Bering Drive Church Of Christ

What Bering Drive Church Of Christ does

Bering Drive Church of Christ is a nonprofit religious organization founded in 1962 in Houston, Texas, operating from a single facility at 1910 Bering Drive. It conducts Sunday morning worship at 10:15 a.m. with Bible class at 9:00 a.m., Sunday evening neighborhood-based small groups, and a Wednesday Women's Bible Study, all free and open to the public. The church describes itself as an inclusive, open, and affirming community in which all members — adults and children alike — participate in leadership, worship, and ministry.

The organization runs an extensive ministry portfolio rather than a technology product. Core programs include Helping Hands (member support), Youth Ministries (BDCOCYG), Children's Ministries (including Vacation Bible School and a children's library), the Encouragement card-writing ministry (approximately 7,600 cards mailed annually), Centering Prayer groups, and both local and global missions. Long-standing mission partnerships span the Texas Medical Center (Hospitality Apartments since 1968, Lifeline Chaplaincy, CCSC food pantry), the University of Houston campus ministry (The Point), and overseas work in South Africa (30+ years) and Mexico (40+ years). Digital infrastructure consists of a WordPress website, YouTube livestream of services, sermon podcasting via iTunes and YouTube, and PayPal-based online donations.

The revenue model is donations and tithes; no fees are charged for worship, Bible study, small groups, youth or children's programs, or community services. The church is led by a small paid staff of approximately 13 (including Preaching Minister Dr. Jeff Christian, Church Administrator Leah Snyder, and Facilities Manager Antero Gutierrez) supported by a volunteer Pastoral Team and Administrative Team. It is an independent, self-governing congregation with no parent company, subsidiaries, or investor structure.

Name

Bering Drive Church Of Christ

Legal name

Bering Drive Church of Christ

Website

https://beringfamily.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bering Drive Church of Christ is a Houston, Texas-based nonprofit congregation founded in 1962 that provides free worship services, Bible study, small groups, youth and children's ministries, and local and global mission programs to an inclusive community of members and the broader Houston area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE), Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Bible study programs
• Community ministry
• Pastoral care
• Nonprofit church

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Offerings: The church accepts online contributions through PayPal and likely receives Sunday offerings and donations from members. Bering Drive Church of Christ is a nonprofit religious organization funded by member contributions and donations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bering Drive Church of Christ is a nonprofit congregation offering Sunday worship services with Bible classes, small group fellowships, women's, youth and children's ministry programs, pastoral care, and outreach missions. All services and programs are free and open to the public; the church is funded by voluntary member donations and supported by a WordPress website, YouTube livestream, and iTunes sermon podcast.

