Immanuel Community Church

What Immanuel Community Church does

Immanuel Community Church (ICC) is a non-profit evangelical church founded in February 2007 in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and currently headquartered in Wheeling, Illinois. The church operates a multi-ministry programming model anchored by a 10:00 a.m. Sunday worship service and segmented by life stage: Kingdom Kids (toddlers through 5th grade), Catalyst youth ministry (6th through 12th grade with Friday-night gatherings three times monthly), College and Young Adult ministries (with a pastoral presence at Northwestern University), and weekly small-group Bible studies. ICC is led by Lead Pastor Steve Lee, who has served since approximately 2009, supported by a 17-person staff including an Executive Pastor, Assistant Pastor, Youth Pastor, and Children's Ministry leadership.

The church's core technology layer is the third-party Church Center mobile application (developed by Ministry Centered), which functions as the primary digital engagement platform for bulletins, sermon archives, event registrations, a church directory, small-group coordination, a calendar, and online giving. Digital distribution extends to YouTube sermon streaming and Apple Podcasts for sermon archives. There are no proprietary AI, software, or technology assets; the church relies on these off-the-shelf channels for digital reach.

ICC's revenue model is voluntary tithes and offerings from its congregation, with donations accepted via the Church Center app, Zelle, in-person collection, and non-cash gifts including stocks and real estate; all donations are tax-deductible. Following roughly 17 years of operating in shared facilities, the church in March 2024 acquired a permanent 62,000-square-foot, four-building campus on 5.4 acres on Capitol Drive in Wheeling and is executing a multi-phase renovation funded by an ongoing capital campaign targeting $1.5 million by year-end 2025, including a new 350-seat sanctuary, fellowship hall, and cafe in Building 3 (approximately 70% complete as of November 2025 under a $550K contract).

Name

Immanuel Community Church

Legal name

Immanuel Community Church

Website

https://immanuelcommunity.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Immanuel Community Church is a non-profit evangelical church in Wheeling, Illinois, serving the northwest Chicago suburbs through Sunday worship, age-segregated ministries (children, youth, college, young adults), and small groups, funded by voluntary tithes and offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Christian worship services
• Children's ministry programs
• Youth ministry programs
• Community church services
• Religious education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Wheeling

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: The church operates on voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members. Donations are accepted through the Church Center app, Zelle, and in-person during services. All donations are tax-deductible.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Immanuel Community Church is a non-profit Christian church that delivers weekly Sunday worship services and age-specific discipleship programs for the Wheeling, Illinois community. Core offerings include adult worship services at 10 am, Kingdom Kids children's ministry (toddlers through 5th grade), Catalyst youth ministry (6th-12th grade), young adult and college ministry, and midweek small groups and Bible studies. The church supports engagement through the third-party Church Center mobile app for giving, event registration, and community connection.

Product overview

Immanuel Community Church (ICC) offers a unified set of ministry programs centered around Sunday worship and age-specific discipleship communities. The core offering includes a 10 am adult worship service in the main sanctuary, complemented by dedicated children's ministry (Kingdom Kids), youth ministry (Catalyst), and young adult/college ministry. The church also operates a digital engagement platform via the Church Center mobile app for bulletins, event registration, and directory access. A significant capital project is currently underway to build out a new permanent campus including a 5,000 SF sanctuary, fellowship hall, and cafe across multiple buildings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Service (Adult) Weekly adult worship service held at 10 am in Building 3 (5260 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL), featuring worship through music, prayer, Bible-based teaching, and weekly communion. Service lasts approximately 75 minutes.
• Kingdom Kids - Children's Ministry Children's ministry for toddlers through 5th grade, held in Building 2 (6200 Capitol Dr), partnering with parents to grow children's relationship with Jesus through worship, Bible stories, and community. Drop-off 9:40-9:50am, pick-up 11:15-11:30am.
• Catalyst - Youth Ministry
• Young Adult and College Ministry
• Small Groups
• Church Center App

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Promise & Fulfillment Church (PNF)minorOthers · 1 March 2024PNF was the seller of ICC's new campus property. As part of the purchase agreement, PNF was given a lease-back of up to 2 years (expiring March 2026) allowing them to continue using Building 1 and a portion of Building 2 while searching for a new home. This arrangement allowed ICC to complete the purchase while PNF finalized their relocation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Crossing Church: Mid-size community-led evangelical church with comparable multi-generational ministries (children, students, young adults, adults), small-group focus, and contemporary worship style aligned with ICC's approach.
• Park Community Church: Chicago-area non-denominational church with a similar community-led model, multi-generational ministries, and emphasis on local service — directly comparable in geography-adjacent context and ministry programming.
• Watermark Community Church: Dallas-area non-denominational community church with a comparable multi-generational ministry model (kids, students, adults), small-group-centric discipleship, and active local community outreach programs — directly paralleling ICC's Kingdom Kids, Catalyst, and small-groups structure.
• Christ Community Church: Mid-size evangelical community church with similar kids/students/adults programming, small-group model, and emphasis on local outreach — directly analogous in size, programming breadth, and community-led ethos.
• Faith Community Church: Mid-size community-led evangelical church with parallel kids, students, and adult ministries plus community outreach focus — comparable in scale, structure, and programming breadth to ICC.

Broad incumbents

• North Point Community Church: Large Atlanta-area community church that pioneered the 'community church' brand and Blueprint-based ministry model used by many mid-size evangelical churches; comparable in ministry architecture (kids, students, adults, serving) but operates at substantially greater scale.
• McLean Bible Church: Mid-to-large suburban community church with comparable age-segregated ministries (children, students, young adults, adults), small-group focus, and community outreach — analogous model at a larger operational scale.
• Church of the Highlands: Large multi-site community church with the same small-group-centric, multi-generational ministry architecture ICC employs; serves as a relevant benchmark for how a community-led model scales, though at significantly larger size.
• Willow Creek Community Church: Established Chicago-area community church that helped define the modern community church model; overlapping in regional context and ministry philosophy but operates at substantially larger scale with a multi-site footprint.
• Harvest Bible Chapel: Chicago-area evangelical church with multi-generational ministries, contemporary worship, and small-group programming — comparable in regional context and ministry mix but historically a multi-site operation at much greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ImmanuelCommunityChurch/streams
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/immanuel-community-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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