Disciple City Church

What Disciple City Church does

Disciple City Church (DCC) is a Christian church and nonprofit religious organization headquartered at 1304 S. Hampton Rd. in Dallas, Texas. Founded on January 5, 2014 as Mercy Street Church (an outflow of Mercy Street Inc.'s nine-year para-church ministry in West Dallas) and rebranded to Disciple City Church in 2019, the church serves a multi-ethnic congregation in West Dallas through Sunday worship gatherings, neighborhood-based Life Groups, children's ministry (CityKidz), special needs ministry (RoadBuddies), Creation Care programming, and a structured covenant membership pathway. The lead pastor is Jerry Wagner, supported by a team of elders and ministry coordinators covering Kids, Creative Worship, Membership, Women's, Men's, Equipping, Facilities, and Creation Care.

The organization's technology footprint is limited to off-the-shelf community and engagement tools: Church Center (a Squarespace-based platform) for event registration, giving, and forms; YouTube live streaming for remote Sunday worship; Anchor.fm for sermon podcast distribution; and Prepare/Enrich for pre-marital counseling. There is no proprietary software, mobile app, or AI component. The church has commissioned missionaries to Oregon, Costa Rica, Germany, and other locations and has planted a daughter congregation in South Dallas.

DCC operates on a voluntary contribution model with no fees for services. Revenue consists entirely of tithes and offerings collected through online giving (Church Center), text-to-give (84321), in-person cash/check/debit, mail/bill pay, and non-cash items such as stocks and mutual funds. Contributions fund staff, local and global missionaries, outreach projects, and pastoral counseling. The church is classified as a private nonprofit religious organization domiciled in Texas, does not publicly disclose financials, and has no outside parent company, funding rounds, or investment structure.

Name

Disciple City Church

Legal name

Disciple City Church

Website

https://disciplecitychurch.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Disciple City Church is a nonprofit, multi-ethnic Christian church in West Dallas, Texas, offering Sunday worship, neighborhood Life Groups, children's and special needs ministry, Creation Care programming, and a covenant membership pathway, funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and faith-based community 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), Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Christian community
• Spiritual discipleship
• Faith based ministry
• Church programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

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 financial contributions from members and attendees through various methods including online giving, text-to-give (84321), in-person cash/check/debit, mail or bill pay, and non-cash items/stocks/mutual funds. Giving supports staff empowerment, local/global missionaries, outreach projects, and pastoral counseling services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Disciple City Church is a multi-ethnic Christian church in West Dallas that provides weekly Sunday worship gatherings (in-person and streamed via YouTube at 10 am), small-group discipleship through Life Groups, and a portfolio of ministries including Kids (CityKidz), Creation Care (Eagle Ford Community Garden and orchard), Marriage, Membership, Baptism, Baby Dedication, and Pastoral Care. The church's mission is unleashing healthy disciple makers in West Dallas to reach the world, and it is funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings from members and attendees.

Product overview

Disciple City Church (DCC) is a Christian church based in Dallas, Texas, offering religious and community services rather than a technology product. The organization provides ministry programs including Sunday worship gatherings, Life Groups (small groups), children's ministry (CityKidz), special needs ministry (RoadBuddies), Creation Care (environmental stewardship with Eagle Ford Community Garden), Marriage Ministry, Baby Dedication, Baptism, Membership, Serve opportunities, and Prayer support. These are ministry/spiritual offerings rather than technology products or SaaS platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Gatherings Weekly Sunday worship services at 10 am held in the sanctuary at 1304 S. Hampton Rd., Dallas, TX, including singing, communion, teaching, prayer, and announcements (approximately 1.5 hours), with live YouTube streaming for online participants.
• Life Groups Multi-ethnic small groups that meet throughout Dallas-area neighborhoods, serving as the primary vehicle for relationship-building, discipleship, and community formation.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mercy Street Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 January 2014Mercy Street Inc. (MS, Inc.) was a para-church ministry that labored in West Dallas for nine years before the church was planted. Many young people they worked with through mentoring and sports expressed desire to worship in their community. MS, Inc. leadership encouraged Jerry Wagner, who had served as High School Mentor Coordinator, bible study leader, and sports coach, to start a church in the neighborhood. The church was planted on January 5, 2014 as Mercy Street Church.
• Giving GroveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGiving Grove is a nonprofit focused on solving food insecurity through micro-orchards. Through this partnership, Disciple City Church received a small orchard onsite that will contribute fresh fruit to the community. The orchard is maintained through orchard work days and steward apprentices.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship: Dallas-area church with a long-standing multi-ethnic and urban-community focus in adjacent Oak Cliff. Comparable to DCC through its urban Dallas geography, commitment to multi-ethnic community, and ministry breadth.
• Mercy Street Inc. West Dallas para-church ministry from which Disciple City Church was directly planted in 2014. It shares the same West Dallas geography, multi-ethnic community focus, and community-development mission, making it the closest organizational analogue.
• The Village Church: Dallas-area church known for its church-planting network and emphasis on disciple-making. Comparable to DCC through its Dallas base, multi-site planting model, and discipleship-oriented brand identity.

Broad incumbents

• Watermark Community Church: Large Dallas-area church that shares DCC's metropolitan Dallas mission field and offers overlapping ministries (marriage, kids, community groups, serving). Much larger scale, but comparable category and geography.
• Saddleback Church: Large multi-site church recognized for church-planting strategy and PEACE community outreach initiatives. Comparable to DCC through its small-group DNA, church-planting engine, and community-development programming.
• North Point Community Church: Multi-site church network with a strong church-planting and discipleship identity. Comparable to DCC through its emphasis on small-group discipleship and church multiplication strategy, though at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCIL6pB9_EFJCmqusMHTex1g
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/disciple-city-church

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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