Kirche Jesu Christi

What Kirche Jesu Christi does

Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage is the German-language regional entity of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a nonprofit religious organization founded in 1830 in the United States and active in German-speaking Europe. It serves members of the faith and prospective converts (investigators) across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the broader Europe Central Area, with a regional administrative office in Frankfurt am Main and listed staff of approximately 30. Worship, missionary discussions, ordinances, and core religious materials are provided free of charge; the institution is funded through voluntary member tithes and offerings, which are not publicly disclosed.

The entity's offering is a tightly integrated digital and physical platform. Core digital products include the official German website (kirchejesuchristi.org), the KommzuChristus.org outreach portal (with free Book of Mormon requests, missionary appointment scheduling, and a meetinghouse finder), the FamilySearch.org genealogy service, a Leadership Training Center (LTC) self-study portal for lay leaders, a Liahona magazine, the ChurchofJesusChrist.org media library, and General Conference broadcasts. Distribution combines this digital stack with physical channels: over 30,000 local congregations worldwide, more than 300 operating temples, a missionary program of full-time and part-time volunteers, and active humanitarian/refugee aid programs across the Europe Central Area. Recent operating signals include the construction of the first temple in Austria (Vienna, 2026) and record participation (162 finishers) by the church team in the 2026 JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge Frankfurt.

The operating model is community-led: missionary representatives conduct one-on-one outreach to interested individuals, members participate in weekly Abendmahlsversammlungen (sacrament meetings), and horizontally segmented audiences (general public, youth aged 12-18, and young adults aged 18-30) are served through differentiated programs such as FSY conferences and Junge Erwachsene gatherings. There is no traditional revenue model, customer-acquisition funnel, enterprise sales motion, or AI/ML capability disclosed in the input; the relevant operating metrics are member engagement, temple construction, volunteer missionary activity, and humanitarian program reach across DACH and adjacent countries.

Name

Kirche Jesu Christi

Legal name

Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage

Website

https://kirche-jesu-christi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1830

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kirche Jesu Christi is the German-language regional entity of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving members and investigators across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the wider Europe Central Area through local congregations, temples, missionary volunteers, and a digital platform (kirchejesuchristi.org, KommzuChristus.org, FamilySearch.org, Leadership Training Portal), funded by voluntary tithes with all religious services provided free of charge.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Religious services
• Religious education
• Community worship
• Genealogy research
• Humanitarian aid

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt am Main

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Member Tithes and Offerings: Members voluntarily contribute tithes (10% of income) and other offerings to support church operations, humanitarian efforts, and temple construction. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Kirche Jesu Christi provides free Christian religious services, worship gatherings, and religious education through local congregations (Gemeinden) and temples across the Europe Central Area, primarily Germany. Its core activities include weekly worship services (Abendmahlsversammlungen), a volunteer missionary program for outreach, the FamilySearch.org genealogy platform, youth and young adult programs such as FSY conferences, humanitarian aid, and self-reliance initiatives supporting refugees and vulnerable communities.

Product overview

Kirche Jesu Christi operates a digital ecosystem comprising its primary German-language website (kirchejesuchristi.org) alongside complementary platforms. The core offering includes the main church information portal, the KommzuChristus.org outreach platform for missionary work, and the FamilySearch.org genealogy service. Additional products include the Schulungsportal (leadership training portal), Liahona magazine, ChurchofJesusChrist.org media library, and General Conference broadcasts. These digital resources work together to support religious education, missionary outreach, genealogical research, and member engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KommzuChristus.org: Outreach website for German-speaking individuals to learn about and connect with the church
• Liahona
• FamilySearch
• FSY Konferenzen

Products and services

• Worship Services and Meetinghouse Congregations (Abendmahlsversammlungen) Weekly Christian worship services, religious education classes, and community fellowship held at local congregations (wards/branches) in meetinghouses across Germany and the Europe Central Area. Open to members and visitors free of charge.
• Temple Ordinances Sacred religious ordinances performed in dedicated temples for church members, including baptisms for the deceased, marriages (sealings), and other ceremonies. With the first temple in Austria (Vienna) under construction as of 2026.
• Missionary Program Volunteer missionary representatives (full-time and part-time) providing personal religious instruction, faith discussions, Book of Mormon delivery, and introduction to the local congregation for interested individuals and families in Germany and across the Europe Central Area.
• FamilySearch.org Genealogy Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 162 church members participated in the 2026 JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge Frankfurt

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Jehovas Zeugen in Deutschland: German branch of Jehovah's Witnesses, similarly a minority/restorationist Christian denomination with centralized governance, active door-to-door missionary program, and free religious services. Closely comparable in structure, scale, and outreach model within Germany.
• Adventgemeinde in Deutschland (Seventh-day Adventists): German administrative office of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, another restorationist/restoration-adjacent Christian denomination with local congregations, missionary outreach, and humanitarian programs. Comparable as a similarly sized Christian minority denomination operating in Germany with similar structures.
• Heilsarmee in Deutschland (Salvation Army): German branch of the Salvation Army, a Christian denomination known for combining worship services with extensive social services (food, shelter, refugee aid). Comparable given the church's emphasis on humanitarian aid and refugee assistance programs in the Europe Central Area.
• Bund Evangelisch-Freikirchlicher Gemeinden in Deutschland (Baptists): German federation of Evangelical Free Churches (Baptist, Brethren), organizing local congregations with congregational governance, missionary activity, and social outreach. Comparable as a smaller denomination with similar local-congregation structure and outreach programs in Germany.
• Neuapostolische Kirche (New Apostolic Church): New Apostolic Church, a Christian denomination headquartered in Germany with a strong German/Central European member base, hierarchical structure, and local congregation model. Comparable as a Germany-anchored Christian denomination with similar centralized leadership and congregational distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD): Umbrella organization of Germany's main Protestant/Lutheran and Reformed churches, operating local congregations across Germany with hierarchical regional structure. Directly comparable as a multi-regional Christian denomination operating worship communities and social services in the same German geography.
• Deutsche Bischofskonferenz (Catholic Church in Germany): Conference of Catholic bishops in Germany, organizing local parishes, dioceses, social services, and humanitarian programs across the country. Comparable as the dominant hierarchical Christian denomination in Germany operating worship communities, social outreach, and educational institutions.

Others

• FamilySearch (peer within broader genealogy category): Listed separately because FamilySearch.org is a wholly-owned subsidiary and would conflict with a DIRECT_PEER designation; reference here for context against commercial genealogy peers such as Ancestry.com and MyHeritage, which compete in the same family-history/genealogy space the church uses for member engagement.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KircheChristiDE
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCjlRatzUgkJ1WUsOpwIVwsg
• Facebookfacebook.com/KircheJesuChristi.DE
• Instagraminstagram.com/kirchejesuchristi.de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kirche-jesu-christi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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