Bend Church Of The Nazarene

What Bend Church Of The Nazarene does

Bend Church of the Nazarene (operating as "Bend Naz") is a local congregation of the Church of the Nazarene denomination, located at 1270 NE 27th St, Bend, Oregon. It is a bilingual, multicultural Protestant church conducting English-language services at 10am and Spanish-language services at 12pm every Sunday, with periodic Bilingual Immersion services unifying both congregations. The church is led by Co-Pastors R.J. Strickland (lead pastor since 2018) and Oscar Acosta (Hispanic ministry pastor since 2015), supported by a staff of approximately 8 including a Youth Pastor, Kids & Family Pastor, Worship Director & Pastor of Multilingual Development, Finance & Bookkeeping, and Family & Marriage Education roles.

Its core offerings extend beyond Sunday worship to a structured ministry portfolio: Bend Naz Kids (nursery through 5th grade programming), Bend Naz Youth / BNY (middle and high school ministry with a summer internship pipeline), Home Groups (small-group fellowship), Baptism services, and community-facing events such as Cars & Coffee and an on-site Intercultural Pastors Forum. Operationally, the church relies on the third-party Church Center SaaS platform for event registrations, group management, and online giving, alongside a Squarespace-hosted website, a YouTube sermon archive, and an Instagram presence for youth content.

The business model is donation-driven: services and programs are free, with revenue sourced entirely from voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members, processed online via Church Center or given in person. As a 501(c)-style nonprofit operating under a global denomination present in over 165 countries, Bend Naz has no commercial pricing, no paying customers in the traditional sense, no funding rounds, and no equity ownership structure. Its addressable "market" is the spiritual and community needs of the Bend, Oregon population, with deliberate outreach into the local Hispanic/Latino community through its bilingual model.

Name

Bend Church Of The Nazarene

Legal name

Bend Church Of The Nazarene

Website

https://bendnaz.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bend Church of the Nazarene (Bend Naz) is a bilingual Protestant congregation in Bend, Oregon offering English and Spanish worship services, plus kids, youth, home group, and baptism ministries, funded entirely by voluntary donations from its local community.

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

• Religious worship services
• Bilingual church services
• Children's ministry programs
• Youth ministry programs
• Community home groups

Headquarters

HQ city

Bend

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary financial contributions from congregation members during worship services and through online giving platform

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bend Church of the Nazarene is a bilingual, multicultural Christian congregation offering weekly Sunday worship services in English (10am) and Spanish (12pm), along with periodic bilingual immersion services. The church also provides age-specific ministry programs for children and youth, small-group home fellowships, baptism services, and community events. Operations are supported through the third-party Church Center platform for event registration, group management, and online giving.

Product overview

Bend Church of the Nazarene is a bilingual, multicultural congregation offering a unified ministry portfolio centered on worship services in English and Spanish, supplemented by age-specific programs including Bend Naz Kids Ministry (nursery through elementary), Bend Naz Youth (BNY) student ministry with leadership development, Home Groups for small group fellowship, and baptism services. The church operates primarily as a traditional religious organization using the Church Center platform for registrations, giving, and group management, rather than as a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BNY (Bend Naz Youth): Bend Naz Youth ministry program for students, featuring worship, teaching, games, small groups, and leadership development.

Products and services

• Bilingual Worship Services Weekly Sunday worship services conducted in English at 10am and Spanish at 12pm, with periodic bilingual immersion services that unite both congregations for unified worship. Open to the local community.
• Bend Naz Kids Ministry Age-specific children's programming during weekend services for nursery (0-2 years), preschool (3-5 years), and elementary (Kindergarten-5th grade), with Wednesday night activities featuring biblical teaching and engaging activities.
• Bend Naz Youth (BNY) Student ministry for middle and high school students meeting Wednesdays 6:30-8:00pm, featuring worship, teaching, games, small groups, and leadership development opportunities including summer internship programs.
• Home Groups Small group gatherings for community connection, Bible study, and fellowship, meeting throughout the week at various locations in the Bend, Oregon area.
• Baptism Services Baptism ceremonies for individuals seeking to publicly declare their Christian faith, with registration available through the Church Center platform.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Church of the Nazarene (Global Denomination)coreOthersBend Naz is a local congregation of the Church of the Nazarene, a Protestant Christian denomination founded in the early 1900s. The denomination operates in over 165 countries and shares a common mission to follow Jesus and bring His love to people often overlooked. This is a membership/affiliation relationship within a larger denominational structure rather than a traditional partnership.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• The Church of Eleven22: Large multi-site non-denominational church with a robust Next Gen (kids and youth) ministry and small-group model. Comparable as a reference point for how US Protestant congregations scale family and youth programming similar to Bend Naz Kids and BNY.
• Saddleback Church: Large multi-site US evangelical congregation with a long-standing multicultural and bilingual ministry model and dedicated next-generation (youth/kids) programming. Comparable as a benchmark for how a US Protestant congregation scales bilingual/multicultural ministry across multiple campuses.
• Church of the Nazarene (Global Denomination): The parent denomination of Bend Naz, operating across 165+ countries with district-level governance and shared resources. Comparable as the umbrella organization providing the same theological framework, pastoral training pipelines (e.g., Point Loma Nazarene University), and accountability structures that Bend Naz operates within.

Others

• Planning Center (Church Center platform): SaaS provider of the Church Center platform used by Bend Naz for registrations, groups, giving, and calendars. Comparable as the enabling technology infrastructure that mid-sized US congregations rely on for digital giving, event sign-ups, and member management.
• Northwest Nazarene University: Nazarene-affiliated university in Nampa, Idaho where Co-Pastor R.J. Strickland earned his bachelor's degree and which supplies a pipeline of Nazarene-educated staff and lay leaders to congregations like Bend Naz. Comparable as the human-capital feeder and theological training backbone for the denomination's local churches.

Regional players

• Vineyard USA: US network of Vineyard churches with a comparable mix of mid-sized local congregations, youth and family programming, and small-group community structures. Relevant as a peer network of independent Protestant congregations of similar size and ministry portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/bendnaz
• Instagraminstagram.com/bendnaz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bend-church-of-the-nazarene

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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