New Tribe Church

What New Tribe Church does

New Tribe Church is a non-profit evangelical church founded in 2016 in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, serving the greater Nashville/Middle Tennessee area. It was seeded by a 15-person core team relocating from Kansas City and operates two Sunday worship services at 8:30AM and 10:30AM. The church runs a multi-generational ministry structure that includes dedicated programming for Kids, Students, Young Adults, and small-group community through Tribe Groups. Lead Pastor Jarod Smith leads the organization, which is affiliated with the LINC and ARC church networks for denominational and inter-church support.

The church's technology stack is intentionally minimal: a SnapPages-hosted website, a mobile app, digital check-in for children, and online giving — all standard digital infrastructure for a mid-sized contemporary congregation. There is no proprietary software or platform product; the technology layer exists to support attendance, check-in, and donation capture rather than to generate standalone revenue. The organization is currently fundraising for a permanent facility under the Legacy Initiative: a 29,000 sqft, 760-seat building targeted for late 2027 to early 2028, signaling a planned capacity step-up from current operations.

New Tribe Church operates as a 501(c)-style non-profit funded by congregational tithes, offerings, and capital-campaign contributions. It has approximately 6 paid employees, has navigated a 2021 flood displacement and recovery, and is layering new programmatic offerings such as the Summer Encounter 2026 camp. The operating model is community-and-attendance-driven, with revenue mechanics tied to weekly participation and giving rather than to a priced product or service.

Name

New Tribe Church

Legal name

New Tribe Church

Website

https://newtribe.church

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Non-profit evangelical church founded in 2016 in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, serving the Nashville area with multi-generational ministry programs, two Sunday services, and congregational tithes as its primary funding mechanism.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAA

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

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAJAD

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYMPABACAL

Local Religious/Faith-Based Stations

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Broadcasting (TV & Radio)/Local Broadcast Stations & Affiliates (TV & Radio)

Keywords

• Christian church services
• Worship ministry programs
• Religious education services
• Community outreach ministry
• Faith-based community

Headquarters

HQ city

Mt. Juliet

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary financial contributions from church members following biblical principles of tithing (10% of income) and additional offerings. Members are encouraged to bring tithes faithfully, increase regular giving, or make one-time gifts.
2. Legacy Initiative Capital Campaign: Special giving campaign for building a new 29,000 sqft facility with 760-seat worship center. Accepts one-time and recurring contributions toward this capital project.
3. External Kingdom Investments: Church gives to external ministries including orphans & widows support, church planting (LINC), global missions, and local outreach through partnerships - demonstrating commitment to kingdom investment beyond the local congregation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

New Tribe Church operates as a Christian church delivering weekly Sunday worship services (8:30AM and 10:30AM), age-segmented ministry programs for children, students, and young adults, and small group ministry (Tribe Groups). It engages congregation members through a custom mobile app, sermon distribution via YouTube livestream and podcasts, a digital kids check-in system, and an online giving platform. All ministry operations are supported by voluntary tithes, offerings, and donations from individual members and donors.

Product overview

New Tribe Church is a Christian church offering a unified set of spiritual ministry programs and services. The core offerings include Sunday worship services, age-based ministry programs (Kids for birth-5th grade, Students for 6th-12th grade, and Young Adults for 18-20s), and Tribe Groups small group ministry. Additional services include Serve Teams for volunteer opportunities, the Next Steps onboarding program, Summer Encounter student camp, an online giving platform, and sermon media distribution via YouTube and podcast platforms. The Legacy Initiative is a capital campaign for facility expansion. The church also offers a mobile app for engagement. All programs operate as integrated components under the New Tribe Church ministry umbrella.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services In-person weekly worship services held at 1279 N. Mt. Juliet Rd., Mt. Juliet, TN 37122 on Sundays at 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM, featuring dynamic worship and biblical teaching, with kids programming available during services.
• New Tribe Kids

Segments5 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

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LifeMission ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2016LifeMission Church commissioned and sent Pastor Jarod and Jennifer Smith to plant New Tribe Church in the summer of 2016. They served in ministry together for 15 years before the church plant.
• LINC (Linked International Network of Churches)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Tribe Church is affiliated with LINC network of churches. LINC is also listed as a church planting partner in their giving initiatives.
• ARC (Association of Related Churches)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Tribe Church is part of the ARC family of churches, providing network support for church planting and ministry development.
• Streams of MercyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOrphans & widows ministry partner supported through New Tribe's giving initiatives.
• Phoebe ConnectionsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOrphans & widows ministry partner supported through New Tribe's giving initiatives.
• FIRM (Friends of Israel)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal missions partner supporting Israel-related ministry through New Tribe's giving.
• YWAM Salt Lake CityminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal missions partner (Youth With A Mission) in Salt Lake City supported through New Tribe's giving.
• The Bridge HouseminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal outreach partner in Wilson County, TN supported through New Tribe's giving and volunteer network.
• Life Options NetworkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal outreach partner supported through New Tribe's giving and volunteer opportunities.
• Compassionate HandsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal outreach partner in Tennessee supported through New Tribe's giving.
• Everyone's WilsonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal outreach partner in Wilson County supported through New Tribe's volunteer network opportunities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Gateway Church: A large multi-site evangelical church with parallel Kids, Students, and Young Adults ministries, broadcast-quality online presence, and a multi-generational congregational pipeline comparable to New Tribe's design.
• 12Stone Church: A larger ARC-affiliated multi-site evangelical church with comparable DNA around small groups, multi-generational ministries, and digital engagement. It represents the scaled version of New Tribe's trajectory if the Legacy Initiative succeeds.
• Christ Fellowship Church: A large, multi-site evangelical church that has historically emphasized church planting, age-based ministries (Kids/Students/Young Adults), and digital engagement — directly comparable in operating model and growth ambition to New Tribe.
• McLean Bible Church: A large evangelical multi-campus church with parallel Kids, Students, and Young Adults ministries, small groups, online giving, and sermon podcast distribution — operating in a way comparable to New Tribe's planned scale.
• North Point Community Church: A large evangelical church that pioneered the small-groups-driven model New Tribe emulates with Tribe Groups, and is known for strategic ministry to students, young adults, and next-generation leadership pipelines.
• Elevation Church: A large multi-site evangelical church known for next-generation ministries, podcast/sermon content distribution, and aggressive digital engagement. Its growth playbook (single campus to multi-site to regional brand) represents a long-term ambition path for New Tribe.
• Transformation Church: A growing multi-site evangelical church with strong digital content, generational ministries, and a brand centered on community and relationship — parallel to New Tribe's positioning around "relationships that last."

Direct peers

• Relentless Church: A Spirit-empowered evangelical church with strong emphasis on youth/student ministry, modern worship, sermon distribution via digital platforms, and a church-planting ethos similar to New Tribe.
• The Church at Station Hill: An ARC-affiliated church plant in the greater Nashville/Middle Tennessee area with comparable size, growth trajectory, and church-planting pedigree. Both target the same Nashville-area demographic of young families and young adults with multi-site worship services.
• LifeMission Church: LifeMission Church is the parent sending church that commissioned and planted New Tribe in 2016. Both are evangelical, Spirit-empowered congregations with multi-generational ministries, ARC/LINC-style affiliations, and similar DNA in worship, small groups, and church planting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@NewTribeChurch/streams
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/newtribe-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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