GracePoint Church

What GracePoint Church does

GracePoint Church is a non-profit Christian congregation based in New Brighton, Minnesota, founded in 1963 and affiliated with Converge Worldwide. It operates as a multi-generational ministry with structured programming for children, youth, young adults, men, women, recovery communities, and seniors, supported by approximately 36 staff. The church's ministry portfolio spans weekly in-person worship, small-group discipleship, recovery and support groups, global missions partnerships across multiple countries, and community engagement as a founding partner of the New Brighton Community Support Center.

GracePoint's digital platform is built on a stack of standard church-administration and content-distribution tools, including the Church Center app for congregant engagement, Planning Center for internal operations, RightNow Media for on-demand video content, a Buzzsprout-hosted podcast, a YouTube channel for livestream and archive content, and Discord for community discussion. The church also offers structured resources such as a Bible reading plan and devotionals. No proprietary technology, custom models, or differentiated AI/ML capability is evident from the disclosed materials.

The organization's revenue model is non-contribution-based in the traditional sense and rests on diversified giving instruments. These include regular tithes and offerings, planned/estate giving, employer matching programs, memorial gifts, donations of appreciated assets, and an annual Gift Catalog that channels funds to global missions partners. A multi-year capital campaign—anchored by the ALL IN facility project (approximately $3 million), the achievement of a matching-grant threshold, and a closed construction loan with demolition underway—constitutes the most significant recent capital allocation, with the building phase expected to run into 2026.

Name

GracePoint Church

Legal name

GracePoint Church

Website

https://exploregracepoint.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GracePoint Church is a non-profit, Converge-affiliated Christian congregation founded in 1963 in New Brighton, MN, serving a multi-generational community through in-person worship, small groups, recovery programs, global missions partnerships, and a digital engagement stack.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI), Evangelical & Charismatic Broadcasting (MPABALAC)

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Children's ministry programs
• Youth ministry programs
• Biblical teaching
• Community outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

New Brighton

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, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Members and attendees give tithes and offerings during Sunday worship services both in-person through passing offering plates and online through the Church Center platform. Online giving accepts all major credit cards, Apple Pay, and bank transfers.
2. Planned Giving and Estate Gifts: Bequests designated to GracePoint through life insurance, IRA, bank accounts, living trusts, wills, or real property. Includes the GracePoint Foundation established in 2008 with the Leah Ginhem Memorial Trust Fund, distributing 4% annually.
3. Employer Matching Contributions: Charitable contribution matching through employer programs doubled for GracePoint ministry support.
4. Memorial Gifts: Donations made in memory of deceased family members, stewarded by the Memorial Committee for church projects and ministries.
5. Appreciated Asset Donations: Accepts donations of stocks, bonds, qualified charitable donations, donor advised funds, cryptocurrency, and real estate.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

GracePoint Church is a nonprofit religious organization that delivers Sunday worship services (in-person and livestream), age-specific discipleship ministries (children, youth, young adults, adults), Bible study, pastoral care, weddings and funerals, and global mission support. Programming is enabled by a digital platform (Church Center app, podcast, online giving, RightNow Media) and a single physical campus currently undergoing a $3 million renovation.

