Park Avenue Christian Church

What Park Avenue Christian Church does

Park Avenue Christian Church is a progressive Christian congregation and 501(c)(3)-style religious nonprofit located at 1010 Park Avenue at 85th Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Founded in 1810 per firmographic records, it operates today under the pastoral leadership of The Rev. Kaji Douša and is affiliated with the United Church of Christ denomination. The church is commonly branded 'The Park' and markets itself around a 'Radical Welcome / Una Bienvenida Radical' philosophy that explicitly affirms LGBTQIA+ members and welcomes people of all orientations and backgrounds, with bilingual English/Spanish ministry materials.

The church's service portfolio centers on weekly Sunday worship at 11:00 am ET, delivered both in-person at the sanctuary and via live online broadcast through its website and YouTube channel. Surrounding programs include an LGBTQIA+ ministry, a music ministry, a social justice initiative, a Saturday Community Lunch Program, and a 'The Park Sets the Table' meal kit distribution ministry that serves South Bronx partner schools. Operational technology is limited to off-the-shelf tools: live-streaming infrastructure, Mailchimp email distribution, an online events calendar, and a space-rental inquiry system. The church maintains an active social presence on Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube, plus a weekly newsletter, 'A Message from Pastor Kaji.'

The revenue model is donation-driven: voluntary contributions from congregants and supporters fund operations, collected through a 'Make A Contribution / Donate' channel on the website. A space rental program provides a secondary, smaller revenue stream from community use of the sanctuary. The church has 23 disclosed staff, no public financial filings in the source data, no parent organization, no subsidiaries, and operates on a single-site basis in New York City.

Name

Park Avenue Christian Church

Legal name

Park Avenue Christian Church

Website

https://parkavenuechristian.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Park Avenue Christian Church is a progressive, UCC-affiliated Christian congregation on Manhattan's Upper East Side providing weekly in-person and online worship, LGBTQIA+ ministry, social justice programming, and community meal services to New York City congregants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

akta.pro primary industry

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

Keywords

• Progressive christian worship
• Community ministry services
• Religious nonprofit organization
• Faith community outreach
• Community meal programs

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: The church generates revenue primarily through voluntary donations and contributions from congregation members. The website features a 'Make A Contribution' and 'Donate' button indicating a donation-based revenue model where members and supporters can contribute financially to support the church's ministries and operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Park Avenue Christian Church is a progressive Christian church that provides weekly worship services both in-person at its Upper East Side Manhattan sanctuary and via live online broadcast each Sunday at 11:00 am ET. The church delivers pastoral care, baptism services, music ministry, LGBTQIA+ affirming ministry, social justice programming, and community meal services (the Saturday Community Lunch Program and The Park Sets the Table meal kit ministry). It also rents its facility for community events and disseminates devotional content through the UCC StillSpeaking program.

