Faith Bible Church

What Faith Bible Church does

Faith Bible Church (FBC) is a nonprofit religious organization founded in 1978 in the Northwest Valley of Phoenix, Arizona, currently operating a single 8.5-acre campus at 17230 N 59th Avenue in Glendale (opened November 16, 2008). The church runs three Sunday worship services — 9:00am and 10:45am in English plus a 1:00pm FBC Español service — supported by live streaming for remote participation. Its ministry portfolio spans the full life-cycle: Kids of Faith (birth–4th grade), Ignite56 (5th–6th grade), AWANA (Sunday afternoons), CORE Youth (7th–12th grade), Men's and Women's ministries, Missional Communities, and Re:Generation (a 12-step recovery and discipleship program adopted in 2020 from Watermark Resources). Local mission partnerships include Bridge To Hope (single mothers and children), Choices Pregnancy Center (serving 850–900 clients/year), the Developmental Enrichment Center (developmental disabilities services), the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (decades-long refugee resettlement partnership), and the Granada Estates neighborhood adoption (approximately 3,000 residents within 2 miles, including 200 students at feeder schools). Global missions extend to a sister church in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico (Pastor Leonel Estrada) and a Southwest Asia refugee church.

The church's operating technology is built around the Church Center SaaS platform (a Planning Center product), which handles online giving, event registration, group enrollment for Missional Communities, Sunday Equipping Classes, Men's and Women's groups, and member communications. Digital channels include the fbcaz.org website, Facebook and Instagram (@faithbibleaz), a weekly email newsletter, and live streaming for the 10:30am service. The staff consists of seven paid staff members (Interim Lead Pastor, Youth Pastor, Women's Ministries, Children's Ministry, Support Staff, Bookkeeper, Head Custodian) plus an eight-member elder board (Rodney Dalton, Jim Dilworth, Tim Plona, Marc Saries, Tim Thal, Ken Tylor, Justin Wood), with total headcount reported at 88 (the balance comprising additional operational and volunteer-coordinating roles). Pastoral leadership has transitioned three times since founding: Tim Smith (1978–1998), Dan Lind (1998–~2019), Wade Myers (2019–recent), with Mark Sherid currently serving as Interim Lead Pastor.

FBC's revenue model is exclusively voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members, with no priced products, tuition, or contractual revenue. Giving is facilitated through the Church Center app for online contributions or in-person at a giving box at the back of the auditorium; all services, programs, and ministries are provided free of charge to attendees and beneficiaries. The organization is governed as an independent, congregational nonprofit (501(c)(3)-class implied) with no parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or external investors. The institution has been operating for over 45 years and serves as a community anchor for the West Valley Glendale area, combining in-person worship and small-group ministry with a defined portfolio of local and global humanitarian partnerships.

Name

Faith Bible Church

Legal name

Faith Bible Church

Website

https://fbcaz.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Faith Bible Church is a nonprofit religious organization founded in 1978 in Glendale, Arizona, operating a single campus with English and Spanish Sunday services and a multi-generational ministry portfolio serving local congregation members, youth, children, recovery participants, and community outreach beneficiaries in the West Valley.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services / Church Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG), Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

Keywords

• Christian church services
• Biblical teaching ministry
• Worship services
• Youth ministry programs
• Community outreach missions

Headquarters

HQ city

Glendale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary donations from congregation members who give of their time, talent, and resources. Giving is done through Church Center app for online giving or in-person via giving box at back of auditorium.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Faith Bible Church is a Bible-teaching church that delivers weekly worship services in English and Spanish alongside a full portfolio of age-graded ministries (children, youth, men's, women's) and a 12-step recovery program. Its offering also includes home-based Missional Communities for small-group fellowship and local and global missions programs serving the Granada Estates neighborhood, refugees, single mothers, and partner churches in Mexico and Southwest Asia. All services and programs are provided free of charge to attendees and are funded by voluntary tithes and offerings from the congregation.

