Fielder Church

What Fielder Church does

Fielder Church is a multi-campus evangelical church organization founded in 1957 and headquartered in Arlington, Texas. It operates four physical campuses — Pioneer (main/headquarters at 2011 S. Fielder Rd.), Grand Prairie, South Oaks, and North Arlington (meeting at Peach Elementary) — serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex communities of Arlington and Grand Prairie. The organization runs a structured ministry portfolio across four core demographic segments: Fielder Kids (preschool through 6th grade), student ministry (middle and high school), Fielder College (ages 18-24), and the general adult congregation, with parallel Spanish-language ministry delivered through a dedicated YouTube channel (Iglesia Fielder) and bilingual content across children's and college programs. Its central operational thesis is the "Inhale, Exhale, Make Disciples" philosophy, implemented through D-Groups (closed discipleship groups of 3-5 people progressing through Potential, New, Growing, and Multiplying Disciple stages), Community Groups (Study, Serve, Party format), and a proprietary curriculum stack including Foundations, Life Shapes, Commands of Christ, Discipleship 101, Fishers of Men, Christ in the Workplace, and Leader-of-Self / Leader-of-Followers / Leader-of-Leaders tracks. Supporting frameworks include the Gospel Method (a seven-step Bible study approach) and Life Shapes tools (Triangle, Hexagon, Key, Square, Pentagon, Circle, and others).

The technology stack is conventional rather than differentiated: the public website is built on The Church Co platform, and member-facing operations (forms, online giving, prayer requests, member login) run on One Church Software. No proprietary software, APIs, AI/ML systems, or developer-facing integrations are described. Distribution combines in-person worship at four campuses, live streaming via YouTube (English and Spanish channels), podcast distribution, and digital marketing through Instagram and Facebook. Wednesday Encounter prayer gatherings (6:30-8:00pm, Pioneer Campus) centralize multi-campus engagement weekly.

Fielder's revenue model is that of a US 501(c)-style nonprofit religious organization. The primary income stream is voluntary tithes and offerings collected through online giving and in-person contributions, supplemented by tuition from the on-site Early Childhood Center (ECC), which functions as a recurring-revenue childcare and early education service. All core worship and ministry programming is offered free of charge. The church is independently governed, with no parent company, no institutional investors, no funding rounds, and no disclosed mergers, acquisitions, or leadership transitions in available sources. Headcount is stated at 101-250 employees. No financial figures (revenue, expenses, reserves, 990 filings) are publicly disclosed.

Name

Fielder Church

Legal name

Fielder Church

Website

https://fielder.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Fielder Church is a multi-campus evangelical church founded in 1957 in Arlington, Texas, operating four campuses across Arlington and Grand Prairie and serving families, students, college-age adults, and the general adult congregation through structured D-Group discipleship, age-specific ministries, and bilingual English/Spanish programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL), Evangelical & Charismatic Broadcasting (MPABALAC), Campus Spiritual & Religious Life (EDALAHAI), Faith-Based Nursery & Playgroups (EDACACAK)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Worship services
• Discipleship programs
• Children's ministry
• Early childhood education

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: The church accepts financial donations through online giving via the One Church software platform, supporting the mission and ministry of Fielder Church.
2. Early Childhood Center: The church operates an Early Childhood Center (ECC) providing childcare and educational services, generating revenue through tuition.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fielder Church operates a multi-campus evangelical church providing worship services, age-specific ministries, and a structured four-stage discipleship pathway (D-Groups) across four campuses in Arlington and Grand Prairie, Texas. Its offerings include children's ministry (Fielder Kids), student and college ministries, community groups, an Early Childhood Center providing childcare and early education, and weekly prayer gatherings. Revenue is generated primarily through voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members and tuition from the Early Childhood Center.

