Reformierte Kirche

What Reformierte Kirche does

Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Umiken is a Protestant (Reformed) church congregation in Canton Aargau, Switzerland, serving the communities of Umiken, Riniken, and Villnachern as a constituent parish of the Reformed Church Aargau (Reformierte Kirche Aargau). It operates weekly Sunday worship services across three venues (Reformierte Kirche Umiken, Mehrzweckgebäude Villnachern, Zentrum Lee Riniken) and delivers life-cycle pastoral services — baptisms (Taufe), weddings (Trauung), confirmations (Konfirmation), and funerals (Abdankung) — alongside a multi-generational program stack including Sunday school, Frühlingslager (spring camp), FRESH Kids & Teens youth groups, senior outings, Abendmusik concerts, and ecumenical collaborations with Catholic and neighboring Protestant parishes. Pastoral leadership is provided by Pfarrer Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg, supported by secretariat staff, a Sigristin/Hauswartin, assistant sigrist, and a Katechetin.

The organization operates no proprietary technology; its digital presence runs on the kirchenweb.ch CMS platform (kirchenweb.ch gmbh), with event calendars, sermon podcasts, newsletter subscriptions, a report archive (688 reports spanning ~10 years), and online Raumreservation. Analytics are powered by self-hosted Matomo in Switzerland, with Google Invisible reCAPTCHA for spam protection and search.ch for embedded maps. Since 1 June 2026, the website serves as the official publication organ. Revenue is generated through three streams: statutory Kirchgemeindesteuer (church tax) levied on registered Reformed members by Swiss cantonal law (the dominant recurring base), voluntary donations and HEKS-anchored collections, and transactional fees for Kasualien life-cycle services per a published fee schedule. As of May 2026, the parish is operating under cantonal Kurator administration (Markus Fricker) following governance disruptions from Kirchenpflege resignations, with Gesamterneuerungswahlen deferred until a new council can be constituted.

Name

Reformierte Kirche

Legal name

Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Umiken

Website

https://ref-umiken.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Reformed Protestant parish (Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Umiken) in Canton Aargau, Switzerland, serving the villages of Umiken, Riniken, and Villnachern with weekly worship, life-cycle pastoral services, youth and senior programs, and ecumenical activities, funded by church tax and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

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)

Keywords

• Church worship services
• Pastoral care
• Religious education
• Youth ministry
• Community programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Umiken

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Parish Tax / Kirchgemeindesteuer: As a constituent parish of the Reformed Church Aargau (Reformierte Kirche Aargau), the parish is funded through church taxes levied on registered church members residing in the municipality. This is the primary operational funding source.
2. Donations and Collections: Regular Sunday collections (Kollekten) and specific fundraising campaigns, such as HEKS (Swiss Church Aid) annual collections for international humanitarian projects and support for local charitable causes (e.g., 'Weihnachtspäckli' Christmas gift drives, 123 parcels in a recent year).
3. Fees for Pastoral Services: Fees charged for life-cycle pastoral services (Kasualien) including baptisms, weddings, confirmations, and funerals, as outlined in the published fee schedule (Kasualien Gebühren).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Umiken is a Protestant church parish in Canton Aargau, Switzerland, delivering weekly Sunday worship services, life-cycle pastoral ceremonies (baptisms, confirmations, weddings, funerals under a published Kasualien fee schedule), religious education for children, youth and confirmands, multi-generational community programs (spring camp Frühlingslager, FRESH youth groups, senior trips, Abendmusik concerts, gospel choir), ecumenical gatherings with Catholic and other Protestant parishes, and pastoral care across the villages of Umiken, Riniken and Villnachern.

