Ev. Kirche im Rheinland

What Ev. Kirche im Rheinland does

Ev. Kirchengemeinde Köln-Höhenhaus is a local Protestant (Evangelical) church congregation headquartered at the Pauluskirche in the Köln-Höhenhaus district of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It operates under the broader umbrella of the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) and functions as a registered religious nonprofit (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts). The congregation's leadership is provided by a Presbyterium (church council) chaired by Pfarrerin Kerstin Herrenbrück, with approximately 10–15 staff and council members supporting all functions.

The congregation delivers a comprehensive program of worship services, education, and community engagement across four Cologne locations (Pauluskirche, Tersteegenkirche, Immanuelkirche, and Friedenkirche). Core offerings include regular Sunday and family worship services, confirmation preparation (Konfis), age-segmented children's and youth groups, extensive senior programs (Seniorentreff, Zeitreise, Seniorenfrühstück, Ausflugscafé), a book club, and a music ministry comprising a brass choir (Posaunenchor, founded 1957), a mixed choir (Chor Ton im Takt), and a worship band. Communications run through a WordPress-hosted website, an Instagram account, and a quarterly Gemeindebrief delivered in print and PDF.

The business model is donation-funded: all services and programs are provided free of charge to community members, and operating costs are covered by voluntary congregational donations and standard German church tax (Kirchensteuer) allocations routed through the EKD structure. No revenue, ARR, or financial statements are publicly disclosed. The institution is positioned as a community-oriented religious service provider rather than a commercial entity, with multi-generational community embeddedness as its primary value proposition.

Name

Ev. Kirche im Rheinland

Legal name

Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Köln-Höhenhaus

Website

https://kirche-hoehenhaus.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ev. Kirchengemeinde Köln-Höhenhaus is a local Protestant church congregation in Cologne, Germany, offering weekly worship, youth and senior programs, music ministries, and community activities across four regional church sites to neighborhood residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Protestant worship services
• Christian community programs
• Pastoral care services
• Religious education programs
• Church music ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Köln-Höhenhaus

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Tithes: The church operates primarily through voluntary donations from congregation members. A bank account is provided for community members to contribute.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Köln-Höhenhaus is a local Protestant (Evangelical) church congregation providing weekly Christian worship services at multiple locations (Pauluskirche and three regional churches), along with pastoral care and a comprehensive suite of community programs. Offerings span family-friendly and traditional worship, confirmation education, children's and youth groups, senior meetings and outings, music ensembles (brass choir, mixed choir, band), a book club, a craft/bazaar team, and a quarterly community newsletter. All programs are delivered free of charge to community members and supported by voluntary donations.

Product overview

Ev. Kirchengemeinde Köln-Höhenhaus offers a comprehensive suite of worship services and community programs centered around the Protestant Christian faith. The core offering consists of weekly church services (Gottesdienste) held at multiple locations, supplemented by specialized family worship (Familienkirche) and confirmation education (Konfis). The parish runs diverse community programs including children's and youth groups (Kinder- und Jugendtreffs), senior services comprising meetings (Seniorentreff), afternoon gatherings (Nachmittagstreff Zeitreise), excursion café (Ausflugscafé), breakfasts (Seniorenfrühstück), and a bazaar team (Basarteam). Music ministry is provided through the traditional Posaunenchor (brass choir, est. 1957), Chor Ton im Takt (mixed choir), and Band. A quarterly book club (Buchclub) and community newsletter (Gemeindebrief) round out the cultural and communication offerings. These products are offered as independent programs under the unified pastoral leadership of the parish.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gemeindebrief (Community Newsletter)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Evangelischer Kirchenkreis Köln: The regional Protestant church body coordinating congregations in Cologne, including the subject Kirchengemeinde. Directly comparable as a sibling governance and service-delivery structure overseeing parallel Protestant parishes and programs in the same region.

Regional players

• Kölner Stadtmission: A Cologne-based Protestant community organization running social, cultural, and outreach programs. Comparable as a regional faith-based actor combining worship-adjacent and social-services activity in the same Cologne market.

Broad incumbents

• Diakonie Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe: The Protestant social-welfare federation for the same Rhineland region. Comparable as the broader institutional expression of the same faith-based community-service mandate (senior care, youth work, social outreach) that the subject congregation delivers at a local level.
• Caritasverband für die Stadt Köln e.V. The Catholic social-services organization for Cologne. Directly comparable to Diakonie on the Catholic side, providing senior, family, and community services in the same region with a similar faith-based operating model.
• Erzdiözese Köln: The Catholic Archdiocese covering Cologne and surrounding region. It is directly comparable as the other major Christian denomination operating local parishes in the same Cologne geography, with similar worship, community, and social-outreach programs at scale.

Others

• Evangelische Akademie im Rheinland: A Protestant educational and formation institution under the same Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland umbrella. Comparable as an adjacent faith-based provider delivering education, dialogue, and formation programming that complements parish-level ministry.

Emerging players

• Bund Evangelisch-Freikirchlicher Gemeinden in Deutschland: The federation of Baptist, Brethren, and other free-church congregations in Germany. Comparable as an alternative Protestant worship and community-delivery model competing for the same congregation pool with lighter institutional structures.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/evangelisch_in_hoehenhaus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ev-kirche-im-rheinland

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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