The Father's House

What The Father's House does

The Father's House (TFH) is a multi-site non-profit evangelical church founded in 1992 in Vacaville, California, by Lead Pastors Dave and Donna Patterson. Starting with eight people in a living room, the organization has grown to approximately 7,500 attendees across five permanent campuses (Vacaville, Napa, East Bay, Roseville, and Calgary, Canada), plus a sixth campus launching in Los Gatos in June 2026. The ministry portfolio spans the full life cycle — nursery through seniors — including TFH Kids, MSC/Rally youth ministry, Young Adults, Celebrate Recovery, Marriage Ministry, Healing Rooms, Intercession, and the Beit Abba Messianic Jewish ministry. The organization also operates 7 prison campus locations and 6 affiliated church plants (San Francisco, Oakland, Natomas, Elk Grove, Santa Barbara, Yuba City).

The core technology stack is a conventional church operations platform: a custom TFH mobile app on iOS and Android providing news, events, sermon access, and a 30-second giving feature; a live streaming infrastructure at live.tfh.org with on-demand sermon archive; PushPay integration for online giving (supporting debit/credit, bank accounts, stocks, and crypto); Vimeo for video hosting; YouVersion for Bible reading plans; and Parent Cue for children's ministry parent engagement. The published content library includes TFH Worship music albums and authored books by the pastoral team.

The business model is voluntary contribution-based: services are free and open to attend, with no registration required. Revenue is generated through tithes and offerings (framed as a 10% spiritual discipline), recurring monthly giving via PushPay, a 90-Day Tithe Challenge program for new givers, and a Global Reach monthly support program for international mission partners. Adjacent revenue streams include TFH Preschool (fee-for-service early childhood education), Chapel Coffee (hospitality retail), and sales of books and worship albums. Capital campaigns (e.g., the $3.5M Unstoppable campaign for East Bay) and church plant expansion are funded through dedicated giving appeals. The organization is independent, founder-led, with no disclosed parent company or external capital.

Name

The Father's House

Legal name

The Father's House

Website

https://tfh.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Father's House is a multi-campus evangelical church founded in 1992 in Northern California, serving approximately 7,500 weekly attendees across five campuses plus prison and church plant locations, funded through voluntary tithes and offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Child Care Services (6244), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Campus Spiritual & Religious Life (EDALAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Childcare Centers (EDACAAAN), End-of-Life Emotional & Spiritual Support (Chaplaincy/Counseling) In-Home (HSABAFAH), Home Visiting & Parent Coaching Programs (EDACALAC)

Keywords

• Worship services
• Christian ministries
• Biblical education
• Faith community
• Global missions

Headquarters

HQ city

Vacaville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary financial contributions from congregation members based on biblical tithing principle of 10% of income. Church teaches tithing as spiritual discipline and act of worship. Members can give via debit/credit cards, bank accounts, stocks, or crypto through online platform.
2. Tithing Teaching and Resources: Educational resources and teaching materials on biblical principles of giving and stewardship. 90 Day Tithe Challenge program for new givers.
3. Global Reach Monthly Support: Monthly giving program supporting global mission partners and international church planting efforts

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Father's House is a multi-campus Christian church that delivers weekend worship services (in-person and via livestream), discipleship pathways (Essentials, Discover, Leadership College, Biblical Studies), age-specific ministries (Kids, Youth, Young Adults, Marriage), recovery and counseling programs (Celebrate Recovery, Pure Desire, Live Free, Common Care Counseling, Healing Rooms, Intercession), global missions, and a TFH Preschool. Funding comes from voluntary tithes and offerings; access to services and most programs is free, with supporting technology via the TFH mobile app, online giving platform, and sermon archive.

