Lakeshore Baptist Church

What Lakeshore Baptist Church does

Lakeshore Baptist Church is a Protestant Baptist congregation headquartered at 17306 Church Hill Street in Grand Haven, Michigan (the firmographic header listing Jackson, Mississippi conflicts with all other source material and is treated as an error). It operates as a private religious nonprofit with 25 employees and no disclosed revenue or external funding. The church delivers weekly worship and programming including Sunday morning worship at 9:30 AM, Adult Bible Fellowship and Sunday School at 11:00 AM, evening services on the 1st and 3rd Sundays, small groups on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sundays, and Wednesday evening programs (AWANA, Children's Ministries, Youth Group, and Wednesday Night Men's Ministry) at 6:45 PM. Remote reach is provided through a YouTube live stream channel (@lakeshorebaptistchurchgran809) and a sermon podcast on Apple Podcasts (id1289816392), with audio-only fallback during the 2026 building remodel.

Its ministry portfolio includes Grace Counseling (free biblical counseling for anxiety, depression, marriage conflict, parenting, and addictions), Small Groups, BUILD Men's Ministry with the annual BUILD26 Men's Conference, age-specific ministries for children, youth, young adults, women, and men, and a four-week Protestantism vs. Roman Catholicism educational series planned for April–May 2026. The technology footprint is non-proprietary and consumer-grade: ChurchTeams for membership directory and online giving, Squarespace for web hosting, YouTube for streaming, Google Forms for counseling intake, and an SMS text-to-give number at (616) 215-0807.

Revenue is generated exclusively through voluntary tithes and offerings. Giving can be made via bank bill pay (one-time or recurring, designated to general or deacon's funds), online giving through ChurchTeams, SMS text-to-give with debit card support, or mailed checks. All worship, small group participation, and Grace Counseling services are provided free of charge; there is no pricing model or transactional revenue. Leadership consists of Pastors Nate Birkholz and Andy Davies, Pastoral Assistant for Youth Stephen Ellison, Pastoral Assistant Eric Emmons, and an additional staff member (Mary Nienhuis). The church is independently governed with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external investment.

Name

Lakeshore Baptist Church

Legal name

Lakeshore Baptist Church

Website

https://lakeshorebaptistchurch.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lakeshore Baptist Church is a Protestant Baptist congregation in Grand Haven, Michigan, offering weekly worship, small groups, biblical counseling, and age-specific ministries (children, youth, young adults, men, women) to the local community, funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Biblical counseling
• Small group ministry
• Youth and child ministry
• Men's discipleship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Haven

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: The church generates revenue through voluntary tithes and offerings from congregants. Members can give through bank bill pay (setting up one-time or recurring gifts with designations for general fund or deacon's fund), online giving via ChurchTeams platform, text-to-give (texting to 616-215-0807), or by mailing checks to the church office.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lakeshore Baptist Church provides weekly Protestant Baptist worship services, discipleship through Small Groups and age-specific ministries (children, youth, young adults, men, women), free biblical counseling via Grace Counseling, and sermon content via live stream and podcast. All programming is offered free of charge and supported by voluntary tithes and offerings from congregants.

Product overview

Lakeshore Baptist Church is a Baptist congregation in Grand Haven, Michigan offering a unified set of ministry programs centered on worship, discipleship, and community care. The core offering is the Sunday Worship Service with live stream capability. Key ministry programs include Grace Counseling (biblical counseling services), Small Groups for discipleship, the BUILD Men's Ministry with annual conference, Youth Group and AWANA for children/youth, and Online Giving for tithes and offerings. These programs work together to serve the congregation through weekly worship, Bible study, counseling, and various age-specific ministries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Grace Counseling: A biblical counseling ministry of Lakeshore Baptist Church that provides Christ-centered counseling for individuals and families facing various life struggles.

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Service In-person Protestant Baptist worship gathering held every Sunday at 9:30 AM at the Grand Haven campus, with additional Adult Bible Fellowship, Sunday School, and evening services; open to the general community at no charge.
• Grace Counseling Free biblical counseling service that walks alongside individuals and families facing anxiety, loneliness, fear, depression, marriage conflict, parenting issues, and addictions, pointing them to Jesus.
• Online Giving Digital platform for voluntary tithes and offerings, supporting bank bill pay (one-time or recurring gifts to general fund or deacon's fund), online debit card giving via the ChurchTeams platform, and text-to-give by texting to 616-215-0807.
• Small Groups Community groups meeting on 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sundays for fellowship, Bible study, accountability, and prayer, composed of members across various ages and life stages; facilitated by Pastor Andy Davies.
• BUILD Men's Ministry Men's discipleship program including Wednesday Night Men's Ministry, Bible reading challenges, men's discipleship groups, and the annual BUILD Men's Conference with keynote speakers.
• Youth Group Wednesday evening youth ministry for students meeting at 6:45 PM alongside AWANA and Children's Ministries, focused on age-appropriate spiritual guidance for middle and high school students.
• AWANA (Children's Ministry) AWANA children's ministry program meeting Wednesdays at 6:45 PM for children from birth through high school, providing biblical education and spiritual formation.
• Live Stream YouTube-based live streaming of Sunday morning worship services beginning at 9:20 AM, providing remote attendance access; audio recordings available on the website when video is unavailable due to the building remodel.

Quantifiable outcome

• Free biblical counseling available to community members facing life struggles including anxiety, loneliness, depression, marriage conflict, parenting issues, and addictions

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• The Church of Eleven22: Multi-site Baptist-rooted church in Jacksonville, FL with strong digital giving, livestream, podcast, and small group programming — directly comparable ministry stack to Lakeshore's offerings, at much larger scale.
• Subsplash: Church mobile-app, giving, and media platform that competes with Lakeshore's current YouTube-plus-ChurchTeams stack for member engagement and digital content distribution.
• Ministry Brands: Conglomerate offering church management (Fellowship One, Realm, IconCMO) and giving/payment software; targets the same Protestant congregation customer base as Lakeshore and represents an aggregated incumbent alternative.
• Pushpay: Established church giving and engagement platform serving mid-to-large churches globally; competes with Lakeshore's giving stack (online, text-to-give, bill pay) and targets the same congregational donor audience at greater scale.
• Planning Center: Church management software suite used across check-ins, services, giving, groups, and volunteers by thousands of Protestant congregations; competes for the same operational tooling spend as Lakeshore's current stack.
• Watermark Community Church: Large non-denominational Protestant church in Plano, TX with multi-generational ministry programming, biblical counseling ministry, and broad digital content distribution — comparable ministry model at substantially larger scale.
• ACS Technologies: Long-standing provider of church and faith-based software (Realm, PDS, ACS) serving thousands of congregations with comparable member management and giving functionality to Lakeshore's stack.

Emerging players

• Tithe.ly: Digital giving and church engagement app specifically serving small and mid-sized churches with mobile-first donations, similar to Lakeshore's text-to-give and online giving channels.
• Breeze Church Management: Lightweight church management and giving software targeted at small churches; directly comparable to Lakeshore's scale and budget profile and to its member-directory plus online giving use cases.

Direct peers

• ChurchTeams: The membership directory and online giving platform Lakeshore currently uses; serves the same target customer base (small-to-mid Protestant congregations) with overlapping functionality around engagement, giving, and member directories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@lakeshorebaptistchurchgran809/streams
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lakeshore-baptist-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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