Our Redeemer's Church

What Our Redeemer's Church does

Our Redeemer's Church is a Lutheran Brethren congregation headquartered at 700 16th Ave SE in Minot, North Dakota, founded in 1958 with 16 charter members. It operates as a 501(c)-style non-profit religious organization affiliated with the Church of the Lutheran Brethren, a fellowship of approximately 125 churches in the US and Canada plus 1,800 international churches across Cameroon, Chad, Japan, and Taiwan. The church runs weekly Sunday worship services (9 am and 11 am) at a 600-seat sanctuary built in 1975, with additional Wednesday evening programming, nursery care, and a full suite of age-segmented ministries spanning children (preschool through 5th grade), youth (True North Student Ministries for grades 6-12), adults, women, and five targeted care groups (Veterans, Cancer, People Care, Hope Fellowship for widowed, and PAL for families of addicted loved ones).

The organization's core products and services are organized around a multi-generational ministry portfolio. Our Redeemer's Christian School, launched in 1982 as a wholly-owned subsidiary, delivers K-12 Christian education to approximately 300 students in shared facilities with the church. The technology infrastructure is conventional and consumer-grade: a Clover Sites website, a Church Center mobile app and online giving platform, social media presence across Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X/Twitter, a weekly email newsletter ("The Hub"), and live online worship streaming on Sundays at 11 am with sermon video distribution on Monday afternoons. There are no AI/ML components, proprietary platforms, or third-party model integrations in the technology stack.

The business model is donation- and tuition-based. The church generates revenue from congregational tithes, one-time and recurring online donations via the Church Center platform, and tuition from Our Redeemer's Christian School; financial figures are not publicly disclosed (2026 ORLBC Budget referenced but not enumerated). The 24-person staff includes Executive Pastor Pete Pederson, Preaching/Teaching Pastor Ed Nugent, Business Administrator Jay Zimmerman (former CPA with 12 years in public accounting), and directors for Children's, Student, Worship, Care, and Technology functions, plus maintenance and bookkeeping roles. Governance is provided by an eight-member Board of Elders chaired by Brian Inches. There are no funding rounds, M&A activity, or external investor ownership.

Name

Our Redeemer's Church

Legal name

Our Redeemer's Church

Website

https://ourredeemers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Our Redeemer's Church is a Lutheran Brethren congregation in Minot, North Dakota, founded in 1958, providing weekly worship, K-12 Christian education (~300 students), and multi-generational ministries for local families through donations and tuition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Educational Services (611)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC), Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Christian worship services
• Religious education programs
• Christian school education
• Pastoral care ministries
• Youth ministry programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Minot

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Our Redeemer's Church is a Lutheran Brethren congregation providing weekly Sunday worship services, pastoral care, and Christian education in Minot, North Dakota. The church operates an affiliated K-12 Christian school with approximately 300 students and offers age-targeted ministries for children, students, adults, women, and individuals facing specific life circumstances such as cancer, military service, grief, and addiction. Online worship, sermon videos, and digital giving extend the church's reach beyond the physical sanctuary.

Product overview

Our Redeemer's Church operates as a Lutheran Brethren congregation offering a unified ministry portfolio centered on worship services and spiritual development programs. The church's technology infrastructure is built on the Clover Sites platform with Church Center providing online giving, event registration, and people management capabilities. The ministry programs include Adult Classes (Bible studies), Care Groups (Veterans' Care, Cancer Care, People Care, Hope Fellowship, PAL Group), Kids Ministry, True North Student Ministries, Women's Ministry, Nursery services, and an affiliated K-12 Christian School. Online worship and sermon content is distributed through YouTube, Facebook, and the Church Center app.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services
• Online Worship Streaming
• Our Redeemer's Christian School
• Kids Ministry
• True North Student Ministries
• Care Groups
• Adult Bible Studies
• Women's Ministry
• Nursery
• Online Giving