Product overview

Park Avenue Christian Church offers religious and community services including weekly worship services broadcast live on Sundays at 11:00 am ET (both in-person and online), sermon series and devotional content from The Rev. Kaji Douša, community meal programs (The Park Sets the Table), LGBTQIA+ ministry, music ministry, social justice initiatives, and space rental for events. The church is part of the United Church of Christ (UCC) and affiliated with the StillSpeaking Daily Devotional program. This is not a technology product company; the content is focused on church services, pastoral care, and community programs rather than technology offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weekly Worship Services Sunday worship services held weekly at 11:00 am ET, offered both in-person at the Park Avenue sanctuary and broadcast live online to remote congregants. Open to the community and central to the church's ministry.
• Baptism Services Christian baptism ceremonies offered to individuals and families wishing to publicly affirm their faith within the progressive Christian tradition.
• LGBTQIA+ Ministry Dedicated ministry providing affirming worship, community support, and spiritual care specifically for LGBTQIA+ individuals and their allies, including messaging such as '#JesusIsQueer' and '#JesusIsNonbinary'.
• Music Ministry Music at The Park ministry led by Music Director S. Wilson, providing musical programming and worship music coordination for services and special events.
• Social Justice Ministry Active social justice programming and advocacy initiatives integrated into the church's mission and congregation life.
• Saturday Community Lunch Program Weekly Saturday community lunch program serving free meals to food-insecure individuals and families in New York City.
• The Park Sets the Table Meal Kit Ministry Meal kit distribution ministry providing meal kits to families in need, distributed through partner locations including Community Health Academy of the Heights and MS/HS223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology in the South Bronx.
• Space Rental Program Rental of the church's Park Avenue sanctuary facility for community events, meetings, and programs, with a dedicated inquiry page on the church website.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Community Health Academy of the HeightscoreOthers · 1 January 2026Community Health Academy of the Heights is a partner location for the church's 'The Park Sets the Table' meal kit distribution program. The church's former Moderator, Rebecca Stanton, teaches at this institution. Meal kits are distributed to families through this location.
• MS/HS223, The Laboratory School of Finance and TechnologycoreOthers · 1 January 2026The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology in the South Bronx is a partner location for the church's 'The Park Sets the Table' meal kit distribution program. Meal kits are distributed to families through this school location.
• St. Ignatius LoyolaminorOthers · 1 January 2026St. Ignatius Loyola is a nearby church where Park Avenue Christian Church holds joint Good Friday worship services. Located one block away from the church, the two congregations gather together for Good Friday observances.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• St. Bartholomew's Church (St. Bart's): An Episcopal church on Park Avenue at 50th Street that operates a major space-rental and community-events program alongside worship and pastoral ministries. Directly comparable as a Park Avenue church with both liturgical worship and event-rental revenue streams.
• Riverside Church: A large progressive interdenominational church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with an extensive social-justice ministry and citywide community programs. Closely comparable to Park Avenue Christian Church in progressive theological positioning, Manhattan location, and community-facing activism, though at much larger scale.
• Church of St. Paul the Apostle: A large progressive-leaning Catholic parish on the Upper West Side with active social-justice programming and a citywide audience. Comparable as a Manhattan congregation balancing progressive ministry with traditional worship infrastructure.
• Marble Collegiate Church: A historic Manhattan church located on Fifth Avenue with a long-standing reputation as a progressive mainline congregation. Comparable in its urban prominence and inward-facing ministry model, though Methodist rather than UCC-affiliated.
• Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church: A long-established mainstream Presbyterian congregation on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan with active community outreach and worship programming. Closely comparable as a similarly located historic Manhattan church with a comparable scale of ministries and an established donor base.
• West End Collegiate Church: A historic Collegiate Church in the Upper West Side with progressive Reformed leanings and a strong social-justice identity. Comparable in theology, urban congregation model, and emphasis on community engagement.
• Middle Collegiate Church: A progressive and LGBTQIA+-affirming congregation in the East Village that rebuild inclusive progressive Christian community in Manhattan. Directly comparable theological positioning, especially on LGBTQIA+ welcome and social justice, and serves the same NYC progressive Christian seeker demographic.

Broad incumbents

• United Church of Christ (national): The national denomination to which Park Avenue Christian Church is affiliated. Comparable as the higher-level ecclesial and theological body that sets shared progressive Christian, affirming-welcome, and StillSpeaking content standards in which the church participates.
• Trinity Church Wall Street: A historic Manhattan Episcopal parish operating one of the largest religious-affiliated grant programs and real-estate footprints in NYC. Overlaps with Park Avenue Christian Church on community grantmaking, downtown presence, and progressive citywide ministry, but at vastly greater scale and endowment.
• Cathedral of St. John the Divine: The largest Episcopal cathedral in Manhattan, with a vast social-justice, food-security, and arts programming portfolio. Overlaps substantively in progressive faith and large-scale community ministry, though at significantly greater scale than Park Avenue Christian Church.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ThePark1010
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ParkAveChristian
• Facebookfacebook.com/ParkAvenueChristian
• Instagraminstagram.com/thepark1010
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/park-avenue-christian-church

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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