SLO City Church

Name

SLO City Church

Legal name

SLO City Church

Website

https://slocity.church

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Religious services
• Community ministry
• Faith-based programs
• Worship services
• Church outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

San Luis Obispo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Regular Sunday giving and donations from congregation members supporting ongoing ministry operations and community outreach.
2. Special Campaign Giving (ROOTED): Capital campaign donations above and beyond regular tithing to fund the church's permanent home acquisition and building project. Accepts credit card, ACH, stocks, and cryptocurrency.
3. One-for-One Program: Community generosity nominations where the church supports individuals or families in need through targeted giving.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SLO City Church is a local non-profit Christian church that delivers weekly worship services, small-group community ministry, children's and family ministry, outreach programs, and faith-based teaching for individuals and families in the San Luis Obispo, California area. Its core deliverable is in-person religious services and community-based ministry supported by donation-funded programming.

Product overview

SLO City Church is a traditional church organization offering in-person and digital ministry services. The core offering includes Sunday worship services and community groups. Digital products include a mobile app (subsplash.com/slocitychurch/app) for event viewing and church engagement, a podcast (SLO City Together on Spotify), and downloadable Message Notes and Group Guides for sermon series. The church provides ministry programs including SLO City Kids (children's ministry for babies through 5th grade), SLO City Youth (middle/high school), College Age Ministry, Young Adult Ministry, Women's and Men's ministries, and Next Phase 55+ community. Special programs include Baptism, Mentorship, Marriage Mentorship, Mission Trips (Ensenada and Turkey), and a Community Outreach program. The church also runs the ROOTED Building Campaign for permanent campus acquisition. No AI/ML capabilities, API services, or technical integrations are offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ROOTED: Capital campaign initiative to establish a permanent church home and community outreach center at 1775 Calle Joaquin.
• SLO City Kids

Products and services

• Weekly Worship Services Regularly scheduled Christian worship services held for congregants and visitors in the San Luis Obispo area, providing preaching, music, and communal worship.
• Small Groups and Community Groups Small-group ministry gatherings designed for fellowship, Bible study, and community connection among church attendees and local residents.
• Children and Family Ministry Faith-based programming for children and families, including age-appropriate teaching and family ministry activities during church services and events.
• Community Outreach and Missions Outreach initiatives and missions programming that serve the local San Luis Obispo community and broader mission efforts.

Named customers6 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Baja BoundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Baja Bound for annual mission trips to Ensenada, Mexico. The organization is dedicated to building homes in impoverished communities. SLO City Church teams travel to build homes from the ground up, visit local orphanages, and serve at elderly homes. Family-friendly trips with up to 30 participants.
• International Missions Partners (Turkey)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep partnership with international missions partners in Turkey who provide cultural understanding and relational guidance for ministry in Istanbul and Izmir. Partners lead and guide ministry activities to ensure sustainable, relational, and impactful engagement in Muslim cultural contexts.
• Big Brothers Big SisterssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partnership creating and supporting one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. SLO City Church members can become mentors for at-risk kids in the community.
• FirstFruits FarmsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with FirstFruits Farm offering volunteer opportunities designed to connect volunteers to the earth and food system in meaningful ways through hands-on farm events.
• CASA San Luis Obispo CountysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCourt Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program where volunteers serve as advocates for children in SLO County foster care, working with social workers, attorneys, judges, and other stakeholders to make recommendations in children's best interests.
• CAPSLOsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partnership with CAPSLO offering volunteer opportunities in early education and childcare programs, adult day care for seniors, music volunteering, and clerical support.
• Habitat for Humanity San Luis Obispo CountysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit housing organization partnership enabling church members to participate in build projects and volunteer at the ReStore. Empowers individuals to develop lasting legacies for families while strengthening the community.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Subsplash: Church engagement platform whose mobile app SLO City Church uses for community engagement, events, and giving. As an infrastructure/technology vendor enabling SLO City Church's digital distribution, it is an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Watermark Church: Mid-size non-denominational church in Plano, Texas with a comparable community-group-driven model, discipleship focus, and broad demographic ministry structure. Useful comparable for SLO City Church's scale-up trajectory and operational benchmarks.
• The Village Church: Non-denominational church with deep teaching, community group, and missions programming structurally similar to SLO City Church's approach. Provides a benchmark for ministry model maturation, member engagement, and multi-generational programming.
• North Coast Church: Established non-denominational multi-site church in Carlsbad, California, with a comparable ministry DNA (life-stage groups, kids/youth programming, community outreach). Larger scale and longer history make it a relevant incumbent benchmark for how a church like SLO City can mature and multi-site over time.
• Vintage Church North Hills: Non-denominational church with similar contemporary worship, small group, and outreach infrastructure. Comparable as a non-denom peer for programming and growth-stage benchmarking, though operating in a different region.

Direct peers

• Mountainbrook Community Church: Non-denominational church in San Luis Obispo County with a comparable ministry model (Sunday services, life-stage groups, kids/youth programs, local missions). Overlaps directly with SLO City Church in target geography, demographic, and programming approach.
• Reality Church San Luis Obispo: Non-denominational Christian church based in San Luis Obispo serving the same Central Coast community with similar Sunday service, small group, and outreach programming. Directly competes for the same congregants, college students from Cal Poly, and local donor base as SLO City Church.
• Bridge Church SLO: Local non-denominational church serving San Luis Obispo with a similar contemporary worship, community group, and outreach structure. Competes head-to-head for the same SLO households, families, and young adult demographic.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@slocitychurch
• Instagraminstagram.com/slocitychurch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/slo-city-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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