Connect Church

What Connect Church does

Connect Church is a nondenominational, Bible-teaching Christian church established in 2019 and headquartered at the Lone Tree Recreation Center in Lone Tree, Colorado, serving the South Denver metro area including Highlands Ranch, Castle Pines, Centennial, and Parker. The organization operates a hybrid ministry model combining weekly in-person Sunday worship services at 10AM with a digital engagement layer that includes a custom mobile app (iOS/Android built on the Pushpay framework), a YouTube sermon archive of 100+ message series, a weekly email newsletter, and Connect Groups — small groups meeting in homes throughout the Front Range for Bible study, prayer, and community building. Supporting programs include Connect Kids (Sunday children's ministry for toddlers through elementary), Serve Teams (volunteer programs across worship, kids, hospitality, photography, and tech), an Internship (3–8 months) and Residency (1–3 years) program for vocational ministry development, and a Leadership Pathway for member development.

The underlying technology stack relies on standard church-sector SaaS rather than proprietary systems: Squarespace for the public website, Church Community Builder (CCB) for membership databases, group management, and form processing, Pushpay for online and mobile giving (including recurring gifts, stocks, and cryptocurrency), and YouTube for sermon hosting and live streaming. The mobile app is a Pushpay white-label deployment rather than an internally engineered product. There are no APIs, SDKs, MCP servers, or AI/ML components documented in the source material.

Revenue is generated entirely through voluntary tithes and offerings from congregants — no membership fees, ticketing, or admission charges. The "By Faith Initiative" is a three-year capital-style giving program in which participants commit to faith-based giving; 10% of gifts are earmarked for future church planting, with the remainder supporting operating expenses and potential facility expansion. As a Colorado nonprofit religious organization, Connect Church does not publicly disclose financial statements. Leadership consists of Lead Pastor Chris Flathers, Worship Leader & Media Specialist Zac Hanna, and Kids Ministry Coordinator Stephanie Stevens, with 16 total employees.

Name

Connect Church

Legal name

Connect Church

Website

https://connectchurch.community

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Connect Church is a nondenominational Christian church in Lone Tree, Colorado, serving the South Denver metro area through weekly Sunday worship services, home-based Connect Groups, children's ministry, and vocational ministry training programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Church programs
• Worship services
• Faith community
• Children's ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Lone Tree

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Connect Church is a non-denominational Christian church that delivers weekly worship services, biblical teaching, small-group community programs, children's ministry, and volunteer service opportunities to individuals and families in the South Denver metro area. The church supplements its in-person gatherings with a mobile app, online sermon archive, digital giving platform, and structured internship/residency programs for vocational ministry development.

