Christ Our Savior Lutheran

What Christ Our Savior Lutheran does

Christ Our Savior Lutheran is a religious non-profit parish church founded in 1977 in Livonia, Michigan, affiliated with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS). The organization serves its members and the surrounding community through weekly worship services, Christian education, youth programming, and pastoral care, functioning as a traditional mid-sized Lutheran congregation with approximately 13 staff members supporting operations.

Beyond its core worship and member-services function, the church operates three notable ancillary ministries that diversify its activity surface and community footprint. The Early Childhood Center (ECC) provides tuition-based early education, generating fee revenue in addition to charitable giving. The church also operates a Food Pantry that serves local families facing food insecurity, reportedly providing holiday meal support to 300+ families at Christmas — a measurable outreach scale indicator. A third program, Family of God, extends ministry into Detroit, broadening the church's geographic reach beyond its Livonia base into an underserved urban population.

The operating model is a hybrid of a tax-exempt religious non-profit and a small service-based operator. Revenue is derived primarily from member tithes, offerings, and donations, supplemented by ECC tuition and in-kind community support. There are no commercial customers in the conventional sense; "members" and "donors" are the de facto stakeholders, and the church's financial health is tied to congregation size, giving intensity, and the operational viability of its tuition-based ECC.

Name

Christ Our Savior Lutheran

Legal name

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church

Website

https://christoursavior.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Christ Our Savior Lutheran is a 1977-founded LCMS-affiliated parish church in Livonia, Michigan, serving its congregation and broader community through worship, religious education, an Early Childhood Center, a food pantry, and a Detroit outreach ministry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Community Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Lutheran church services
• Christian worship programs
• Early childhood education
• Religious community outreach
• Youth and family ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Livonia

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: The church receives voluntary financial contributions from congregation members through Sunday offerings and online giving. Members are encouraged to give as part of their spiritual practice.
2. Donations and Benevolence: The church accepts donations for specific causes including mission work, community outreach programs, and special ministry initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church is a sacramental Lutheran (LCMS) congregation that delivers Sunday worship services (in-person and online), Christian education through Sunday Bible classes and confirmation, and a portfolio of ministries for women, men, youth, children, seniors, and families. It also operates an Early Childhood Center preschool and daycare, a community Food Pantry, and outreach programs such as CHRISTmas Blessings and the Family of God ministry in Detroit. Worship and ministry programs are offered free to participants, supported by voluntary tithes, offerings, and donations.

Product overview

Christ Our Savior Lutheran is a sacramental Lutheran church of the Missouri Synod offering a collection of spiritual, educational, and community service programs. The primary digital offering is the church website (built on SnapPages platform) through which members access worship services, ministries, and resources. Core programs include Sunday worship services (in-person at 8:30 & 11:00 AM and online via 'Worship at Home'), an Early Childhood Center (preschool and day care), the Disciplegram newsletter, a church mobile app, sermon audio recordings, recorded Bible classes, and Family of Faith devotional materials. Community outreach includes a Food Pantry (open Fridays), the annual CHRISTmas Blessings food basket program, Vacation Bible School for children, and the Family of God ministry in Detroit serving meals and providing spiritual support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Disciplegram: The church's newsletter publication that keeps members connected to each other

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services
• Worship at Home (Online Worship)
• Early Childhood Center
• Food Pantry
• CHRISTmas Blessings Program
• Vacation Bible School (VBS)
• Family of God Ministry
• Church Mobile App
• Disciplegram Newsletter
• Sermon Audio Archive
• Recorded Bible Classes
• Family of Faith Devotions

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 children baptized and 115 youth confirmed in the past decade
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Family of God Lutheran Church (Detroit)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChrist Our Savior supports the Family of God ministry in Southwest Detroit, a church serving those in need with meals (6 nights/week), Bible study, and Sunday worship. Members from COS travel to serve meals and build relationships with the community.
• Lutheran World ReliefmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe church sends quilts (over 5200 since 1991, 2000+ in the past decade), school totes (2100+), and personal care kits (1200+) to Lutheran World Relief for international disaster relief and development.
• Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Women of the Word (WOW) ministry is affiliated with LWML. The church supports missionaries andLWML conferences through bake sales and fundraising.
• Concordia University Ann ArborminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch members participate in the Boar's Head Festival at Concordia University Ann Arbor. Staff have been educated at Concordia Ann Arbor.
• Next Step PressminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe church uses the 'You, Follow Me' Advent devotional resource from Next Step Press to guide and supplement Advent worship experiences.
• Michigan District (LCMS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVicar Tyler Cronkright was interviewed by the Michigan District about the Family of God ministry. The church participates in district youth gatherings.
• ThriventminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThrivent provides volunteer grants and support for church mission projects and outreach activities.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Concordia Publishing House: The LCMS publishing arm that provides devotional and curriculum resources used by COS (e.g., the Advent devotionals). An adjacent ecosystem participant that supplies content COS uses to run its ministries.
• Concordia University Ann Arbor: LCMS-affiliated university where COS staff have been educated and with which COS participates in shared activities (Boar's Head Festival). Comparable as an LCMS-affiliated institution operating under the same denominational umbrella and drawing from a similar Lutheran community base.
• Lutheran World Relief: International humanitarian aid organization that receives COS's quilts (5,200+ since 1991), school totes, and personal care kits. A direct operational partner and one of COS's most significant mission relationships; comparable as an LCMS-aligned organization in the Lutheran ecosystem.
• Lutheran Services in America: A national network of Lutheran social service organizations. Thematically comparable as a Lutheran-affiliated nonprofit ecosystem participant, though operating at a much larger scale and across social services rather than congregational ministry.
• Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML): National LCMS women's missionary organization that COS's Women of the Word (WOW) ministry is directly affiliated with. LWML provides the structure, missionary support, and conference programming that COS's women's ministry participates in and fundraises for.

Broad incumbents

• The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS): The national LCMS denomination that COS is affiliated with. Provides governance, doctrinal alignment, district structure (Michigan District), and shared mission partnerships that shape COS's operations. It is the broad institutional incumbent whose health directly affects every member congregation.

Regional players

• Michigan District LCMS: The regional governing body for LCMS congregations in Michigan. Provides district-level support, youth gatherings (COS participates), and vicar placement (Tyler Cronkright was interviewed by the district). Acts as the regional peer/incumbent that coordinates the LCMS ecosystem COS operates within.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/coslivonia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/christ-our-savior-lutheran

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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