Sunset Church

What Sunset Church does

Sunset Church is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) religious congregation founded in 1952 and headquartered at 14986 NW Cornell Road, Portland, Oregon, affiliated with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) denomination and governed by a Session of ordained ruling elders. The church operates a single physical campus comprising a sanctuary, East Wing (children's ministry), Children's Wing (small groups), youth basement, Fellowship Hall, and courtyard, while extending reach through a Sunday 10am livestream, a podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, a YouTube channel, a sermon archive, and a native iOS/Android church app built on Subsplash. Back-office operations run on Church Center (forms, registrations, Connect Cards) and Planning Center (worship planning, staff portal).

The church runs a multi-generational ministry portfolio: Sunset Kids (infant through 5th grade, including summer Kids Camp requiring ~145 volunteers), Sunset Youth (Wildfire for middle school and Overflow for high school, plus the SUMR summer program), and Adult Ministries (Alpha, Men’s Morning Watch, Women’s Bible Study, Small Groups, Racial Justice, Young Adults, Young Families, Sonshine Treasures for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Sunset Moms, and 24-7 Prayer). Community outreach is delivered through the wholly-owned Helping Hands subsidiary — a Food Pantry and Clothes Closet operating Tuesdays and Wednesdays in partnership with Oregon Food Bank and the Beaverton Resource Center — and through volunteer engagements with Portland Rescue Mission, Union Gospel Mission, and Catalyst home-repair projects. Global missions span Papua New Guinea, Uganda, Southeast Asia, and Colombia, covering church planting, Bible translation, discipleship, holistic care, and Latino leader training, with the Hedeen family serving as Global Partners via Ethnos365.

Funding is entirely donation-based: voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members, accepted online (website, app), in-person, and via digital giving, with no external investors, funding rounds, or grants disclosed. The revenue model is not transaction-based; all core programming is provided free of charge. The staff consists of approximately 15-25 paid roles (Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor, Minister of Worship and Creative Arts, and directors across Finance, Children & Families, Outreach, Adult Ministries, and Technical Arts) alongside a large volunteer base and a Ruling Elder Session (President, Treasurer, Secretary, and members) providing governance. The church publishes an Annual Report and operates an active Elder Search process, signaling institutional governance continuity.

Name

Sunset Church

Legal name

Sunset Church

Website

https://sunset.church

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sunset Church is a non-profit 501(c)(3) Evangelical Presbyterian congregation in Portland, Oregon, founded in 1952, serving a multi-generational community through worship services, age-based ministries, a food pantry and clothes closet, and global missions across four continents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (813110)

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)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Worship services
• Youth ministry
• Community outreach
• Global missions

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

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, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Sunset Church relies on voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members to fund operations and ministry programs. Members can give online through the website, app, or in-person during services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Sunset Church is a Presbyterian congregation that delivers Sunday worship services in-person and via livestream, age-based ministry programs (children, youth, and adults), small groups and Bible studies, and community outreach through a Food Pantry and Clothes Closet, supplemented by global missions partnerships. All programs are offered free of charge to participants, supported by voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members via the website, mobile app, and in-person giving.

Product overview

Sunset Church is a Presbyterian church in Portland, Oregon offering a portfolio of ministry programs. The core offering is Sunday worship services (in-person and livestream), supported by digital content through a podcast (Spotify/Apple Podcasts), YouTube video platform, and a mobile church app. The church provides age-based ministries including Sunset Kids (children), Sunset Youth (middle/high school), and Adult Ministries (Small Groups, Bible Studies, Young Adults). Community service programs include a Food Pantry & Clothes Closet, while global missions work spans Papua New Guinea, Uganda, Southeast Asia, and Colombia. The church uses Church Center for registrations and Planning Center for internal operations management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Helping Hands: Nonprofit ministry operated by Sunset Church including food pantry and clothes closet serving the Beaverton and Portland communities
• Sunset Kids
• Sunset Youth
• Sunset Worship
• SUMR Youth

