Mile Hi Church

What Mile Hi Church does

Mile Hi Church is a 501(c)(3) non-profit religious organization founded on March 14, 1960, and headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado, where it operates a multi-building campus anchored by the 1300+ seat Teel Sanctuary. The church is recognized as the largest church of New Thought in the world and teaches Science of Mind / Religious Science principles tracing directly to founder Dr. Ernest Holmes, who signed the original charter. It is governed by a nine-member Board of Trustees and led by a co-lead ministerial team of Senior Minister Josh Reeves and Senior Associate Minister Dr. Michelle Medrano, supported by two Associate Ministers, one Assistant Minister, four Special Focus Ministers, two Minister Emeriti, and approximately 102 total staff including a CFO, Marketing Director, and Production Director.

Its core offerings span weekly worship services (Sunday at 8 and 10 a.m., Wednesday Midweek Renewal, second-Sunday Healing Light), a LearnWorlds-based online education platform hosting certificated spiritual living classes and the two-year Professional Practitioner Training Program, and a Prayer & Care Center providing affirmative prayer, grief and bereavement support, healing intention circles, and one-on-one pastoral care. Community programming includes youth development (birth through high school, plus a licensed preschool), elder ministries (Wisdom Keepers), recovery support, LGBTQ+ inclusion, interfaith outreach, and wellness practices (yoga, Tai Chi/Qigong, sacred sound meditation, Reconciliation Labyrinth). The church also hosts world-renowned speaker events and runs a Business Honoring Spirituality networking group.

Revenue is generated primarily through tithes and offerings to the Mile Hi Church Fund (via Pushpay, text-to-give, checks, securities, QCDs, and donor-advised funds), supplemented by ticketed speaker events, modest fees for the practitioner training program ($800/year), love offerings for classes and support groups, planned giving through the Mile Hi Church Foundation, and periodic special-project fundraising. Distribution is hybrid: in-person service on the Lakewood campus reaching thousands weekly, complemented by YouTube and Facebook livestreams, an on-demand video library, podcasts via Linktree, and global online education access through edu.milehichurch.org.

Name

Mile Hi Church

Legal name

Mile Hi Church

Website

https://milehichurch.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Mile Hi Church is a 501(c)(3) New Thought religious organization founded in 1960 in Lakewood, Colorado, operating the 1300+ seat Teel Sanctuary campus and serving thousands weekly through in-person worship, online education, prayer and care ministries, youth programs, and community groups.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Worship and Spiritual Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

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

• Spiritual worship services
• Religious education programs
• Ministry and pastoral care
• Community spiritual support
• Licensed practitioner training

Headquarters

HQ city

Lakewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings (General Fund): The primary revenue stream is donations from congregants through the Mile Hi Church Fund (formerly General Fund). Congregants give through online Pushpay platform, text-to-give, check, bank bill pay, stocks/securities, Qualified Charitable Distributions from IRA, and Donor Advised Funds. The church emphasizes the Law of Circulation and abundance consciousness in its giving philosophy.
2. Event Ticket Sales: Revenue from ticketed speaker events and workshops. Examples: RelationSick talk by Lissa Rankin MD and Jeffrey Rediger MD - $30 per person, workshop $50, combo $60. Additional processing fees added at checkout. Tickets non-refundable.
3. Love Offerings and Suggested Donations: Many classes, workshops, and support groups operate on a 'love offering' basis where attendees are invited to donate what they can. Examples include Healing Intention Circles, Grief Support, Yoga, Tai Chi/Qigong, and Courageous Conversations.
4. Mile Hi Church Foundation: Planned giving and estate donations through the Foundation provide long-term financial endowment for the church's future.
5. Special Projects Funding: Periodic fundraising for campus projects such as lighting and audio upgrades in the Teel Sanctuary, concrete walkway replacement for youth building, campus signs and repairs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Mile Hi Church is a New Thought spiritual community that delivers in-person and livestreamed worship services, a multi-tiered education curriculum, and an extensive prayer-and-care pastoral ministry supported by nearly 300 licensed practitioners. Its portfolio also includes youth and family programming, grief and recovery support groups, elder ministries, community outreach, and world-renowned speaker events, with ticketed workshops, tuition-based practitioner training, and free love-offering programs layered on top of free core services.