Product overview

Connect Church offers a comprehensive suite of faith-based programs and services centered around its mobile app and community engagement platform. The Connect Church App serves as the central hub for community connection, event updates, media consumption, and digital giving. Supporting programs include Connect Groups (small group gatherings), Connect Kids (children's ministry), Serve Teams (volunteer opportunities), the Leadership Pathway, and an Internship/Residency program for vocational ministry training. Additional services include online message archives, a weekly newsletter, the By Faith Initiative (a three-year giving initiative), and the Care Portal for community outreach. The church integrates with Pushpay for giving and Church Community Builder (CCB) for membership and group management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Connect Church App Mobile application for iOS and Android that enables community members to stay updated on events, take notes during messages, view media content, give donations, and engage with the church.
• Connect Groups Small groups meeting in homes throughout the week to study biblical passages, share meals, apply Scripture to everyday life, and pray together.
• Connect Kids Children's ministry program offering Sunday programming for toddlers through elementary age, with age-appropriate Bible teaching, activities, and creative crafts.
• Serve Teams Volunteer opportunities including Host Team, Connections Team, Photography Team, Kids Team, Worship Team, Tech Team, and Community Group Leader positions.
• Internship Program 3-8 month internship experience designed to help discern vocational ministry calling, providing hands-on ministry, focused learning, and personalized coaching.
• Residency Program 1-3 year residency program providing hands-on leadership development, ministry responsibility, and personalized coaching for vocational ministry preparation.
• Online Giving Digital giving platform enabling members to give online through Pushpay, including options for stocks, cryptocurrency, credit card, and recurring gifts.
• Online Messages (Sermon Archive) Sermon archive featuring past messages available on YouTube, organized by series and date, with current message series highlights.
• Connect Newsletter Weekly email newsletter providing updates on resources, events, and church family information.
• Leadership Pathway Biblical lifestyle leadership development program designed to help members grow in leading in their homes, work, church, and community contexts.
• Care Portal Outreach Outreach initiative using the Care Portal online platform to connect church community with local needs of children and families, coordinating real-time responses to identified cases.
• By Faith Initiative Three-year giving initiative where participants commit to living and giving by faith, with 10% of gifts supporting future church planting, and the remainder covering normal expenses and potential facility expansion.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Care PortalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCare Portal is an online platform that connects local churches with caseworkers to identify and respond to real-time needs of hurting children and families in the community. Connect Church uses this platform to coordinate community care efforts.
• Save Our YouthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMonthly partnership providing free backpacks filled with school supplies for local kids in need. Connect Church collects filled backpacks to donate to the organization's programs serving youth.
• Help and Hope CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity service partner where Connect Church members volunteer and serve. Part of the church's commitment to loving neighbors and serving the local community.
• Aging Resources of Douglas CountyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner serving seniors in Douglas County. Connect Church volunteers with this organization as part of its community service initiatives.
• Front Range Multiplication NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork supporting church planting efforts along Colorado's Front Range. Connect Church participates in this network as part of its vision to plant new churches beginning in their own backyard and extending globally.
• Local Nonprofits (unspecified)minorOthersChurch partners with various local nonprofits through both serving and financial support. Christmas and Easter offerings are donated to local nonprofits aligned with church values. Open invitation for nonprofits to reach out for partnership exploration.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• McLean Bible Church: Single-metro, non-denominational, Bible-teaching church serving suburban families with robust small groups, kids ministry, and online message archive — a very close analog to Connect Church's current operating model in a similar suburban context.
• Bayside Church: Non-denominational church with multi-site ambition, online sermon archive, small groups, and church-planting partnerships — a direct structural peer to Connect Church's current state and stated trajectory.
• Watermark Community Church: Non-denominational Dallas-area church built around small groups, community engagement, and discipleship pathways — a close structural parallel to Connect Church's Connect Groups, Serve Teams, and Leadership Pathway.
• North Point Community Church: Large non-denominational, Bible-teaching church with an emphasis on practical teaching and small-group community — the same operating model and target audience (suburban families seeking accessible, contemporary worship) as Connect Church, but at much greater scale.
• LCBC Church: Non-denominational church known for its leadership development pipeline (relationally, Groups, and next-generation ministry pathways) and small-group-driven model — comparable to Connect Church's Connect Groups, Leadership Pathway, and residency program.

Broad incumbents

• Elevation Church: Non-denominational, multi-site church with strong digital content distribution, mobile app, and online giving — comparable in technology adoption and mission framing to Connect Church, though operating at national scale rather than single-metro.
• Saddleback Church: Large non-denominational church with explicit church-planting vision, residency-style leadership development, and community outreach programs — directly comparable in mission and multiplication strategy to Connect Church, though far more established.
• Church of the Highlands: Multi-site non-denominational church with strong small-groups model, online giving, and digital content distribution — comparable in structure and growth posture to Connect Church's stated multi-site ambitions.

Others

• Pushpay: Digital giving and engagement platform provider already integrated into Connect Church (stocks, crypto, mobile giving) — included as an adjacent/ecosystem peer because the same platform is used by virtually all comparable non-denominational churches, making it a useful reference point for engagement economics.

Emerging players

• Front Range Multiplication Network: Network explicitly supporting church planting along Colorado's Front Range, of which Connect Church is a member — comparable as an ecosystem player pursuing the same multiplication strategy Connect Church has committed to.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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