Brown Corners Church

Brown Corners Church is a United Brethren in Christ congregation in Clare, Michigan, offering Sunday worship, children's and student ministries, adult discipleship classes, small groups, counseling, and missionary outreach to Clare County residents and a global missions network, funded by congregational tithes and facility rentals.

Company typePrivate
Founded1886
HeadquartersClare, United States
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2C
OfferingServices

What Brown Corners Church does

Brown Corners Church (BCC) is a United Brethren in Christ congregation founded in 1886 and headquartered at 5540 S. Clare Avenue, Clare, Michigan. It operates a traditional full-service Protestant ministry model built around two Sunday worship services (8:30am and 11:00am) at its Clare campus, drawing attendees from across Clare County including Harrison, Farwell, Lake, Lake George, Beaverton, Gladwin, Sanford, and Midland. Core programmatic offerings include BCC Kids (birth through 4th grade, with Planning Center secure check-in), BCC Student Ministries (grades 5-12), Young Adults ministry, Men's and Women's ministries, BCC Groups small groups, an adult BCC Classes discipleship curriculum, summer topical breakouts, and Insight Counseling facilitated by Dave Luther.

The church's technology stack is composed of standard third-party church-management and media tools rather than proprietary systems: Church Center for online giving, registrations, calendar, and facility requests; Planning Center for children's check-in; Vimeo and YouTube for livestream worship; plus curriculum products (Gospel Project, Bible Studies for Life). Digital channels (website, weekly email bulletin, YouTube livestream, Church Center) complement in-person and community-event engagement. The church supports a global missions portfolio including missionaries in Phoenix, Cambodia, Thailand, Lebanon, East Asia, and a jail ministry across 35 Michigan jails, alongside community partners His Helping Hands, Gideons International, Camp Living Waters, and the Clare Area Weekend Backpack Program.

BCC is a private nonprofit religious organization with no public stock listing, governed by an Elder Board (8 members) and Deacon Board (11 members) and led by a five-person pastoral staff: Lead Pastor Steve Evans (since 2015), Associate/Youth Pastor Hunter Taylor (since 2018), Worship Pastor Dan Lake (since November 2018), Administrative Assistant/Children's Director Stephanie French, and Facilities Manager Craig Harradine. Revenue is generated primarily through recurring congregational tithes and offerings (collected via mail, in-service offering boxes, and the Church Center online giving platform supporting ACH and credit card) with a secondary transactional stream from facility rentals of Fellowship Hall, classrooms, and The Hub for ministry and community events.

Brown Corners Church firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Brown Corners Church
Legal name: Brown Corners Church
Website: https://browncorners.org
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1886
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: Brown Corners Church is a United Brethren in Christ congregation in Clare, Michigan, offering Sunday worship, children's and student ministries, adult discipleship classes, small groups, counseling, and missionary outreach to Clare County residents and a global missions network, funded by congregational tithes and facility rentals.
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Brown Corners Church industry classification

Industry

Product category: Religious Services
NAICS: Religious Organizations (81311)
akta.pro primary industry: Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

Keywords

Religious services
Christian church
Worship services
Discipleship programs
Community ministry

Where Brown Corners Church is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Clare
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

Brown Corners Church business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Tithes and Offerings: Regular tithes and offerings from congregation members, with tax-deductible receipts provided for mail-in gifts.
Online Giving: Online giving through Church Center platform allowing ACH, credit card, one-time or scheduled gifts to various funds.
Facility Rental: Revenue from community facility rentals for ministry purposes and community/family events through request forms.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Other	Multi-year contract	Ministry Purpose Facility Request
Other	Multi-year contract	Community Facility Usage Request

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Brown Corners Church product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Brown Corners Church is a United Brethren in Christ congregation that provides Christian worship services, children's and student ministry programming, adult discipleship classes, small groups, counseling, and a global missions support program. The church also accepts online tithes and offers facility rentals for ministry and community events. Its core mission is to reach people with the gospel of Jesus Christ, build believers as His church, and send them to engage locally and globally.

Product overview

Brown Corners Church (BCC) is a United Brethren in Christ congregation founded in 1886, located in Clare, Michigan. The church offers a unified portfolio of spiritual services centered on its mission to reach people with the gospel, build them as Christ's church, and send them into the world. The core offerings include Sunday worship services (8:30am and 11:00am), comprehensive children's ministry (BCC Kids for birth-4th grade), student ministries (BCC Students for grades 5-12), young adults ministry, men's and women's ministries, small groups (BCC Groups), Bible classes (BCC Classes), summer breakouts, Insight Counseling, a missions program supporting international missionaries and community organizations, online giving, and facilities rental. These products collectively enable the church to fulfill its reach-build-send vision through worship, discipleship, fellowship, and global mission engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Worship Services
BCC Kids Ministry
BCC Student Ministries
Young Adults Ministry
Men's Ministry
Women's Ministry
BCC Groups
BCC Classes
Summer Breakouts
Insight Counseling
Missions Program
Online Giving
BCC Facilities Rental
BCC Weekly

Companies that use Brown Corners Church

Customer profile

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Brown Corners Church technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Brown Corners Church partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

