The Well Church

What The Well Church does

The Well Church is a non-denominational Christian church headquartered at 9539 S 700 E, Sandy, Utah, founded in 2001 by Lead Pastor Jason Parrish and now co-led with his wife Erica Parrish. The church operates four Sunday services (8:30 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM) and a Thursday night service launched in August 2025, serving a multi-generational congregation across the Salt Lake Valley with weekly attendance implied to be in the low-to-mid thousands based on the use of the Jon M Huntsman Center arena for Easter 2026 overflow. Its core offerings are organized as distinct ministry verticals: Kids (0 years–6th grade, with a dedicated Kids Building), Youth (7th–12th grade, with monthly campus gatherings and weekly City Groups in homes), Young Adults (18–25, with monthly YA Nights and weekly YA Groups), Formation Pathways for spiritual development, Welcome Home and New Believers classes, baptism, and Serve Teams.

The digital product surface is run entirely on third-party platforms — Church Center for registrations and people management, Pushpay for online giving including stock donations, YouTube via watch.thewellslc.com for on-demand streaming, and segmented Instagram accounts for Kids, Youth, and Young Adults. Content extensions include The Analog Gospel podcast hosted by the Parrishes and an email/SMS keyword system (e.g., text SERMON to 55498) for content distribution. No proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, or app is built in-house; the technology function is platform orchestration rather than engineering.

The business model is a non-profit donation model with a single revenue stream: voluntary tithes and offerings collected in-person and online. All services, programs, and ministry activities are provided free of charge; the church has no pricing model, no fee-for-service offering, and no disclosed financial statements. Marketing is community-led, relying on word-of-mouth, regional community presence, Serve Day, podcast/Reels-driven organic social, and a Church Center-based CRM funnel. The operational structure is a 22-person staff spanning two Executive Pastors, Campus Pastor, Next Gen Pastor, and directors across Care, Creative Media, Events, Kids, Youth & Young Adults, Online, and AVL.

Name

The Well Church

Legal name

The Well Church

Website

https://thewellslc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Well Church is a non-denominational Christian church in Sandy, Utah, founded in 2001, offering four Sunday services plus a Thursday night service, age-specific Kids, Youth, and Young Adults ministries, and digital content via podcast, YouTube, and Church Center, funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings.

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)

Keywords

• Christian worship services
• Religious community programs
• Children ministry programs
• Youth ministry services
• Spiritual formation groups

Headquarters

HQ city

Sandy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes & Offerings: The primary revenue stream comes from voluntary tithes and offerings collected during Sunday services and through online giving options. Members and attendees contribute financially to support the church's operations, staff, community programs, and mission work. The church also accepts stock donations as a tax-efficient giving method.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Well Church is a non-denominational Christian church that delivers weekly worship services, Bible-based teaching, age-tiered ministry programs (Kids, Youth, Young Adults), formation groups, baptism, community service events, and pastoral care for individuals and families in the Salt Lake City/Sandy, Utah area. All services and programs are offered free of charge, with reach extended beyond the physical campus via online live streaming and on-demand sermon video.

Product overview

The Well Church is a non-denominational Christian church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their digital presence includes in-person and online worship services, children's ministry, youth ministry, young adults ministry, formation groups, baptism, and serve teams. They utilize third-party platforms including Church Center for church management, Pushpay for online giving, YouTube for sermon streaming, and Instagram for social media engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Analog Gospel Podcast: Podcast with Pastor Jason Parrish exploring faith and Christian principles
• The Well Kids
• The Well Youth
• The Well Young Adults

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Barnabas NetworkminorOthersThe Barnabas Network is a ministry founded by Pastor Paul Andrew, who serves as one of The Well's overseers and guest speaker. Paul Andrew founded the Barnabas Network and the Pastors Collective, and provides soul care, retreats, and resources to pastors and leaders around the country. He previously served as Pastor Jason Parrish's youth pastor over twenty years ago. This represents an informal ministry connection and affiliation rather than a formal organizational partnership.
• The Pastors CollectiveminorOthersThe Pastors Collective is an organization founded by Pastor Paul Andrew. As one of The Well's overseers and a regular guest speaker, Paul Andrew brings resources from the Pastors Collective to The Well's teaching ministry. This represents an informal ministry connection rather than a formal organizational partnership.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Life.Church: One of the largest non-denominational multi-site churches in the U.S., founded by Craig Groeschel. Shares the same contemporary non-denominational model, multi-service format, heavy investment in digital content, and online ministry strategy that The Well is pursuing.
• Gateway Church: Non-denominational multi-site church with contemporary worship, robust kids/youth programs, and a strong digital content strategy—comparable in scale and operational model.
• North Point Community Church: Andy Stanley's non-denominational church known for biblically-grounded teaching, strategic clarity, and a wide menu of ministries—similar theological posture and operational breadth to The Well.
• Elevation Church: Non-denominational church founded by Steven Furtick with contemporary worship, strong digital/social media presence, and a multi-generational ministry structure closely aligned with The Well's positioning.
• Summit Church: Non-denominational church led by J.D. Greear, known for contemporary worship, discipleship pathways, and missional community structures directly comparable to The Well's Formation Groups and serve team model.
• Church of the Highlands: Large non-denominational multi-site church with contemporary services, comprehensive small groups, and a strong kids/youth pipeline—closely comparable to The Well's ministry ecosystem.

Others

• Church Center (Planning Center): Church management and engagement platform used by The Well for registrations, group enrollment, serving, and giving. Included as an ecosystem/technology peer rather than a competing ministry.

Regional players

• Wasatch Church: Non-denominational Christian church based in the Salt Lake Valley offering contemporary worship and family ministry—direct local competitor for The Well's target demographic in the same geography.
• Redemption Church Salt Lake: Contemporary non-denominational church in the Salt Lake City area targeting spiritually-seeking millennials and young adults—a near-overlapping audience with The Well's Young Adults ministry.

Broad incumbents

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The dominant religious organization in Utah, operating a vast regional ecosystem of meetinghouses, programs, and community services. Sets the cultural and competitive backdrop within which The Well operates in the Salt Lake Valley.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/thewell.utah
• Xx.com/TheWellSLC
• Facebookfacebook.com/thewell.utah
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-well-church-slc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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