Mill City Church

What Mill City Church does

Mill City Church is a non-profit Christian church founded in 2008 and headquartered in Northeast Minneapolis at 685 13th Ave NE. After operating as a portable church at Las Estrellas School for 14 years, the organization adopted Historic Elim Church in 2023, inheriting a 135-year institutional legacy and securing a permanent worship venue. The church now runs three Sunday services (8:30am, 9:45am, 11am) supplemented by online live streaming, a sermon podcast distributed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and a YouTube content channel.

The church's service portfolio spans Mill City Kids, Mill City Students, Young Adults, missional communities organized by neighborhood and focus area, The Refuge recovery ministry, care and prayer support, and an Equipping program. Mill City has cultivated a church-planting pipeline that has launched North City Church, Espíritu Santo (a Spanish-speaking congregation), and Garden City Church (now four house churches including one in Burnsville). It also founded Every Meal, an independent nonprofit that serves 47,500 meals per week across 400 Minnesota schools to address weekend food insecurity.

Mill City's revenue model is donation-based, with no pricing tiers or fee-for-service structure. Its primary forward initiative is "Here For Good," a two-year generosity campaign running March 2025 – March 2027 with a $5,000,000 target and an explicit 100% congregational financial participation goal. The organization employs 28 staff, is led by Lead Pastor Steph O'Brien and Associate Lead Pastor Aashish Baskaran, and operates within a broader Agile Resource Network supporting peer churches and faith-based organizations.

Name

Mill City Church

Legal name

Mill City Church

Website

https://millcitychurch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mill City Church is a non-profit Christian church in Northeast Minneapolis offering weekly worship services, children's and student ministries, missional communities, and church-planting programs, funded through congregational donations and a $5M capital campaign.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services / House of Worship

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

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

• Religious worship services
• Christian church ministry
• Youth and family ministry
• Community outreach programs
• Church planting network

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Mill City Church offers weekly Christian worship services held three times on Sundays at its Minneapolis campus, with live online streaming via YouTube and Facebook. It runs a full ecosystem of discipleship ministries including Mill City Kids, Mill City Students, Young Adults, missional communities/groups, the Refuge recovery support, equipping classes, and prayer/care services. The church also leads the "Here For Good" generosity initiative and an agile church-planting network supporting North City Church, Espíritu Santo, and Garden City Church.

Product overview

Mill City Church is a religious organization offering in-person and online worship services, with ministries including Mill City Kids, Mill City Students, Young Adults, Groups/Communities, The Refuge support community, and the Discipleship and Mission Intensive program. The church also runs the Here For Good initiative focused on community impact, supports church planting efforts, and produces a podcast/sermon library available via Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Every Meal nonprofit serves 47,500 meals per week to kids in 400 schools
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Historic Elim ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023In 2023, Mill City adopted Historic Elim Church, inheriting a powerful 135-year legacy of faithfulness. This allowed Mill City to be rooted in the heart of Northeast Minneapolis in a new way, sharing the building at 13th and Madison.
• Las Estrellas SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep partnership with Las Estrellas School where Mill City previously worshipped for 14 years as a portable church. Espiritu Santo Spanish-speaking church meets at this location.
• Every MealcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMill City is the founding church of Every Meal nonprofit, which now serves kids in 400 schools in Minnesota, providing 47,500 meals per week to cover the weekend food gap.
• The Little Kitchen Food ShelfsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner receiving volunteer and financial support from Mill City to address rising needs in the community.
• Clare HousingsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner serving housing needs in Northeast Minneapolis, receiving increased support through Here For Good initiative.
• Indeed BrewingsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndeed Brewing offers their 50-spot parking lot for Mill City to use every Sunday from 7am-2pm at no cost for worshippers.
• Young Life NortheastcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst outreach ministry to teenagers in Northeast Minneapolis in recent history. Led by Ally Stackhouse and young adult leaders, reaching over 50 students through Northeast Middle School partnerships. Mill City covers salary, training, and programming.
• North City ChurchsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerA 'brunch/dinner church' that Mill City helped plant, meeting in North Minneapolis. Mill City continues to support with shared discipleship opportunities.
• Espíritu SantosecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish-speaking church plant meeting at Las Estrellas School. Mill City supports with financial and resource assistance.
• Garden City ChurchsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch plant with vision of multiple house churches meeting in homes across Twin Cities, coming together monthly for worship. Has launched four house churches including one in Burnsville.
• Agile Resource NetworksecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork initiative allowing churches, organizations, and leaders to share resources and build relationships. Here For Good offers seed money for this network.
• Arrive MinistriessecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPossible supportive housing partner for providing housing to immigrant families through the Here For Good housing initiative at 677 13th Ave NE.
• Stable Homes Stable SchoolssecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPossible supportive housing partner for providing stable housing to refugee families as part of the Here For Good housing initiative.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• First Covenant Church Minneapolis: Twin Cities neighborhood-rooted church with Wesleyan/Arminian theological alignment, emphasizing community outreach and small groups — directly comparable to Mill City's model and likely denominational connections.
• Bethlehem Baptist Church: A long-established Minneapolis church with a similar urban footprint and emphasis on neighborhood engagement, biblical teaching, and church planting. Comparable in scale and mission focus to Mill City.
• Wooddale Church: Large suburban Minneapolis-area church with multi-site model, kids/student ministry, and global missions focus. Comparable in program breadth and Wesleyan-style evangelical orientation.
• Grace Church (Eden Prairie): Twin Cities evangelical church with comparable multi-generational programming, missional community structure, and Wesleyan theological alignment. Operates as a similar mid-size church in the same metro.
• North Heights Lutheran Church: Twin Cities metro church offering multi-generational programming, missional communities, and global partnerships. Operates in a similar geographic and demographic market as Mill City.

Broad incumbents

• McLean Bible Church: Large multi-site church with robust small-group, missions, and church-planting programs. Comparable missional model and structure, though larger and outside the local market.
• North Point Ministries: Multi-site church network centered on Andy Stanley, known for church planting and small-group-driven discipleship. Comparable in church-planting methodology and program architecture.
• Eagle Brook Church: One of the largest multi-site churches in the Twin Cities with broad community programming. A larger incumbent in the same regional market that competes for the same donor and volunteer base.
• The Village Church: Matt Chandler's multi-site church with a strong church-planting and theological training emphasis. Comparable missional DNA and evangelical orientation at a larger scale.

Regional players

• Faith Covenant Church: Midwest-based Evangelical Covenant church with similar theological roots and church-planting emphasis. A regional peer with comparable Wesleyan/Arminian alignment and missional orientation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MillCityChurch
• Facebookfacebook.com/millcitychurchcommunity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mill-city-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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