Product overview

GracePoint Church operates as a multi-platform ministry organization offering both digital and in-person services. The core digital ecosystem consists of the Church Center App (mobile application for Apple and Android) and the church website as unified engagement platforms, enabling livestream worship, sermon podcasts (GracePoint Go via Buzzsprout distributed on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts), online giving with multiple payment methods, child check-in, event registration, and church directory access. Supporting resources include RightNow Media video library access and Bless Every Home prayer app as third-party integrations. The church also manages a $3 million All In Facility Project capital campaign and provides physical facility use scheduling through an online request system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Converge WorldwidecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGracePoint Church is a member of Converge Worldwide, an association of evangelical churches. GracePoint partners with multiple missionaries serving under Converge including the Chapmans (Japan), Caldwell (Kairos Project), Argueta (Columbia Heights), Jarman (Nordic Project), Ibrahim (Arab people groups), and Indehar (Thailand). Converge provides denominational support, church planting networks, and missionary sending infrastructure.
• David and Rachel AndersonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerServing with CIM (Church Intermountain Ministries) at Red Lake Indian Reservation in Northern Minnesota. The Andersons (David, Rachel, and five children) plan to help revitalize two churches by end of summer 2025. GracePoint supports through prayer and financial contributions.
• SEND InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDon and Janet Ekstrand serve under SEND International in Japan, co-managing a SEND's Yamanka Chalet with multiple cabins housing missionaries, pastors, or groups for ministry relief or alternative meeting spaces.
• Training Leaders International (TLI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGil and Norene Zinke serve with TLI, with Gil traveling worldwide training church leaders in expository preaching. Teams trained in India, Philippines, Uganda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Ethiopia, and Dominican Republic. Focus shifting to Japan after graduating Ethiopian cohorts in May 2025.
• SIM (Serving In Mission)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJeff and Stacey Krohn serve under SIM in Ethiopia. Jeff teaches Biblical Interpretation and Systematic Theology at Evangelical Theological College in Ethiopia (remote with occasional trips). Stacey teaches Spanish at a local high school in Wheaton, Illinois.
• American Red CrossminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuarterly blood drives held at GracePoint Church. Each blood donation can save up to three lives. Church provides facility space and volunteer support for community blood collection events.
• New Brighton Community Support CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGracePoint is a founding partner of the Community Support Center. Participates in annual Walk a Mile for our Neighbors fundraiser. The center helps the local New Brighton community with various support services.
• Operation Christmas ChildminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual shoe box collection for Operation Christmas Child held every November. GracePoint collects and organizes gift boxes that bless children around the world.
• New Life Family ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNLFS is a family resource center. GracePoint holds periodic fundraisers and several church members volunteer their time at the organization.
• Feed My Starving ChildrenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroups from GracePoint pack meals at Feed My Starving Children facility in Coon Rapids throughout the year, supporting global hunger relief efforts.
• Hill Cities MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJeff Hagen leads Hill Cities Ministries in the Twin Cities, providing life groups for men through eight different groups studying the Word. Over 70 men participate in groups focused on fellowship and community outreach.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Eagle Brook Church: Large multi-site evangelical church headquartered in Lino Lakes, MN — geographically adjacent to GracePoint's New Brighton location and competing for the same Twin Cities suburban evangelical attendees with comparable contemporary worship and digital engagement.
• Wooddale Church: Large evangelical church in Eden Prairie, MN operating as a Converge-affiliated congregation with multi-generational ministries, global missions focus, and contemporary worship — comparable to GracePoint's Converge Worldwide denomination and program structure.
• Real Life Church: Twin Cities evangelical church with comparable mid-size scale, contemporary services, family ministry programs, and digital streaming infrastructure — operates in the same competitive set as GracePoint.
• Bethlehem Baptist Church: Historic downtown Minneapolis evangelical church with strong Bible-teaching reputation, multi-generational ministries, and global missions partnerships — comparable in theology and ministry breadth though serving an urban core demographic.
• River Valley Church: Multi-site evangelical church in Apple Valley, MN with strong children's and youth programming, contemporary worship, and digital engagement — directly comparable in ministry model and Twin Cities evangelical market positioning.
• North Heights Church: Evangelical church in Roseville, MN — directly adjacent to New Brighton. Competes for the same northern Twin Cities suburban families, with similar generational ministry programs and contemporary service style.
• Hosanna Church: Evangelical church with multiple Twin Cities locations, contemporary worship, and comprehensive children's and youth programs — direct competitor for the same suburban evangelical families as GracePoint.

Others

• Planning Center: Church management software platform powering GracePoint's Church Center app. Serves as the underlying technology infrastructure for giving, events, directory, and child check-in across tens of thousands of churches.
• RightNow Media: Christian video library provider currently integrated with GracePoint's ministry infrastructure. They serve as a content/third-party resource enabling the church's small-group and Bible study programming.

Broad incumbents

• Converge Worldwide: Denominational parent network of which GracePoint is a member church. Provides missionary sending infrastructure, church planting resources, and peer-church connections across the Converge family of approximately 1,300 U.S. churches.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ExploreGracePoint
• Facebookfacebook.com/ExploreGracePoint
• Instagraminstagram.com/gracepointmn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/exploregracepoint

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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