembly cadence, and Reformed identity.
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): The PC(USA) is the largest mainline Presbyterian body in the U.S. and a primary source of disaffiliating churches seeking evangelical alternatives like EPC. Sharing denominational heritage and Westminster Confession roots makes it the closest structural peer even as theological positioning diverges.
• Presbyterian Church in America (PCA): The PCA is the most directly comparable evangelical, Reformed Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. — similar confessional standards (Westminster Confession), church-planting emphasis, comparable scale (~2,000 churches but smaller per-congregation footprint), and overlapping target audience of evangelical pastors disaffected from mainline Presbyterianism.
• Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC): The OPC is a conservative Reformed Presbyterian denomination anchored in the Westminster Standards, comparable in doctrinal distinctiveness and scale (300+ congregations) — making it a direct confessional peer even if smaller than EPC.
• Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP): The ARP is a small evangelical, Reformed Presbyterian denomination with overlapping theological commitments, Westminster Confession adherence, and a similar U.S. footprint. Closely comparable in scale, polity, and target pastor demographic.
• Reformed Church in America (RCA): The RCA is a mid-sized Reformed denomination with similar U.S. geographic footprint and a comparable mix of evangelical and mainline congregations; competing for the same pool of Reformed-minded pastors and churches.

Broad incumbents

• Southern Baptist Convention (SBC): The SBC is the largest U.S. Protestant denomination with an aggressive church-planting culture and cooperative missions program (IMB/NAMB) — a broad incumbent that overlaps with EPC in evangelical identity, church-planting emphasis, and global missions reach, but operates at vastly larger scale.
• Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS): The LCMS is a larger conservative confessional Protestant denomination with comparable doctrinal-stance commitments, district-based governance, and a strong K-12/higher-ed network — a broad incumbent peer in the conservative confessional U.S. Protestant space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/epcoga
• Instagraminstagram.com/epc.oga
• Xx.com/EPChurch

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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