Product overview

The Father's House is a multi-campus church organization offering a unified portfolio of spiritual formation and community programs. The core offerings include weekend worship services (streamed live), TFH Kids/Youth/Young Adults ministries, Celebrate Recovery, Marriage Ministry, Healing Rooms, Intercession, and Global Reach missions. Adjacent programs include Leadership College (9-month training), Biblical Studies, School of Healing, and TFH Preschool. The church also operates TFH Worship (music/albums), publishes books (Pursuit, etc.), and provides the TFH App and Online Giving platform. Chapel Coffee and Beit Abba (Jewish ministry) serve niche community needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weekend Worship Services
• TFH Mobile App

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SurgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch planting organization focused exclusively on planting reproducing churches globally. Provides relationship, training, and coaching to church planters. Reports 2,820 churches planted in 2023.
• Messenger InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by John & Lisa Bevere, provides translated Christian resources globally. Has given away over 50 million resources in 123 languages across 228 nations since 2011.
• FIRM (Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of 70+ Israeli ministries with 100k+ lives impacted. Empowers local ministries to transform lives in Israel with the love of Jesus.
• ARC (Association of Related Churches)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHelps new and existing churches thrive through relationship, resource, and opportunity. Launched 40 churches in 2023; 1,097 total churches planted over 23 years.
• Vapor MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablishes sustainable centers for alleviating poverty and multiplying disciples in third-world environments. Vision: Meet needs, Feed souls, Elevate God. Made over 1.5 million gospel impressions last year.
• Convoy of HopecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith-based organization feeding the world through children's feeding initiatives, community outreach, and disaster response. Has helped 200M+ people, engaged 950K+ volunteers, served 700M+ meals.
• Dream CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResource center focused on supporting those affected by homelessness, hunger, and lack of education. Distributes 5 million pounds of food yearly, houses and empowers 500+ people, offers 50+ courses.
• Prison Church NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing full TFH campus experience in state prisons including weekly services, campus pastor, and small groups supporting addiction recovery and discipleship.
• TFH NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of churches working with The Father's House, providing spiritual covering and support for church plants.
• FCOP International (Cambodia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner for Cambodia mission trips, caring for widows and orphans and visiting children's homes in remote areas.
• One ChildminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal ministry partner for orphan care and child sponsorship programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Saddleback Church: Large multi-site church founded by Rick Warren with multiple campuses and global PEACE Plan network. Comparable to TFH in multi-site model, comprehensive ministry ecosystem, and church-plant multiplication strategy.
• Church of the Highlands: Large multi-site church in the southern US with 20+ campuses. Comparable to TFH in multi-site scale, recovery program (Celebrate Recovery-based), community outreach model, and capital campaign-driven campus expansion.
• North Point Community Church: Pioneer of the multi-site church model with Andy Stanley. Directly comparable to TFH in operating multiple campuses with consistent teaching and centralized leadership — a benchmark peer for multi-site church operations and leadership development.
• Summit Church: Multi-site church in North Carolina with strong church-planting network. Comparable to TFH in multi-site model, campus pastor leadership structure, and emphasis on sending planters to new regions.
• Elevation Church: Multi-site megachurch founded by Steven Furtick with campuses across multiple US cities. Directly comparable to TFH in multi-site growth model, digital-first approach, and young adult engagement focus.
• Life.Church: One of the largest multi-site churches in the US with a strong digital and online presence (Life.Church Online, YouVersion Bible app). Highly comparable to TFH in multi-site scale, digital infrastructure investment, and developer of widely-used faith-tech tools (PushPay, YouVersion via partnerships).
• Gateway Church: Multi-site church with multiple campuses across Texas and beyond. Comparable to TFH in multi-site operating model, family ministry, leadership development programs, and global missions partnerships.

Others

• Convoy of Hope: Faith-based humanitarian organization and TFH partner. Comparable as a faith-based nonprofit with community outreach, disaster response, and global mission programming — a peer in the faith nonprofit ecosystem serving similar donor bases.
• Pushpay: Digital giving platform used by TFH and thousands of churches. Relevant as a technology infrastructure peer enabling TFH's online giving, app, and donor engagement capabilities — an enabling technology partner in the church ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• ARC (Association of Related Churches): Church planting network that is both a TFH partner and a peer-level organization helping launch hundreds of churches. Comparable as a broader church-planting and resourcing network serving independent congregations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BeitAbba
• Instagraminstagram.com/tfhyoungadults
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-fathers-house

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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