Jeremiah & Elisa KetchumcoreOthersMissionaries serving unreached people groups in a large US city (Phoenix, Arizona). Home church is in Michigan. Opportunities for short-term missions trips for North American churches.
Marcus & Arianna Pattullo (Cru)coreOthersMissionaries with Cru organization, based in Madison Heights, MI. Working with families and communities.
Alana Bates (Bridges International)coreOthersServes at University of Illinois, Urbana with Bridges International caring community for international students.
William Dyke (Reach the Forgotten)coreOthersJail ministry serving 35 Michigan jails with evangelism and discipleship among incarcerated individuals.
Milton & Erika PachecocoreOthersFrom Honduras, previously helped launch & grow UB work in Chiang Rai, Thailand (2017-2024). Currently mobilizing Latin Americans into missions, returning to Thailand in 2026-2027.
Alex & Sreymao BrowncoreOthersServing in Cambodia, discipling Cambodian youth and partnering with young leaders to build sustainable ministry platforms in their communities.
Maher El'Hajj (Youth for Christ Lebanon)coreOthersServes with Youth for Christ Lebanon, operating Manara Youth Center, Vocational Training Program, Axis Youth Center in Zahle, and School Ministry in Greater Beirut area.
Jonathan Harper (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)coreOthersAssociate Pastor at Clare Assembly of God and Clare Area Rep for FCA, developing leadership skills through coaching and mentoring programs in schools and churches.
Jana HooblercoreOthersServes in East Asia in educational work in a restricted access country, seeing fruit among community leaders.
Camp Living WaterscoreOthersChristian camp in Luther, Michigan offering summer camp programs for Grade School, Junior High, Senior High, Family Camp, and weekend retreats.
Gideons InternationalcoreOthersMaking the Word of God available to everyone and, together with the local church, reaching souls for Christ in Clare, Michigan.
His Helping Hands of Clare CountycoreOthersChristian social services organization providing emergency aid to low-income individuals and families in Clare County with furniture, household goods, utilities assistance, and housing support.
Clare Area Weekend Backpack ProgramminorOthersSupporting Clare Community Schools with weekend food assistance for students in need.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Brown Corners Church competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Clare Assembly of God: Direct local peer sharing Clare, Michigan geography with overlapping evangelical programs, multi-generational ministries, and similar mid-sized congregation scale. Pastor Dan Lake served in this church's worship ministry before joining BCC.

Emerging players

Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA): Faith-based athletics organization that shares BCC's community-partner relationship in the Clare area and overlaps in mission to develop young leaders; comparable youth-engagement focus though narrower sport-specific delivery model.

Broad incumbents

Lifeway Christian Resources: Broad incumbent in faith-based education and resourcing; supplies curriculum (e.g., Bible Studies for Life) that BCC's children's ministry uses, illustrating how BCC buys into the broader Southern-Baptist-aligned publishing ecosystem.
Young Life: Broad incumbent in Christian youth ministry that, like BCC's Student Ministries, engages middle and high schoolers through relational programming, camps, and small groups—a comparable youth-discipleship model at much larger scale.
The Salvation Army: Large established faith-based nonprofit combining worship, social services, and emergency aid—overlapping with BCC's combined reach-build-send and community-service model, though at vastly greater scale and with a uniform centralized governance structure.

Others

Camp Living Waters: Christian summer-camp partner organization (Luther, Michigan) where BCC subsidizes 80% of camper costs for participants. Operates a parallel faith-formation experience to BCC's BCC Kids and Students summer programming.
Gideons International: Bible-distribution partner that shares BCC's local gospel-proclamation mission in Clare County; comparable evangelical ethos and lay-volunteer operating model though focused on Scripture distribution rather than congregational life.
His Helping Hands of Clare County: Faith-rooted emergency-aid nonprofit in Clare County that BCC actively supports. Comparable faith-and-social-services orientation and the same geographic catchment—useful as a community-services peer rather than a direct congregational competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Brown Corners Church financial estimates

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Brown Corners Church leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Brown Corners Church funding detail

Funding detail

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Investors

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Brown Corners Church M&A and investment

M&A and investment

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Investments

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Frequently asked questions about Brown Corners Church

What does Brown Corners Church do?

Is Brown Corners Church a public or private company?

Brown Corners Church is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.

When was Brown Corners Church founded?

Brown Corners Church was founded in 1886. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Brown Corners Church based?

Brown Corners Church is headquartered in Clare, United States, in the North America region.

How does Brown Corners Church make money?

Three revenue lines are on record. Tithes and Offerings are the primary driver. The others are online Giving and facility Rental.

Who are Brown Corners Church's main competitors?

Clare Assembly of God is listed as a direct peer. Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is listed as an emerging player. Broad incumbents are Lifeway Christian Resources, Young Life and The Salvation Army. Others are Camp Living Waters, Gideons International and His Helping Hands of Clare County.

Does Brown Corners Church have an API?

No public API is recorded for Brown Corners Church.

What industry is Brown Corners Church in?

Brown Corners Church's product category is Religious Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAGAJAA, Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues). Its NAICS code is 81311.