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Church of the Lutheran Brethren (CLB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOur Redeemer's Church is affiliated with the Church of the Lutheran Brethren, a fellowship of Lutheran congregations born out of spiritual awakenings in the Midwest during the 1890s. The CLB has approximately 125 churches in the United States and Canada and 1,800 churches in Cameroon, Chad, Japan, and Taiwan. The Lutheran Brethren stands apart through its non-liturgical worship, belief in millennial reign of Christ, and strong emphasis on evangelism. Each congregation is completely independent and self-governed with the synod having only an advisory function.
• Lutheran Brethren SeminarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLutheran Brethren Seminary serves the church and the world by preparing servants of Christ for a life of ministry in God's mission and equipping His people to serve in His mission. The seminary is the theological education institution affiliated with the Church of the Lutheran Brethren.
• Lutheran Brethren International Mission (LBIM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLBIM serves in Chad, Japan, and Taiwan working together with national churches to evangelize, make disciples, plant churches, and minister to physical needs. The affiliation allows Our Redeemer's to participate in significant missionary enterprise and partner in spreading the gospel internationally.
• The CLB ForgeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe CLB Forge is the primary source for vitality resources and communication for congregations. It is a dynamic resource sharing system designed to connect North American congregations and amplify what God is doing in Lutheran Brethren churches, increasing effectiveness as a Disciple-Making Movement.
• 1517minorStrategic or Co-development Partner1517 creates and distributes theological and apologetic resources anchored in the central message of the Bible: that Christ died for sinners and rose for their justification. The organization aims to give assurance to Christians, enable individuals to serve neighbors in freedom, and strengthen the church through proclamation of the Gospel.
• PAL GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPAL Group is a free educational support group for parents and families of addicted loved ones. Topics include addiction cycle, traits and behaviors, delayed emotional growth, role of family, setting boundaries, and accepting consequences. The group meets monthly at Our Redeemer's Church.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA): Largest US Lutheran denomination with 8,500+ congregations. Operates Lutheran worship and education as part of a broader mainline portfolio with significant differences in theological orientation (more progressive) compared to Our Redeemer's evangelical Lutheran Brethren stance.
• Church of the Nazarene: Wesleyan-Holiness denomination with 30,000+ churches globally and a structured district system. Comparable mid-sized denomination profile with local congregations, Christian education programs, and missions board — provides scale benchmark and operational comparison.
• Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS): Second-largest US Lutheran body with the most extensive K-12 Lutheran school system (1,000+ schools). Closely comparable to Our Redeemer's on Lutheran theology and parochial education emphasis, though orders of magnitude larger in scale and shared resources.
• Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA): Mid-sized evangelical denomination with 1,500+ US churches. Comparable Bible-centered, non-liturgical worship style with missions emphasis and congregational polity — broadly similar in operating profile to a Lutheran Brethren church, though with a larger shared resource base.
• Southern Baptist Convention (SBC): Largest US Protestant denomination with 47,000+ churches and extensive cooperative missions program. Operates a comparable local-congregation model with strong missions emphasis (e.g., IMB, NAMB) — orders of magnitude larger in scale and shared resources than CLB.
• Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS): Lutheran denomination operating the largest Lutheran school system in North America (400+ schools). Similar confessional Lutheran stance and strong education infrastructure, providing a directly comparable K-12 + congregation operating model.

Others

• Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI): Major Christian school association representing 24,000+ schools globally. Provides accreditation, curriculum, and teacher resources that Our Redeemer's Christian School likely relies on for K-12 operations — adjacent rather than competing.
• Concordia University System (LCMS): LCMS-affiliated higher education and K-12 Concordia school network. Related Lutheran educational infrastructure that influences Our Redeemer's Lutheran Brethren approach to parochial education and provides indirect peer comparison for school operations.
• Church of the Lutheran Brethren: The Lutheran Brethren denomination with ~125 churches in US/Canada and 1,800 internationally in Cameroon, Chad, Japan, and Taiwan. Direct parent/sister organization sharing Our Redeemer's theological distinctives (non-liturgical, millennial reign emphasis, missions focus), self-governed congregational polity, and missional DNA.

Emerging players

• North American Lutheran Church (NALC): Newer Lutheran denomination founded in 2010 with evangelical leanings and confessional stance. Theologically closer to Our Redeemer's Lutheran Brethren than mainline ELCA, though much smaller in scale and only a decade old.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ORChurch
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@OurRedeemersMinot
• Facebookfacebook.com/ourredeemerschurch
• Instagraminstagram.com/ourredeemerschurch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/our-redeemer-s-church

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Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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