Product overview

Mile Hi Church is a spiritual community offering a comprehensive portfolio of in-person and digital services centered on Science of Mind/Religious Science principles. The core offerings include weekly worship services (Sunday Services, Midweek Renewal, Mile Hi Insight, Healing Light Service), a digital education platform via LearnWorlds for spiritual living classes and the School of Spiritual Leadership ministerial program, and practitioner training for licensed spiritual coaches. The church provides extensive care and support services through its Prayer & Care Center including grief support, healing groups (Healing Intention Circles, Healing Connection), and one-on-one support sessions. Community programming includes youth development (Youth Church, Summer Camps), elder ministries (Wisdom Keepers), recovery support, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and social outreach (Make-A-Difference, Sacred Earth). Digital content delivery includes Sunday livestreams, podcasts, and online giving via Pushpay. The church hosts world-renowned speaker events and offers wellness practices including yoga, tai chi, labyrinth walking, and sound meditation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Services Worship services held Sundays at 8 and 10 a.m. in-person with 10 a.m. livestream, featuring music, choir, and spiritual messages at the Teel Sanctuary, available globally online.

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights12 records

Broad incumbents

• Lakewood Church: Houston-based mega-church (former Compaq Center) with comparable 16,000-seat venue scale, large paid staff, livestream distribution, and event-driven programming — a useful operational benchmark for very-large non-denominational houses of worship, though theologically distinct.
• Centers for Spiritual Living: The umbrella organization (formerly Church of Religious Science / Religious Science International) of which Mile Hi is an affiliated church. Operates the broader movement's ministerial credentialing, education, and standards — making it the institutional incumbent governing Mile Hi's practitioners.
• Unity Church of Christianity: Parent organization of the Unity movement, providing ministerial education (Unity Ministerial Fellowship), publishing (Daily Word), and educational infrastructure — analogous to Centers for Spiritual Living's role relative to Mile Hi.

Direct peers

• Pathways for Spiritual Living: A Centers for Spiritual Living-affiliated church offering Science of Mind services, classes, and licensed practitioner training. Directly comparable in denomination affiliation and programming.
• Seaside Center for Spiritual Living: Southern California New Thought / Religious Science community led by ministers in the same lineage as Mile Hi, offering parallel Sunday services, classes, and practitioner training programs.
• Agape International Spiritual Center: Los Angeles-based mega-church and one of the largest New Thought / Science of Mind churches in the world. Directly comparable to Mile Hi in theology (Ernest Holmes lineage), service delivery (Sunday services, healing, practitioner training), and event-driven GTM with celebrity speakers.
• Unity Worldwide Ministries: The other major New Thought denomination, founded by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore. Offers the same affirmative-prayer, spiritual-empowerment programming, ministerial licensing, and education platforms — directly parallel to Mile Hi's offerings under a parallel lineage.
• Hilltop Center for Spiritual Living: A Southern California Science of Mind / Religious Science center with full Sunday services, practitioner training, and community programming. Highly comparable in tradition and mid-sized operational model to Mile Hi.
• Spiritual Living Center of Atlanta: Regional New Thought center offering Science of Mind services, classes, and practitioner training. Comparable in mid-tier scale, programming mix, and audience to Mile Hi at a non-flagship level.

Others

• Ernest Holmes Foundation: The estate/foundation of Science of Mind's founder Dr. Ernest Holmes — whose signature appears on Mile Hi's 1960 charter. Curates Holmes' intellectual legacy and licensing; an upstream content/lineage partner rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/MileHiChurch
• Facebookfacebook.com/milehi.church
• Instagraminstagram.com/milehichurch/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mile-hi-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles28 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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