Promise Church

What Promise Church does

Promise Church is a non-profit Pentecostal church affiliated with the Assemblies of God denomination, founded in 2005 by Lead Pastor Mark Sullivan and his wife Diane in Waconia, Minnesota. The organization serves the Waconia-area community through a Saturday evening worship service (5:15 p.m.) hosted at Parkside Church, a Thursday evening prayer meeting, and a portfolio of ministries including a Bible reading plan, memory verse program, and a structured giving initiative called Kingdom Builders. Its theological positioning emphasizes the active role of the Holy Spirit in services, distinguishing it from other local churches in Waconia.

The church operates a subsidiary thrift store ministry, Trending Upward Thrift Shoppe, which originated inside the Promise Church building in 2013 and relocated to its own storefront at 141 1st W in downtown Waconia in October 2022. Beyond local community ministry, Promise Church allocates monthly budget support to missionaries in Lebanon, Osaka (Japan), Montreal (Canada), and the Arabian Peninsula, and partners with Love INC of Carver County for community outreach. Technology is limited to a WordPress-based website and an online giving platform accepting credit card, ACH, and Venmo.

Revenue is generated entirely through voluntary tithes, offerings, and donations, with services offered free to attendees; no financial figures are publicly disclosed. The church is led by a small staff of approximately 15 people and operates from a single primary geography, with its missional reach extended indirectly via funded missionary partnerships rather than physical expansion.

Name

Promise Church

Legal name

Promise Church

Website

https://promisechurchmn.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Promise Church is a non-profit Assemblies of God-affiliated church in Waconia, Minnesota, serving local residents through Saturday worship, Thursday prayer, a thrift store ministry, and structured missionary support.

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Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Pentecostal church services
• Charismatic worship gatherings
• Community ministry outreach
• Missionary support program
• Thrift store ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Waconia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary contributions from congregation members including the tithe (10% of income) and offerings above and beyond

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Promise Church is a non-profit Pentecostal Christian church that conducts Saturday evening worship services, Thursday prayer meetings, and discipleship programming in Waconia, Minnesota. The church operates a community-facing thrift store (Trending Upward Thrift Shoppe) and accepts tithes, offerings, and structured giving (Kingdom Builders) to fund operations, local outreach, and global missionary support.

Product overview

Promise Church offers a portfolio of church and community ministry services centered on spiritual growth and outreach. Core offerings include Saturday evening worship services at 5:15 p.m., with Trending Upward Thrift Shoppe as a community-facing retail ministry providing affordable clothing and home essentials. The church supports online giving through a digital donation platform accepting credit cards, ACH, and Venmo, with Kingdom Builders as a structured giving program for mission and expansion support. Additional ministries include Love INC partnerships for community outreach, Bible reading plans, memory verse programs, and corporate prayer gatherings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Saturday Evening Worship Service A weekly Saturday evening charismatic worship service at 5:15 p.m. with preservice prayer at 4:45 p.m., held at Parkside Church in Waconia, Minnesota. Designed for local community members seeking a contemporary Pentecostal worship experience.
• Thursday Night Prayer Meeting

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Love INC of Carver CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPromise Church supports Love INC of Carver County by providing clothing for people in need through Trending Upward Thrift Shoppe. Love INC connects people in need with churches that can help fill needs in the community.
• Trending Upward Thrift ShoppecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA thrift store ministry that began in the Promise Church building and now operates independently at 141 1st W in downtown Waconia. It provides affordable clothing and creates volunteer opportunities while sharing God's love with the community.
• Gather and Grow (Waconia United Food Shelf)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrending Upward has financially supported this local food shelf organization
• Backyard WishesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrending Upward has financially supported this local charity organization
• Southern Valley AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrending Upward has financially supported this local alliance organization
• Launch MinistryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrending Upward has financially supported this ministry
• Fellowship of Christian AthletesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrending Upward has financially supported this national organization through the local Minnesota chapter
• Convoy of HopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrending Upward has financially supported this national humanitarian organization
• Operation Christmas ChildminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrending Upward has financially supported this Samaritan's Purse gift-shoebox ministry
• David and Nadia Johansen (Missionaries)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissionaries to Lebanon serving since 2005, involved in church-planting through evangelism, discipleship, and teaching. Promise Church supports them monthly from their budget.
• Patrick and Kalyna Stitt (Missionaries)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissionaries to Osaka, Japan planning to plant churches in this city of over 40 million people. Previously served as pastors at Vibrant Life Assembly of God in Ellendale, Minnesota and missionaries to Moldova.
• Charles and Tahnya Porter (Missionaries)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissionaries to Montreal, Canada ministering in church-planting. Montreal is described as the most unreached people group in North America with less than 1% knowing Jesus Christ.
• Anonymous Arabian Peninsula Missionary FamilycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA missionary family serving on the Arabian Peninsula (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE). Names and details are confidential due to the sensitive nature of the location.
• Assemblies of GodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPromise Church is affiliated with the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal Christian denomination. The Lead Pastor, Mark Sullivan, is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God. The church follows the Assemblies of God's 16 Fundamental Truths.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• New Life Assembly of God: Princeton, MN congregation where Mark Sullivan previously served in preaching and children's ministry; directly comparable small-town Assemblies of God church with similar charismatic identity and ministry model.
• Parkside Church: The Waconia-area congregation whose building Promise Church uses for Saturday services; a directly comparable local congregation serving the same Carver County geography with overlapping worship offerings.
• Zoe Church (formerly Crossroads Church): Burnsville, MN congregation where Lead Pastor Mark Sullivan previously served as Youth Pastor; directly comparable in worship style, Assemblies-of-God-adjacent culture, and Minnesota suburban footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Hillsong Church: Global Pentecostal/charismatic brand with contemporary worship and missions emphasis; broadly comparable in theological posture and target seeker demographic, though operating at vastly larger scale.
• Bethel Church: Large Redding, CA Pentecostal/charismatic congregation that has scaled the exact worship identity (openness to Holy Spirit, miracles, spontaneous ministry) that Promise Church differentiates on; useful as a scaled aspirational comparable rather than a head-to-head competitor.
• Gateway Church: Texas-based charismatic multi-site church with active missions and online giving programs; broadly comparable in charismatic worship identity, missions footprint, and digital giving infrastructure.
• Church of the Highlands: Large multi-site charismatic congregation with emphasis on small groups and outreach; comparable in spirit-led worship positioning and multi-channel giving, though operating with far greater resources.
• Goodwill Industries International: National thrift-store nonprofit operator; comparable to Promise Church's Trending Upward Thrift Shoppe as a thrift-retail mission model, though operating at vastly greater scale and without the explicit church-plant identity.
• Elevation Church: Multi-site charismatic megachurch with contemporary worship and digital giving infrastructure; comparable in the charismatic/experiential worship positioning Promise Church stakes out, but at much greater scale.

Others

• The General Council of the Assemblies of God: National denominational body to which Promise Church is affiliated; not a competitor but the governing/credentialing ecosystem that supplies ministerial standing, missions partnerships, and accountability frameworks referenced in Promise Church's operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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