The Stewardship Of Life Institute

What The Stewardship Of Life Institute does

The Stewardship of Life Institute (SOLI) is a private nonprofit religious organization headquartered at 61 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, PA, on the campus of United Lutheran Seminary. Its stated mission is to serve stewardship in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) through its seminaries, and it operates as a ministry supporting Lutheran pastors, congregations, and seminary communities with educational resources, training material, and grant funding for stewardship initiatives.

SOLI's core product is a WordPress-based content website (stewardshipoflife.org) that publishes articles, lectionary reflections, Bible studies, and curated resources across seven categories: Preach, Teach, Give, Money, Leadership, Environment, and Health. The site contains 276+ articles with archive depth dating to at least 2010, and is complemented by a weekly email newsletter (SOLI/Update), Twitter and Facebook pages, and an RSS feed. All resources are provided free of charge, and SOLI also administers grant programs that distribute funds to support stewardship initiatives within ELCA seminaries and congregations.

The business model is community-led and donation/grant-funded rather than transactional: there is no pricing, no e-commerce, no paid subscriptions, and no disclosed revenue figures. GTM is content-distribution-based, with content partnerships (e.g., Creation Justice Ministries) supplementing original programming, and a strategic institutional partnership with ELCA and United Lutheran Seminary providing the operating mandate and physical base. No application, API, proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, mobile product, or formal headcount is present beyond a single listed editorial email and phone contact.

Name

The Stewardship Of Life Institute

Legal name

Stewardship of Life Institute

Website

https://stewardshipoflife.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Stewardship of Life Institute is a Gettysburg, PA-based nonprofit that provides free stewardship education content, lectionary reflections, and grant programs to ELCA congregations, seminaries, and church leaders via its website and weekly newsletter.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Stewardship Education

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Fundraising & Annual Giving (EDALAOAB)

Keywords

• Stewardship education
• Lectionary reflections
• Bible study resources
• Religious grant programs
• Congregational stewardship

Headquarters

HQ city

Gettysburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grant Programs: SOLI operates grant programs to support stewardship initiatives in ELCA congregations and seminaries. The organization distributes funds to recipients through its grant programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SOLI produces and freely distributes stewardship education content — including lectionary reflections, Bible studies, sermon preparation resources, and articles across seven content categories (Preach, Teach, Give, Money, Leadership, Environment, Health) — through its stewardshipoflife.org website, a weekly email newsletter (SOLI/Update), and grant programs that fund stewardship initiatives within ELCA congregations and seminaries.

Product overview

Stewardship of Life Institute operates primarily as a content and educational resource platform for the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America). The core offering is the stewardshipoflife.org website, which publishes articles, lectionary reflections, Bible studies, and curated resources across seven main content categories: Preach, Teach, Give, Money, Leadership, Environment, and Health. The site also operates a weekly newsletter (SOLI/Update) and administers grant programs for ELCA seminary stewardship initiatives. The organization is based at United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg, PA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• United Lutheran Seminary at GettysburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOLI is based at United Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg, PA. The seminary serves as the institutional home for the Stewardship of Life Institute, providing physical location and institutional support for SOLI's mission to serve stewardship in the ELCA.
• ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOLI's stated mission is 'to serve stewardship in the ELCA through its seminaries.' The organization operates as a ministry of the ELCA, providing stewardship education resources and grant programs for ELCA congregations and seminaries.
• Creation Justice MinistriesminorOthersPartner organization providing environmental health resources. SOLI shares content from Creation Justice Ministries on health topics including extreme heat preparation and environmental justice.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/stewardshiplife
• Facebookfacebook.com/stewardshipoflife
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stewardship-of-life-institute

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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