New River Fellowship

What New River Fellowship does

New River Fellowship is an independent, privately-held non-profit Christian church founded in 2000 and headquartered at 3252 Interstate 20 Frontage Rd, Hudson Oaks, Texas (Parker County). The organization conducts weekly Sunday worship services at 9am and 11am and is led by Lead Pastor Joey Willis with a governing board of Elders and a staff of approximately 35 pastors, ministry leaders, and operational personnel. Its congregation is the general public seeking spiritual community, with segmented programming across Tots, Kids, Students, Family Ministry, Adult Ministry, and Spiritual Formation.

The church's product surface is built around four core offerings: (1) the Church Center mobile app, a Planning Center-powered platform for member connectivity, online giving/tithes, event registration, and access to Equip classes, membership classes, and Connect Groups; (2) live streaming of the 11am Sunday service via Facebook, with archived sermons hosted on YouTube; (3) in-person worship and ministry programming at the single Hudson Oaks campus; and (4) structured community-engagement pathways (Connect Groups, SERVE volunteer recruitment) intended to deepen participation. The underlying technology is not proprietary — it relies on Planning Center / Church Center for church management and Squarespace for the public website.

Revenue is generated through voluntary tithes and financial contributions from congregation members, functioning as a recurring but non-contractual giving model. Financial governance includes annual audits or reviews by an independent CPA firm under AICPA standards. No commercial pricing exists. The go-to-market motion is community-led and event-driven, relying on in-person services, live streaming, the Church Center app, and word-of-mouth referrals through the SERVE recruitment page to attract and retain members.

Name

New River Fellowship

Legal name

New River Fellowship

Website

https://newriver.tv

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

New River Fellowship is an independent non-profit Christian church in Hudson Oaks, Texas, founded in 2000. It serves local congregation members and the surrounding Parker County community through weekly Sunday services, live streaming, age-segmented ministries, and the Church Center engagement app.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Religious services
• Church community
• Spiritual formation
• Online giving
• Ministry programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Hudson Oaks

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: New River Fellowship relies on voluntary tithes and financial contributions from congregation members. The church encourages regular giving to support the mission, staff, and facilities. The church undergoes annual financial statement audits by an independent CPA firm.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

New River Fellowship is a Christian church that delivers weekly Sunday worship services (in-person at 9am and 11am), live streaming via Facebook, spiritual formation through Connect Groups and ministry programs, and a Church Center mobile app for giving, event registration, and member engagement. The church serves individuals and families across all age groups with dedicated pastoral staff for Tots, Kids, Students, Adult Ministry, Spiritual Formation, and Worship.

Product overview

New River Fellowship offers a unified church management ecosystem built around Church Center, a Planning Center-powered mobile application. The core offering integrates live streaming for Sunday worship services, an on-demand sermon archive via YouTube, and an online giving/tithes platform — all connected through Church Center's database. Church Center serves as the central hub enabling member connectivity, event registration, and access to ministry programs including Equip classes, membership classes, and Connect Groups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Church Center Mobile App A mobile application connected to the New River Fellowship church database that enables members to stay connected, give financially, register for events, and access church services, Equip classes, membership classes, Connect Groups, and more. Available on iOS and Android platforms.
• Live Stream Services Live streaming of Sunday worship services at 11am via Facebook and the church website, allowing remote attendees to watch services in real-time.
• Sermon Archive (YouTube) On-demand access to past sermons through the New River Fellowship YouTube channel, allowing members and viewers to access previous messages at their convenience.
• Online Giving/Tithes Platform Online financial giving platform enabling members to tithe and give regularly, processed through Church Center and the Planning Center infrastructure. Supports the church's mission, staff, and facilities.
• Sunday Worship Services Weekly Sunday worship services held in-person at 9am and 11am at the Hudson Oaks, TX campus, providing the primary spiritual gathering and community experience for congregants and visitors.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Church Center (Planning Center)coreTechnology or IntegrationChurch Center is a Planning Center application that New River Fellowship uses as its primary church management and member engagement platform. The app connects to the church database and enables members to stay connected, give, register for events, access Equip classes, membership classes, Connect Groups, and weekly services. The church utilizes Church Center for processing giving through the Planning Center infrastructure.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Church of the Highlands: One of the largest U.S. churches with multiple campuses across Alabama and a strong small-groups and digital engagement model. Comparable as a multi-generational, programming-rich evangelical congregation that uses digital tools to extend reach.
• Life.Church: One of the largest U.S. evangelical churches, headquartered in Edmond, Oklahoma, and the creator of the Church Online Platform and YouVersion Bible App. Comparable as a digital-forward evangelical congregation; represents the upper bound of what streaming-enabled churches can scale to.
• Elevation Church: Large multi-site evangelical church led by Steven Furtick, based in North Carolina with a national digital footprint. Comparable in contemporary worship format, streaming-first digital strategy, and emphasis on life-stage programming.
• North Point Ministries: Andy Stanley-led multi-campus church network based in Atlanta with a strong digital content and small-group model. Comparable as a strategically structured evangelical organization using streaming, small groups, and digital tools — many of which New River mirrors at smaller scale.
• Saddleback Church: Large evangelical church founded by Rick Warren in Lake Forest, California, with extensive small-groups, discipleship, and digital content infrastructure. Comparable as a multi-generational, mission-driven evangelical congregation with a multi-decade operating history.

Direct peers

• Gateway Church: Major DFW-area evangelical megachurch with multiple campuses across the metroplex. Comparable in evangelical theology, family-oriented programming, and digital streaming strategy; represents the larger competitive benchmark in New River's home geography.
• Fellowship Church: Large evangelical church headquartered in Grapevine, Texas (DFW area), with a multi-site model, strong digital presence, and contemporary worship format. A direct regional peer operating in the same North Texas market with overlapping target demographics.
• Watermark Church: Mid-sized evangelical church in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with similar theological orientation, congregational governance model, and digital engagement strategy. Directly comparable as a regional peer serving overlapping demographics in North Texas.
• The Village Church: Texas-based evangelical congregation with multiple campuses, strong preaching/teaching focus, and active digital content distribution. Comparable to New River in theology, scale ambition, and use of streaming to extend reach beyond local geography.

Others

• Planning Center (Church Center): The SaaS platform provider whose Church Center application powers New River's member engagement, giving, and event infrastructure. Relevant as the enabling technology partner whose product roadmap and pricing directly shape New River's digital capabilities and operational costs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCW1az-x3pGCryCL60Q_n3BA
• Facebookfacebook.com/newriverfellowship
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/new-river-fellowship

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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