Olivet Baptist Church

What Olivet Baptist Church does

Olivet Baptist Church is an independent, nonprofit Baptist congregation founded in 1911 and currently headquartered at 4901 Mission Road in Westwood, Kansas, part of the Kansas City Metro area. The church operates a single physical campus and serves local individuals and families through a comprehensive age-stratified ministry portfolio: nursery through 6th grade Children's Ministries, 7th-12th grade Youth Group, a College and Career ministry for young adults, Adult Bible study and prayer groups, and a Music Ministry with choir, orchestra, and a Concert Series. It also runs an affiliated K-12 Christian school, Shawnee Mission Christian School (originally established in 1975 as Olivet Academy), and sustains an active worldwide missions program supporting 20+ missionaries across at least eight countries via partnerships with ABWE, Baptist Mid-Missions, and other agencies.

The church's technology footprint is intentionally modest: a content website (olivetbc.org) built and hosted via Purpose Launch LLC, the third-party Tithe.ly platform for secure online and mobile giving, and a YouTube channel for live-streamed and recorded Sunday services. No proprietary software, APIs, AI/ML capabilities, or custom mobile applications are developed in-house. An online prayer request form serves as a lightweight community engagement tool. The site is "Powered by Purpose Launch LLC," indicating outsourced web infrastructure rather than an internal engineering team.

The revenue model is contribution-based, consisting entirely of voluntary tithes and offerings from members — collected during services and via Tithe.ly's recurring giving functionality. No fees are charged for attendance or program participation, and visitors are explicitly told they are not required to give. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The church is led by Lead Pastor Micah Bourdess (promoted internally in 2024 after 10 years as youth pastor) and Pastor Emeritus Bruce Anderson (who served as senior pastor for over 30 years). The organization employs 52 people and has no parent company, no external institutional ownership, and no venture or private equity capital.

Name

Olivet Baptist Church

Legal name

Olivet Baptist Church

Website

https://olivetbc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1911

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Olivet Baptist Church is an independent Baptist congregation founded in 1911 in Westwood, Kansas, serving Kansas City Metro individuals and families through age-stratified ministries, a K-12 Christian school, and a worldwide missions program funded by voluntary tithes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD), Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG), Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC), Religious Music & Worship Broadcasting (MPABALAN)

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Biblical community programs
• Christian education services
• Youth ministry programs
• Global missions support

Headquarters

HQ city

Westwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary charitable contributions from church members collected during services and through online giving via Tithe.ly platform. Members contribute financially to support the church's ministry operations, missions, and community programs.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Olivet Baptist Church provides free worship services, Bible-based religious education, age-tiered ministry programs (children, youth, college/career, adults), music ministry, worldwide missions support, and a K-12 Christian school. The church generates no fee-based revenue, relying instead on voluntary tithes and offerings collected in person and via the Tithe.ly online giving platform.

Product overview

Olivet Baptist Church offers a comprehensive suite of spiritual development and community programs centered on its core mission of helping people Learn, Grow, and Serve. The church operates as a unified ministry portfolio combining worship services, age-specific educational programs (Children's Ministries, Youth Group, College and Career, Adult Ministries), music and arts programs (Music Ministry, Concert Series), global missions support, online streaming services, and a K-12 Christian school (Shawnee Mission Christian School). Digital engagement is facilitated through online giving via Tithe.ly, live streaming on YouTube, and an online prayer request system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services Weekly in-person worship services including Sunday School (9:30am), Morning Service (10:45am), and Evening Service (6:00pm) for congregants and visitors in the Kansas City Metro area.
• Wednesday Bible Study and Prayer

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE)coreOthersOlivet Baptist Church supports ABWE missionaries including Janet McClanahan and James/Christen Taylor in Brazil, Steve/Karen Borders in California, Jon/Holly Boyd in Colombia, and Heidi Davis in South Asia. The church provides financial and prayer support for these missionaries spreading the Gospel worldwide.
• Baptist Mid-Missions (BMM)coreOthersOlivet supports BMM missionaries including Jeremy/Bonny Clark with Campus Bible Fellowship in Kansas City, Rhonda Green in Micronesia, Gerald/Julie Hawk in Texas, Henry/Molly Johns in India, Jon/Julie Stilwell in Peru, and Rachel Tarvin in Peru. The church provides ongoing financial and prayer support for these missionaries.
• Shawnee Mission Christian SchoolminorOthersFormerly known as Olivet Academy, the church began this Christian school ministry in 1975 to assist families in education and nurture of their children. Now operating as an independent K-12 Christian school serving the community.
• Various Other Missionaries and AgenciesminorOthersChurch supports additional missionaries including Don/Lola Winans (retired in Australia), Bob Bass (Le Refugio, Peru), Kristi Colas (France via Open Door Baptist Missions), Rick/Becky Enterline (Grace Dental & Medical Missions, Florida), LeRoy/Lorraine Randolph (Carver Bible Institute, Kansas City), John/Willie Mae Williams (Baptist Church Planters), Joel/Sarah Bourdess (Biblical Ministries Worldwide), and Dan/Angie Schiffbauer (Foreign missions).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism): Mission agency partner that Olivet supports through funding and prayer for missionaries in Brazil, Colombia, and South Asia. Ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor.
• Tithe.ly: Digital giving platform that Olivet uses to process online tithes and offerings. Enabling technology vendor serving thousands of churches and faith-based nonprofits; thematically adjacent to Olivet's revenue model.
• Northland Baptist Bible College: Baptist educational institution in the Kansas City region where Lead Pastor Micah Bourdess received his church ministry degree. Closely connected Baptist ecosystem participant and a feeder for pastoral talent.

Regional players

• Christ Community Church: Bible-centered evangelical congregation in the Kansas City area. Comparable theological emphasis on biblical teaching and similar age-stratified ministry programming.

Direct peers

• Village Presbyterian Church: Large mainline Protestant congregation in Prairie Village, KS, a neighboring suburb in the same Kansas City metro as Olivet. Comparable community-focused ministry model serving a similar Johnson County demographic, though typically larger in scale.
• Shawnee Mission Christian School: Affiliated K-12 Christian school founded by Olivet in 1975 (as Olivet Academy). Operates as an adjacent ministry entity providing faith-based education in the same community.
• First Baptist Church of Overland Park: Fellow Baptist congregation serving the Overland Park / Johnson County, KS area in the same Kansas City metro. Closely comparable denomination and congregational model.
• Grace Church: Kansas City area evangelical congregation with comparable Bible-teaching focus and multi-generational programming; competes for similar families in the same metro.
• Colonial Church: Non-denominational evangelical congregation in Prairie Village, KS. Direct geographic peer in the same affluent Kansas City suburb corridor; competes for similar families and community members.
• Blue Valley Baptist Church: Southern Baptist congregation in the Kansas City metro area (Overland Park / Lenexa region). Compares directly as a Baptist church serving the same suburban Kansas City demographic.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJmEJn5OKGxkawG-hAITeHw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/olivet-baptist-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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