Product overview

Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Umiken operates primarily as a traditional church congregation offering religious services and community programs. The organization uses a digital platform built on the Kirchenweb.ch content management system to deliver its services, which include weekly church services (Gottesdienste), lifecycle ceremonies (baptisms, weddings, confirmations, funerals), youth and children's programs (FRESH youth groups, Sunday school, spring camp), senior services, religious education (PH-Unterricht), counseling, music programs (evening music concerts, gospel choir), ecumenical activities, and pastoral care. The digital infrastructure supports event calendars, sermon podcasts, newsletter subscriptions, and room reservations. The church is currently under Kurator (curator) administration following church council resignations, with pastoral services provided by Pfarrer Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gottesdienste (Sunday Worship Services) Weekly Sunday worship services held at Reformierte Kirche Umiken, Mehrzweckgebäude Villnachern and Zentrum Lee Riniken for the parish congregation, with occasional special services at outdoor venues (Waldgottesdienst, Auffahrtsgottesdienst at Villnachern swimming pool) and ecumenical services (Allianz-Gottesdienst am Stadtfest).
• Kasualien (Life-cycle Pastoral Ceremonies)
• Religionsunterricht / PH-Unterricht (Religious Education)
• Frühlingslager (Spring Camp)
• FRESH Kids & Teens Youth Group
• Sonntagsschule Umiken-Riniken und Villnachern (Sunday School)
• Abendmusik (Evening Music Concert Series)
• Gospelchor Umiken
• Seniorenprogramm (Senior Ministry)
• Ökumenischer Träff im Lee (Ecumenical Gathering)
• Seelsorge und Beratung (Pastoral Care and Counseling)
• Sermon Podcast (Predigten)

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Reformierte Kirche Aargau (Aargauer Kirche)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUmiken parish is a constituent member of the Aargau Reformed Church (Reformierte Kirche Aargau). The Kirchenrat (church council) of the Aargau Church appoints the Kurator for the parish and sets denominational policy. The parish follows the Kirchenordnung (KO, SRLA 1.2-1) of the Aargau Church.
• Catholic Parishes (Brugg-Nord, St. Franziskus, and others)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep ecumenical collaboration including joint Spaghettifest, Ökumenischer Träff im Lee (monthly gatherings), Auffahrtsgottesdienst at Villnachern, shared youth programs (Jugendtreff Riniken), and joint seasonal events. The Ökumenischer Träff is held every second Thursday at Zentrum Lee.
• Bözberg and Rein Protestant ParishesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint youth events including confirmation camps (Segellager) and ecumenical youth god services. Occasional shared programming for youth groups.
• kirchenweb.ch gmbhcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides and hosts the parish website platform (kirchenweb.ch), event calendar system, report archive, Matomo analytics, and iCalendar export functionality. Server infrastructure for data storage located in Switzerland.
• HEKS (Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz / Swiss Church Aid)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual charity collections organized for HEKS international humanitarian projects, including 2025 collection for a Congo nutrition project and 2025 collection for Myanmar earthquake relief.
• Car-company Suter (Würenlingen)minorOthersTransportation provider for the annual ecumenical senior trip (Seniorenausflug), used for the 2016 trip to Schwarzwald.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• kirchenweb.ch gmbh: Technology vendor hosting the parish's CMS, event calendar, podcast and analytics. An ecosystem enabler for the parish rather than a competing religious organization.
• HEKS (Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz): Swiss Protestant aid agency that is a recurring annual collection recipient of the Umiken parish. Thematically and denominationally related, but operates as a humanitarian NGO rather than a local congregation.

Direct peers

• Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Bözberg: Neighboring Aargau Reformed parish explicitly named as a collaborative partner for joint confirmation camps and youth services. Same denominational structure (Reformierte Kirche Aargau), same statutory church-tax funding model, and a directly comparable catchment size and program mix.
• Katholische Kirchgemeinde Brugg-Nord: Local Catholic parish explicitly named as a deep ecumenical partner (Spaghettifest, Ökumenischer Träff, shared youth work). Operates the same parish-congregation model in the same catchment under analogous statutory church-tax funding, with overlapping but distinct membership.
• Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Brugg: Larger neighboring Aargau Reformed parish that hosts the Umiken parish's PH religious-education classes at its Kirchgemeindehaus. Same denominational and funding model, with a slightly larger urban catchment.
• Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Rein: Adjacent Aargau Reformed parish mentioned as a joint youth programming partner. Closely comparable in legal form, funding mechanism, congregational scale and rural/multi-village operating model.
• Katholische Pfarrei St. Franziskus: Local Catholic parish collaborating on ecumenical services and events. Comparable parish-scale operation in the same geographic region with a parallel faith-community mission.

Broad incumbents

• Reformierte Kirche Aargau: The cantonal body under which Umiken parish operates; appoints the Kurator when parish councils become inquorate and sets denominational policy (Kirchenordnung). The broader institutional umbrella rather than a directly competing entity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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