Open Door Baptist Church

What Open Door Baptist Church does

Open Door Baptist Church is an independent Baptist non-profit religious organization founded on October 5, 1969 by Pastor Ken Blue in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, and currently headquartered on a five-acre campus at 17014 44th Ave W in Lynnwood, WA, where it has operated since purchasing the property in 1972. The church serves individuals and families across the Snohomish County and King County region, including the communities of Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, Everett, Bothell, Mill Creek, Mukilteo, and Shoreline, through more than ten active ministry programs segmented by life stage. Core offerings include Sunday worship services (10:30 AM and 5:00 PM), Sunday School at 9:30 AM, Thursday Bible Study at 7:00 PM, children's ministries (AWANA clubs for ages 4 through 6th grade via Cubbies, Sparks, and Truth & Training tracks, plus Kid City for ages 4-12), Elevate Student Ministries for teenagers, Young Adults ministry for singles 18-29, multiple adult Sunday School classes organized by life stage (Foundations For Living 55+, College & Career 18-29, Ambassadors couples 35-55, Marriage Makers couples 20-40, Navigators, Pillars of Faith, and Ladies of Faith), and Outreach 365 for year-round community engagement.

The church operates a standard digital platform comprising its primary website (opendoorbaptist.com), a dedicated live-streaming platform (opendoorbaptist.online.church), a YouTube channel (@opendoorbaptistchurchlynnwood) hosting an on-demand sermon archive, a Subsplash-powered mobile app, and Instagram accounts for youth and young-adult ministries. Operational software includes Kid Check for secure children's check-in and Breeze Church Management software for registrations. Two wholly-owned subsidiaries extend the ministry footprint: Open Door Preschool (opendoorpreschool.net) for early childhood education and the Puget Sound Bible Institute (pugetsoundbibleinstitute.com) for structured theological education.

The business model is donation-driven, with all operational funding derived from voluntary tithes and offerings contributed by congregants and processed through the Pushpay online giving platform. The AWANA children's program carries an annual fee of $30 per first child and $20 per additional sibling, while worship services are offered free of charge; Open Door Preschool operates a separate tuition-based pricing structure. Pastoral leadership comprises Senior Pastor Jason Murphy (in role since 2008, succeeding founder Ken Blue), Associate Pastor P.J. Murillo, and Children's Pastor Peejay Murillo. The organization employs between 11 and 50 staff and operates without affiliation to any external ecclesiastical hierarchy or institutional parent.

Name

Open Door Baptist Church

Legal name

Open Door Baptist Church

Website

https://opendoorbaptist.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Open Door Baptist Church is an independent Baptist non-profit in Lynnwood, WA serving Snohomish and King County communities through worship services, multi-generational ministries, a preschool, and a Bible institute, funded by member tithes and offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Educational Services (611), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Church worship
• Biblical teaching
• Christian community
• Family ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Lynnwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary financial contributions from church members and attendees during worship services. The church accepts giving through Pushpay online donation platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Open Door Baptist Church is a Christian congregation that delivers weekly worship services, biblical preaching and teaching, family and children's ministry, and faith-formation programming to individuals and families in its community. It also facilitates member onboarding, baptism, and giving through its in-person services and online/mobile platforms.

Product overview

Open Door Baptist Church offers a comprehensive suite of spiritual programs and services centered on biblical teaching and community fellowship. The church provides Sunday and Thursday worship services, multiple Adult Sunday School classes organized by age and life stage (Foundations For Living, College & Career, Ambassadors, Marriage Makers, Navigators, Pillars Of Faith, Ladies Of Faith), AWANA Clubs for children (Cubbies, Sparks, Truth & Training), Kid City children's ministry, Elevate Student Ministry for teens, Young Adults ministry, Puget Sound Bible Institute for theological education, Open Door Preschool, and Outreach 365 for community engagement. Additional digital offerings include online/live stream services, a mobile app, and blog/sermon resources for remote and ongoing spiritual growth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Open Door Preschool: Preschool program operated by the church for early childhood education
• Kid City
• Elevate Student Ministries
• Awana Clubs
• Outreach 365
• Puget Sound Bible Institute

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services Weekly corporate worship gatherings held on Sundays at 9:00am and 10:45am at the Lynnwood, WA campus, open to congregants and visitors for preaching, music, and fellowship.
• Wednesday Evening Service Midweek worship and Bible study service held on Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the Lynnwood, WA campus for congregants seeking additional teaching and fellowship.
• Family Ministry Ministry programming for families within the church, including assimilation of newcomers and support for parents, overseen by the Pastor of Family Ministry and Assimilation.
• Children's Ministry and Child Check-In Children's ministry programming during services with secure child check-in via the Kid Check system and Subsplash, provided to parents attending worship services.
• Online Giving Online tithing and donation capability for congregants and supporters, delivered via the Pushpay digital giving platform integrated with the church.
• Church Mobile App Mobile app for congregants to access church content, communications, event information, and check-in, provided through the Subsplash platform.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Pushpay: Digital giving platform used by Open Door for online tithes. Serves the broader church market and represents the infrastructure layer on which Open Door's donation revenue depends.
• Subsplash: Mobile app and digital engagement platform powering Open Door's custom church app. Adjacent peer providing the technology stack for Open Door's digital member experience.
• Awana Clubs International: Provider of the children's Bible curriculum Open Door licenses for its AWANA ministry. Key ecosystem partner and direct comparable for faith-based children's formation programs.
• Breeze Church Management: Church management software provider used by Open Door for registrations and member tracking. Adjacent infrastructure peer operating in the same church-services value chain.

Regional players

• Puget Sound Christian College: Regional faith-based higher education institution in the Pacific Northwest. Comparable to Open Door's Puget Sound Bible Institute subsidiary as a regional theological education alternative.

Broad incumbents

• Elevation Church: Large multi-site Baptist-adjacent church known for digital-first outreach and sermon content distribution. Relevant benchmark for Open Door's YouTube and live streaming investment.
• Saddleback Church: Large Southern Baptist megachurch with extensive multi-generational programming and a global missions focus. Demonstrates the scaled playbook for the type of Bible-preaching Baptist model Open Door pursues.
• North Point Ministries: Large multi-site evangelical church network. Representative of how an independent church model can scale into multiple locations—relevant ceiling case for Open Door's expansion trajectory.

Direct peers

• Cedar Park Church: Mid-size evangelical church in nearby Bothell, WA, serving the same Puget Sound region. Similar community-led model with multi-generational programming, comparable to Open Door's ministry breadth.
• Northshore Baptist Church: Independent Baptist church in the Seattle metro area with similar doctrinal positioning (Bible-believing) and comparable size. Direct competitor for Baptist attendees in the same regional market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@opendoorbaptistchurchlynnwood
• Instagraminstagram.com/odbc_elevate
• Xx.com/ODBCSTAFF
• Facebookfacebook.com/OpenDoorLynnwood

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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