Product overview

Fielder Church is a multi-campus evangelical church with four locations (Pioneer, Grand Prairie, South Oaks, North Arlington) in Arlington and Grand Prairie, Texas. The church offers a comprehensive portfolio of ministry products including campus worship services, Fielder Kids children's ministry for ages preschool through 6th grade, Fielder College for young adults ages 18-24, Community Groups for fellowship and Bible study, and Discipleship Groups (D-Groups) as a four-stage curriculum pathway (Potential Disciple, New Disciple, Growing Disciple, Multiplying Disciple). The church provides extensive curriculum materials including New Disciple Curriculum (Foundations, Life Shapes, Commands of Christ, Discipleship 101), Growing Disciple Curriculum (Ministry Skills, Sin and Repentance, Christ in the Workplace, Fishers of Men), and Multiplying Disciple Curriculum (Leader of Self to Leader of Followers, Leader of Followers to Leader of Leaders). Additional offerings include online giving, an Early Childhood Center, and Wednesday evening Encounter prayer gatherings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campus Worship Services In-person worship gatherings across four campuses in Arlington and Grand Prairie, Texas (Pioneer, Grand Prairie, South Oaks, North Arlington), featuring live teaching and gospel-centered worship delivered as one synchronized experience across locations. Free and open to the public.
• Fielder Kids Children's ministry program serving children from birth through 6th grade with age-appropriate teaching, worship, and spiritual formation, delivered through Sunday morning sessions and Wednesday evening Encounter programming, with bilingual English/Spanish resources (Ninos Fielder).
• Fielder College College ministry program for young adults ages 18-24 featuring monthly gatherings at Grounds & Gold Co. in Arlington, outreach events, community groups, and semester-based D-Groups following the INHALE (worship/teaching) and EXHALE (outreach) rhythm.
• Discipleship Groups (D-Groups) Committed closed groups of 3-5 people meeting regularly for active learning, high accountability, and disciple multiplication, organized into four stages (Potential Disciple, New Disciple, Growing Disciple, Multiplying Disciple) with structured curriculum pathways.
• Community Groups Committed groups meeting every other week for Bible study, service, and social gatherings, available as On-Campus, Off-Campus, or Hybrid formats following the Study, Serve, Party pattern.
• Early Childhood Center (ECC) Early childhood care and education program operated on-site at church facilities for young children, providing tuition-based childcare and early learning services.
• Wednesday Encounter Prayer Gatherings Weekly Wednesday prayer gatherings held 6:30-8:00pm at Pioneer Campus that bring members from all four campuses together for communal prayer, supplementing Sunday worship and small group ministry.

Quantifiable outcome

• 111 verses of Sermon on the Mount memorization challenge issued to entire church in January 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Church of the Highlands: One of the largest multi-campus churches in the U.S., based in Alabama with a strong small-groups-first model and multi-site expansion playbook similar to Fielder's structure.
• Life.Church: One of the largest multi-campus evangelical churches in the U.S., known for pioneering online church experiences and the YouVersion Bible app. Broader in scale but directly comparable in digital-first, multi-site evangelical model.
• Elevation Church: Multi-campus evangelical church headquartered in Charlotte, NC, with strong digital content distribution, multi-site model, and family/next-gen ministry focus that parallels Fielder's approach.
• Saddleback Church: Large multi-campus evangelical church with an established Church Planting and missions multiplication network — directly comparable to Fielder's Send Residency and church-planting initiatives.
• North Point Ministries: Andy Stanley-led multi-campus evangelical church network in the Atlanta metro area. Highly comparable in structured small-group discipleship systems and multi-site operating playbook.

Direct peers

• Watermark Church: Large multi-campus evangelical church in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, serving a similar demographic of families and young adults with structured community groups, discipleship programs, and missions/outreach emphasis. Direct geographic competitor to Fielder.
• Gateway Church: Multi-campus evangelical megachurch headquartered in Southlake, Texas, with campuses across the DFW metroplex. Comparable in multi-site operating model, family-focused programming, and bilingual outreach.
• Prestonwood Baptist Church: Large DFW-area multi-campus evangelical church with children's, student, and adult ministry tracks plus missions programs — direct competitor for member households in Plano/north DFW suburbs.
• Chase Oaks Church: Multi-campus evangelical church serving Plano, McKinney, and surrounding north DFW communities with comparable community-group-based discipleship and family ministry programming.

Regional players

• McKinney Memorial Bible Church / Christ Community Church (DFW): DFW-area evangelical congregation with comparable next-gen, college, and small-group ministry emphasis; serves as a regional benchmark for similar-sized evangelical churches in the broader Texas context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/FielderChurch
• Facebookfacebook.com/fielderchurch
• Instagraminstagram.com/fielderkids
• Xx.com/fielderchurch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fielder-road-baptist-early-childhood-center

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Investors

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