Kings Cross Church

What Kings Cross Church does

King's Cross Church is a Christian congregation and 501(c)-style nonprofit religious organization serving the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York City, and surrounding areas. The church was founded on October 14, 2012 as a church-plant of Living Faith Community Church (LFCC) and particularized in 2018 to become an independent congregation within the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), establishing its own governing body of elders. Its ministry focuses on worship, spiritual formation, community belonging, pastoral care, counseling, mercy/financial assistance, and prayer support for residents of Eastern Queens, with stated emphasis on serving young adults and diverse immigrant communities block by block.

The organization's core offerings include a weekly Sunday worship service held at 11:00 AM in the auditorium of Flushing High School (35-01 Union St), seven neighborhood-based community groups meeting on different weekdays across Little Neck, Bayside/Great Neck, Downtown Flushing, Forest Hills/Rego Park, Flushing/Murray Hill, Broadway-Flushing, plus a Chinese-speaking online group, and a structured prayer ministry and diaconate support program. Sermon content is distributed weekly via a podcast on Anchor/Spotify, supported by an Instagram presence for community updates and Google Forms for prayer requests and diaconate intake; Zoom is offered as a limited alternative for those with infants or illness. The underlying technology stack is commodity: WordPress hosting, Anchor/Spotify for audio distribution, Google Forms for intake, and Zoom for virtual access.

King's Cross Church is funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings from its congregation, collected primarily through Venmo (@kingscrossnyc) during and around Sunday services. There is no formal pricing structure, no public revenue disclosure, no external funding rounds, and no corporate ownership structure beyond the PCA denominational affiliation and an internal diaconate and elder board. Leadership comprises Senior Pastor and Teaching Elder Robert Calabretta (ordained 2018), Pastor James Park, Ruling Elder Peter Ong, and a small staff of approximately 8 employees supporting worship, discipleship, and pastoral care programs.

Name

Kings Cross Church

Legal name

King's Cross Church

Website

https://kingscrossnyc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

King's Cross Church is a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) congregation in Flushing, Queens, providing weekly Sunday worship, seven neighborhood community groups, prayer ministry, and diaconate support, funded by voluntary tithes and offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Community group ministry
• Pastoral counseling support
• Biblical preaching teaching
• Intercessory prayer ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Flushing

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary financial contributions from congregation members collected via Venmo (@kingscrossnyc) during Sunday worship services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

King's Cross Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) that conducts weekly Sunday worship services and supports members through neighborhood-based community groups, a prayer ministry, pastoral counseling, and diaconate-provided financial assistance. The church distributes its sermons as a weekly podcast and maintains a presence in the Flushing, Queens neighborhood of New York City.

Product overview

Kings Cross Church is a religious organization offering worship services and ministry programs. The church provides a weekly podcast for sermon distribution, community group gatherings across multiple locations in Queens (including both in-person and online Chinese-speaking groups), prayer ministry with both in-person and digital submission options, and diaconate support services for counseling and financial assistance. The church utilizes digital platforms for sermon distribution (Anchor.fm/Spotify) and ministry coordination (Google Forms, Zoom for limited use).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services Weekly in-person worship service held Sundays at 11:00 AM at Flushing High School (35-01 Union St, Flushing, NY 11354), including a full order of service with welcome, call to worship, congregational prayer, lectionary reading, offertory, gospel message, communion, and benediction. Zoom available for those with infants/children or physically ill.
• Kings Cross Church Weekly Sermons Podcast Weekly podcast sermons of Kings Cross Church featuring Sunday messages and teachings, distributed via Anchor/Spotify for listeners who cannot attend in person or wish to revisit prior sermons.
• Community Groups Program Regular small-group gatherings committed to mutual spiritual growth and maturity in the gospel, with groups in Little Neck, Bayside/Great Neck, Downtown Flushing, Forest Hills/Rego Park, Flushing/Murray Hill, Broadway-Flushing, and a Chinese-speaking online group.
• Prayer Ministry Prayer ministry team providing prayer support at the front of the auditorium every other Sunday and accepting digital prayer requests via Google Forms for those unable to attend in person.
• Diaconate Support Services Church support services including counseling support requests, mercy case assistance, and confidential financial aid, coordinated through the Diaconate Team via digital forms ([email protected]).

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and foundational.

• Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)coreOthers · 1 January 2018Kings Cross Church became a particularized congregation within the PCA in 2018, establishing its own governing body of elders while maintaining alignment with the denomination's theological standards and governance structure. This affiliation provides doctrinal accountability and connection to the broader PCA network of churches.
• Living Faith Community Church (LFCC)foundationalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Kings Cross Church was originally planted as a congregation of Living Faith Community Church (LFCC) as part of a church planting movement to create churches reflecting the diversity of New York City. LFCC primarily served Eastern Queens, and KCC was specifically started to serve young adults and the Flushing community. Ruling Elder Peter Ong and his wife Jamie, with LFCC leadership, prayed for and helped establish this new congregation.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• The Village Church: A larger PCA-affiliated multi-site church with a comparable Reformed theological framework and neighborhood-based community group model, serving as a scaled benchmark for what King's Cross could grow into.
• Redeemer Presbyterian Church: A large, well-known PCA congregation in New York City founded by Tim Keller. It is a broader incumbent in the same denomination and city, providing a more established and resourced alternative for the same urban professional demographic.

Direct peers

• Christ Centered Community Church: An evangelical / PCA-adjacent congregation in the NYC area focused on community and neighborhood outreach, comparable in size and missional philosophy to King's Cross.
• Christ Community Church of Flushing: Another PCA-affiliated congregation serving the Flushing / Eastern Queens area, directly comparable in denomination, theology, and target community, and competing for the same young-adult and immigrant demographic.
• New Life Fellowship: A multi-ethnic, PCA-affiliated church based in Queens, directly comparable in denomination, demographic focus on immigrant communities, and neighborhood-based ministry strategy.
• Hillside Church NYC: A PCA church plant in the New York City area that, like King's Cross, follows a neighborhood-embedded model and pursues similar young-adult and culturally diverse demographic targets.
• Living Faith Community Church: The parent church that planted King's Cross Church in 2012 as part of its Eastern Queens ministry. It is a PCA-affiliated congregation with a similar neighborhood-embedded approach and serves as the most directly comparable peer given its historical relationship and shared denomination.

Emerging players

• Faith Community Church: A smaller, emerging evangelical congregation in a NYC-adjacent neighborhood with a similar emphasis on small groups, sermon podcast distribution, and digital outreach — overlapping with KCC's ministry toolkit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/kingscrossnyc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kings-cross-church

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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