Product overview

Bering Drive Church of Christ offers in-person worship services, Bible study programs, and community ministries rather than a technology product platform. Their offerings include Sunday worship services with livestreaming, small groups, women's Bible study, youth and children's ministries, mission programs, and spiritual support services. Digital presence includes sermon podcasts via iTunes and YouTube, but these are content distribution channels for their religious services, not technology products or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Worship Services Sunday morning worship services at 10:15 a.m. with preceding Bible class at 9:00 a.m., including community participation and livestreaming via YouTube for those unable to attend in person. Free and open to the public at 1910 Bering Drive, Houston, TX.
• Small Groups Neighborhood gatherings held Sunday evenings in homes (near Hunter's Creek Village, Bunker Hill, and Meyerland) for food, fellowship, and Bible study. Free and open to congregation members and visitors.
• Women's Bible Study Weekly women's fellowship meetings held Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. during the school year in the church Parlor, featuring classes, prayer, sharing time, and service projects. Open to Bering women.
• Youth Ministries (BDCOCYG) Youth group for teenagers with activities focused on worship, fellowship, service, and study; includes Sunday school and mission trips on a three-year rotation.
• Children's Ministries Programs for children preschool through junior high age, including Sunday school, Vacation Bible School, nursery care, and a children's library with a themed summer reading program.
• Helping Hands Ministry Support services for church members needing practical assistance with home maintenance, computer setup, transportation to appointments, and caregiver relief. Open to congregation members.
• Missions Program Global and local mission partnerships including support for Chester and Angela Woodhall in South Africa and Ruperto/Ruperta Davila in Mexico, plus local missions through Lifeline Chaplaincy, CCSC, Hospitality Apartments, and University of Houston Campus Ministry.
• Centering Prayer Receptive method of silent prayer offered via online groups meeting Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. and Sundays at 8:30 a.m., with downloadable prayer guidelines available.
• Encouragement Ministry Card-writing ministry established in 1985 that sends handwritten encouragement cards to church members during communion, mailing approximately 7,600 cards annually with a team of 10 women sorting, addressing, and stamping envelopes weekly.
• Sermons Podcast Audio recordings of sermons available via iTunes podcast and YouTube channel archive, covering various biblical series and topics for remote congregation members and visitors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7,600+ encouragement cards mailed per year
• +4 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Impact Houston Church of ChristcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1986Impact Houston Church of Christ is an inner-city church organized in 1986 offering worship, Bible study, a food and clothing distribution center, youth programs, and serves as an intern site for college students with a three-year South Houston Bible Institute Extension program. Bering has maintained partnership for over 35 years.
• Lifeline ChaplaincycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLifeline Chaplaincy uses chaplains and trained volunteers to provide spiritual care for patients and families in the Texas Medical Center. Bering volunteers visit patients and receive training from chaplains. Bering member Paul Riddle conducts volunteer training for this program.
• Christian Community Service Center (CCSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCSC is an ecumenical grassroots nonprofit serving inner-city Houston community with food pantry, resale shop, employment counseling, and vocational training. Bering volunteers staff a food pantry in West Houston on one Saturday per month. Laura Bard serves as Bering's liaison with CCSC.
• Hospitality ApartmentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAll-volunteer program begun in 1968 providing rent-free housing to families in need who come to Houston for Medical Center treatment. While Bering members still serve at the apartments, the program draws volunteers and financial support from various denominations and congregations. Contact: Rocky Forshey, 713.790.9120.
• The Point (University of Houston Campus Ministry)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Point is a campus ministry at University of Houston with full-time campus minister Clint Boyd. Weekly meals provided free for students, devotionals held. Bering supports this ministry as part of local mission work.
• Chester and Angela Woodhall (South Africa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBering has partnered for well over 30 years with Chester and Angela Woodhall who work in southern Africa and the Eastern Cape of South Africa. They teach in colleges and churches, form new groups of Jesus-followers, and work extensively in prisons and communities, facilitating racial reconciliation and spiritual growth.
• Ruperto/Ruperta Davila (Mexico)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFor some 40 years, Bering has supported Ruperto Davila who works on both sides of the Mexican border planting and nurturing local churches and leading schools that train students to bring the Gospel to various locations. He also planted a church in San Benito, Texas.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Houston's First Baptist Church: A large Southern Baptist multisite congregation in the Houston metro; relevant as a benchmark for contemporary congregational programming and digital outreach scale.
• Second Baptist Church Houston: One of the largest Protestant congregations in Houston with multi-site operations, extensive children's and youth programming, and global missions—a benchmark for what scale looks like in the Houston congregational market.
• St. Luke's United Methodist Church: A major Houston Methodist congregation offering comparable worship, education, missions, and pastoral care programming; relevant as a broad incumbent peer for service-line breadth.
• Chapelwood United Methodist Church: A large, established United Methodist congregation in Houston with extensive programming, global missions, and a comparable traditional-yet-programmatically-diverse operating model.

Direct peers

• Pinewoods Church of Christ: A Church of Christ congregation in the broader Texas/Houston region sharing Bering's Restoration Movement heritage, a cappella worship tradition, and Bible-class-centered programming structure.
• Woodlands Church: A large Church of Christ congregation in the greater Houston/Texas area with multi-generational programming, global missions, and contemporary worship—directly comparable in denomination, Restoration Movement heritage, and ministry breadth to Bering Drive Church of Christ.
• Impact Houston Church of Christ: An inner-city Houston Church of Christ and Bering's explicit ministry partner since 1986; serves a comparable denomination and demographic with worship, Bible study, food/clothing distribution, and youth programs.

Regional players

• Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church: A long-established mainline Protestant congregation in Houston with comparable size, multi-generational programming, and global mission partnerships; relevant for benchmarking Houston congregational operations.
• Tallowood Baptist Church: A Houston-area Baptist congregation with traditional worship, Bible study, missions, and children's/youth programs; comparable in ministry mix though differing in denomination.
• South Main Baptist Church: A historic Houston Baptist congregation near the Texas Medical Center with comparable outreach to medical-center families and a community-service orientation similar to Bering's Hospitality Apartments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCPmW8i8US5lYfllZw97M1sg?
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bering-drive-church-of-christ

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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