Product overview

Faith Bible Church is a single-location church offering a unified portfolio of ministry programs centered on helping people find and follow Jesus. The church's digital infrastructure centers on Church Center for online giving, event registration, and member engagement. The ministry portfolio includes worship services (English and Spanish), youth programs (CORE), children's ministries (Kids of Faith, Ignite56, AWANA), adult community groups (Missional Communities, Men's and Women's groups), and specialized recovery ministry (Re:Generation). Missions programs span both global partnerships and local community outreach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services
• Missional Communities
• CORE Youth Ministry
• Kids of Faith
• Ignite56
• AWANA
• Re:Generation Recovery Ministry
• Women's Ministry
• Men's Ministry
• Global Missions Program
• Local Missions Program

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Iglesia Biblica Bautista en CananeacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024FBC partners with its sister church in Cananea, Mexico led by Pastor Leonel Estrada and wife Julieta. The church planters are shepherding a young congregation in a mining town 50 miles south of the Naco border crossing. FBC helps run VBS outreach and assists with construction projects. An annual summer short-term mission trip supports this partnership.
• Southwest Asia Refugee ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFBC partners with a young refugee church filled with Muslim background believers. The church planter and disciples are leading this work. FBC takes a team each summer to visit, encourage, and help run VBS outreach/English camp.
• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFBC has partnered with LIRS for decades to provide transition teams for new refugee families. Families from various religious backgrounds come from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. FBC teams befriend and serve families through setting up apartments, furnishing, providing initial food, and helping navigate U.S. life.
• Bridge To HopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal organization working to improve lives and reverse devastating effects of poverty and homelessness among single mothers and their children. Provides program services including domestic violence support, financial crisis assistance, and substance abuse recovery. FBC partners with this organization to serve single mothers in the community.
• Choices Pregnancy CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal arm of Crisis Pregnancy Centers providing free, confidential services including pregnancy testing, ultrasound, STD/STI testing, parenting education, adoption counseling, and after abortion counseling. Serves 850-900 clients per year. FBC supports this local mission organization.
• Developmental Enrichment CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDEC provides comprehensive life skills training and personal care services to children and adults with developmental disabilities. Also provides in-home care with respite and habilitation services. FBC supports this local organization with Nancy Younger as ministry lead.
• Foothills and Pioneer Elementary SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFBC has spent 5+ years coming alongside these public K-8 schools in Granada Estates neighborhood, helping under-resourced families and encouraging teachers. Part of holistic neighborhood ministry approach.
• Watermark ResourcescoreTechnology or IntegrationFBC uses the Re:Generation 12-step discipleship curriculum developed by Watermark Church. In September 2019, Pastor Dan Lind encouraged Jim and Cris Dilworth to attend a Recovery Ministry conference at Watermark Church in Dallas. The Re:Generation model focuses on full devotion to Christ through spiritual formation via recovery.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• North Phoenix Bible Church: Non-denominational Bible-teaching church in the Phoenix metro serving a similar suburban congregation; comparable program structure (children, youth, adults, missions) makes it the closest like-for-like peer in the same market.
• Central Christian Church: Non-denominational Bible church in the Phoenix area with multi-generational ministries and local/global missions; closely comparable in size, programming, and evangelical Bible-teaching orientation.
• Desert Hills Community Church: Mid-sized non-denominational Bible church in the Phoenix Valley offering comparable children, youth, and adult programming with a missions focus; closest like-for-like peer in terms of size and programming depth.
• Scottsdale Bible Church: Large non-denominational Bible church in the Phoenix Valley with multiple campuses and similarly comprehensive ministry programming; directly comparable in theology, programming depth, and target demographic.

Broad incumbents

• Christ's Church of the Valley (CCV): One of the largest Bible-teaching churches in the Phoenix metro with multiple campuses; operates at significantly larger scale than FBC but in the same theological tradition and geography, making it the dominant local incumbent.
• Elevation Church: Large multi-site Bible-teaching church known for contemporary worship and digital outreach; relevant as a peer in the non-denominational evangelical space with strong digital engagement and broad programming.
• North Point Community Church: Large Bible-teaching church with multi-site strategy; relevant as a comparable model for non-denominational evangelical programming, digital engagement, and ministry breadth.
• Watermark Church: Large non-denominational Bible church in Dallas, Texas; source of FBC's Re:Generation recovery curriculum and a strategic partner. Operates at much larger scale but is the originating model for one of FBC's differentiated programs.

Regional players

• Phoenix First Assembly: Historic Phoenix-area Bible church with extensive programming and community outreach; comparable in evangelical orientation and community-engagement model but serves a broader regional draw than FBC's local focus.
• Sun Valley Community Church: Non-denominational Bible church with multiple campuses across the Phoenix East Valley; comparable evangelical Bible-teaching orientation and multi-generational ministry model, though operating primarily in the East Valley rather than FBC's West Valley territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/faithbibleaz
• Instagraminstagram.com/faithbibleaz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/faith-bible-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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