Reformierte Landeskirche Aargau

Name

Reformierte Landeskirche Aargau

Legal name

Evangelisch-Reformierte Landeskirche des Kantons Aargau

Website

https://ref-ag.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Reformierte Landeskirche Aargau is a Swiss public law corporation that operates the cantonal Reformed Church of Aargau, serving church tax-paying members and residents of Aargau across 90 parish churches and 7 deaconates with religious ceremonies, pastoral care, religious education, and social/diaconal services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Protestant church services
• Pastoral counseling
• Religious education
• Diaconal social services
• Cantonal church administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Aarau

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Reformierte Landeskirche Aargau is a public law corporation that delivers Protestant religious services, pastoral care, religious education, and diaconal/social services to members of the Reformed church and residents of Canton Aargau, Switzerland. Core offerings include life-cycle ceremonies (baptism, confirmation, marriage, funeral), pastoral counseling, religious instruction for children and youth, adult theological education programs, social services (debt counseling, family counseling, support for migrants), and church governance support for approximately 90 parish churches organized into 7 deaconates.

Product overview

The Reformierte Landeskirche Aargau is a cantonal church organization (public law corporation) offering religious services and pastoral care rather than commercial technology products. Its core offerings include church ceremonies (baptism, confirmation, marriage, funeral), pastoral counseling, religious education, and various publications. The organization operates the WikiRef knowledge base for church congregations, runs the church reform program 'Kirchenreform 26/30', and provides congregational consulting services. Communication offerings include the 'a+o' information magazine, 'reformiert.' member newspaper, and a church newsletter.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kirchliche Handlungen und Sakramente Core religious ceremonies and rites including baptism (Taufe) with godparent duties, confirmation (Konfirmation), marriage (Trauung), funeral/memorial services (Abdankung), and special blessing ceremonies (Besondere Segnungsfeiern). Available to church members and, in many cases, non-members across Canton Aargau.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ev.-ref. Kirche Schweiz (EKS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational umbrella organization of Swiss Reformed churches. The cantonal church participates in EKS initiatives including emergency aid, migration support, and policy positions. EKS issues guidelines and circulars affecting member churches.
• Diakonie SchweizcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss Protestant diaconal organization providing social services. The church's Diakonie chapter coordinates with this national body for best practices and standards in social ministry work.
• Kirchenmusikerverband (ARKV)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAargauischer Reformierter Kirchenmusikerinnen- und Kirchenmusikerverband (ARKV) - professional association for church musicians in Aargau. Consulted on salary system reform for church musicians.
• Pfarrkapitel AargaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional chapter of pastors in Aargau, providing peer support, continuing education, and representing pastoral staff interests. Consulted on personnel matters and working conditions.
• Diakonatskapitel AargaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional chapter for social deacons (Sozialdiakoninnen/Sozialdiakone) in Aargau. Provides peer support and professional development for non-ordained social ministry staff.
• Schuldenberatung Aargau-SolothurnminorOthersDebt counseling service operating in Aargau and Solothurn cantons. The church co-founded or supports this institution as part of its social/diaconal mission to help people in financial distress.
• Cartons du CoeurminorOthersCantonal aid organization for food assistance. The church is a founding or supporting partner, providing infrastructure and volunteers for food bank operations.
• HEKS (Hilfswerk der Ev.-ref. Kirche Schweiz)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss Protestant aid organization. The cantonal church donated 10,000 CHF for emergency aid to civilians in Lebanon and coordinates on migration support programs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Diakonie Schweiz: National diaconal coordination body; core strategic partner on social-service standards and a peer in the social-services segment of Swiss Protestant life, but not a directly competing operating church.
• HEKS (Hilfswerk der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirche Schweiz): Humanitarian aid arm of the Swiss Reformed church and a core strategic partner of Aargau; comparable in mission but operating internationally in development and migration support rather than as a parish-based church.

Broad incumbents

• Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche Schweiz (EKS): National umbrella of all Swiss Reformed cantonal churches; sets doctrine, policy positions and migration/emergency-aid programs that Aargau must adopt, making it the over-arching coordinating body rather than a competitor.

Direct peers

• Römisch-Katholische Landeskirche des Kantons Aargau: Faith-based peer operating in the exact same canton with the same public-law corporation status, church-tax funding, parish structure, and diaconal service offering; the two compete for members and share secularization headwinds.
• Evangelische Landeskirche Thurgau: Smaller but structurally identical cantonal Reformed church operating under the same Swiss Reformed umbrella, with comparable education, pastoral, and diaconal service lines.
• Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche des Kantons St. Gallen: Another direct cantonal peer of the Swiss Reformed tradition with the same public-law corporation model, parish system, church-tax revenue, and reform pressures facing Aargau.
• Reformierte Kirchen Bern-Jura-Solothurn: Direct cantonal peer covering three cantons with identical governance structure (Synode, Kirchenrat), tax-based funding, and Reformed-Protestant ministry portfolio; David Lentzsch's prior role at this organization makes the operational comparison especially close.
• Evangelisch-reformierte Landeskirche des Kantons Zürich: Direct cantonal peer: another Swiss Reformed cantonal church with the same public-law corporation status, church-tax funding model, Synode/Kirchenrat governance, and parish structure; comparable in mission, scope, and challenges, but serving a larger canton.

Emerging players

• Evangelisch-methodistische Kirche Schweiz: Smaller Swiss Protestant denomination with overlapping worship, pastoral-care, and youth-formation services, but lacking cantonal public-law status and church-tax revenue; competes for Protestant members in Aargau.

Regional players

• Christkatholische Kirche der Schweiz: Another recognized Swiss denomination with public-law status in several cantons and overlapping worship and pastoral offerings; a niche alternative rather than a direct competitor at Aargau's scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RefKircheAargau
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/refaargau
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/reformierte-landeskirche-aargau

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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