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services In-person and livestreamed Sunday worship services at 10 am featuring music, prayer, and sermon, delivered at the Portland sanctuary and online.
• Sunset Church Podcast Weekly sermon podcast distributed via Spotify and Apple Podcasts, offering audio-only access to Sunday messages for on-the-go listening.
• Sunset Church Mobile App Native mobile application for iOS and Android enabling online giving, event registration, and church content access.
• Sunset Worship Music Original worship music and spoken word content distributed via Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube under the Sunset Worship brand.
• Sunset Kids Children's Ministry Children's ministry program for infants through 5th grade with age-appropriate worship, Bible teaching, crafts, and activities meeting during Sunday worship services and summer camp.
• Sunset Youth Ministry Youth ministry for middle school (Wildfire, 6th-8th grade) and high school (Overflow, 9th-12th grade) students with weekly gatherings, summer camps, Bible studies, and service opportunities.
• Adult Ministries Program Adult programming including Alpha, Men's Morning Watch, Women's Bible Study, Small Groups, Young Adults, Young Families, Sunset Moms, Sonshine Treasures (special needs), Racial Justice, and prayer ministries.
• Food Pantry & Clothes Closet Free emergency food and clothing assistance program serving the Beaverton and Portland communities through partnership with Oregon Food Bank.
• Global Outreach Missions International mission partnerships supporting church planting, Bible translation, discipleship, holistic care, and training of Latino leaders in Papua New Guinea, Uganda, Southeast Asia, and Colombia.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Eric and Judith Hedeen (Global Partners)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 August 2026The Hedeen family serves as Global Partners through Ethnos365, mentoring local church planters, coaching new Bible translators, and supporting Bible translation efforts in Papua New Guinea.
• Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSunset Church is affiliated with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), a denomination that aligns with the church's theological beliefs and values as outlined in the Westminster Confession of Faith and EPC Ordination standards.
• Oregon Food BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Food Pantry operates through partnership with Oregon Food Bank and the Beaverton Resource Center pantry network, providing emergency food distribution to community members in need.
• Beaverton Resource Center (BRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSunset partners with BRC to provide rental assistance and connect community members to resources for those struggling with hunger, housing insecurity, and poverty.
• Portland Rescue MissionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSunset Church serves dinner monthly at the Burnside Shelter to help break the cycle of homelessness and addiction in Portland.
• Union Gospel Mission (UGM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSunset supports UGM's work with people experiencing homelessness, hunger, addiction, and abuse through prayers, volunteers, and resources for their Search + Rescue team and LifeChange recovery programs.
• Catalyst PartnershipsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSunset Church partners with Catalyst to do home repair projects for under-resourced community members, providing tangible service opportunities for church members.
• Samaritan's Purse (Operation Christmas Child)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChristmas outreach partnership to pack and send shoebox gifts to children around the world along with discipleship materials, reaching 176 children in the most recent year.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Watermark Community Church: Watermark (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX) is an independent non-denominational church with similar full-lifecycle programming, community outreach focus, and congregational model. Comparable mid-sized independent church with strong local outreach emphasis.
• McLean Bible Church: McLean Bible Church (Vienna, VA) is a large suburban multi-congregation church with comparable age-staged programming, global missions, and digital outreach. Comparable model serving a similar suburban demographic profile.
• Churchome: Churchome (formerly Hillsong LA; based in Washington and California) is a mid-sized church that built its brand around hybrid in-person/online worship and an app-first engagement model. Direct peer in hybrid worship strategy.
• Bayside Church: Bayside Church (Sacramento/Granite Bay, CA) is a large multi-campus church known for community outreach, family programming, and global missions. Directly comparable in mission emphasis and mid-large independent congregational model.
• The Village Church: The Village Church (Flower Mound, TX) is a large, multi-campus EPC-affiliated church with comparable congregational programming across all age stages and global mission outreach. Most direct peer given shared EPC denominational affiliation and independent-congregation governance model.

Broad incumbents

• North Point Community Church: North Point Ministries (Alpharetta, GA) is a much larger multi-campus church network that pioneered contemporary worship, sermon-based small groups, and digital content strategy. Broad incumbent that established the programmatic template mid-sized churches like Sunset follow.
• Elevation Church: Elevation Church (Charlotte, NC) is a multi-site church with an exceptionally strong digital content and podcast strategy. Comparable emphasis on online distribution and worship music as engagement channels.
• Gateway Church: Gateway Church (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX) is a large multi-campus church with a comprehensive ministry ecosystem spanning children, youth, adults, and global outreach. Operates at significantly greater scale but in a structurally similar independent-congregation model.

Regional players

• Cedar Mill Bible Church: Cedar Mill Bible Church is a long-standing evangelical church in the Cedar Mill / Beaverton area immediately adjacent to Sunset Church. Most direct geographic peer competing for the same NW Portland suburban congregants.
• Village Church (Beaverton): Village Church in Beaverton, OR is a nearby evangelical congregation in the same sub-market as Sunset Church. Competes for the same Beaverton/Portland west-side congregants and donor base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCnGrqAWRueM5IdxR4AHk8iA
• Facebookfacebook.com/sunsetchurchpdx
• Instagraminstagram.com/sunset.church
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sunset-presbyterian-church

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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