The Simple Church

What The Simple Church does

The Simple Church is a privately held, independent Christian church headquartered at 601 Benton Rd. in Bossier City, Louisiana, with its Sunday worship venue at 130 Boardwalk Blvd. inside The Louisiana Boardwalk retail/entertainment district. The organization employs approximately 24 staff and runs three Sunday service times (9, 10, and 11 AM) both in-person and via online live streaming. Its ministry portfolio is segmented by life stage: Simple Kids (babies through 5th grade), Middle School (6th–8th), High School (9th–12th), College Life, Family Ministry, Life Groups (small groups), and Do Good (community outreach), supplemented by Volunteer and pastoral care pathways (Need Prayer, Need Care).

The church's technology stack is intentionally lightweight and outsourced: the website is built on the SnapPages website builder, while the Simple Church mobile app, online giving, prayer, and care forms are delivered through the Subsplash church-platform suite. There are no proprietary systems, APIs, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities disclosed; digital infrastructure is essentially a configuration of best-of-breed SaaS tools purpose-built for churches. The organization does not develop or commercialize technology.

The Simple Church's revenue model is donation-based: voluntary tithes, offerings, and online giving from individual congregants. There is no pricing model, no enterprise customers, no disclosed financials, no funding rounds, and no investment activity. The organization is privately held with no parent company, subsidiaries, M&A history, or public-market involvement. Its geographic reach is concentrated in the Shreveport-Bossier MSA, with the online streaming channel providing global reach in principle but no disclosed metrics on remote attendance or digital giving.

Name

The Simple Church

Website

https://thesimplechurch.tv

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Simple Church is an independent Christian church in Bossier City, Louisiana, employing 24 staff and offering three Sunday services at The Louisiana Boardwalk plus online streaming. It serves local families and youth through age-segmented ministries funded by voluntary tithes and offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (813110), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE), Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH)

Keywords

• Sunday worship services
• Youth ministry programs
• Christian small groups
• Community outreach
• Online giving platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Bossier City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: The church generates revenue through voluntary tithes and offerings from congregants during Sunday services and online giving options. The church has both in-person and online giving capabilities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Simple Church provides weekly Christian worship services and faith-based community programs for individuals and families in the Bossier City, Louisiana area. Its core Sunday worship services are delivered in person at The Louisiana Boardwalk and via online live streaming, and are supported by age-specific ministries (children, middle school, high school, college), Life Groups, family ministry, volunteer opportunities, community outreach (Do Good), pastoral prayer/care, and digital giving through a mobile app. All services and programs are offered free of charge, with the organization funded by voluntary tithes and offerings.

Product overview

The Simple Church is a local church in Bossier City, Louisiana offering a unified set of faith-based programs and services. The core offering is the Sunday Experience worship service held at The Louisiana Boardwalk and streamed online. This is supplemented by age-specific ministry programs: Simple Kids (babies to 5th grade), Middle School (6th-8th grade), High School (9th-12th grade), and College Life. Additional community programs include Life Groups (small groups), Family Ministry, Do Good (community service), and Volunteer opportunities. The church also provides digital engagement through The Simple Church App and online giving, along with pastoral care services via Need Prayer and Need Care forms. The church is built on SnapPages website technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Simple Kids: Children's ministry program serving babies through 5th graders
• Middle School
• High School
• College Life
• The Simple Church App

Products and services

• Sunday Experience Weekly Christian worship service featuring a practical message and inspiring music, held at 9, 10, and 11 AM on Sundays at The Louisiana Boardwalk in Bossier City, LA, and streamed online for remote attendees.
• Simple Kids Children's ministry program serving babies through 5th graders during Sunday services, providing age-appropriate spiritual development and supervised programming while parents attend worship.
• Middle School Ministry Youth ministry program for 6th through 8th graders at The Simple Church, providing age-appropriate spiritual guidance and peer community during middle school years.
• High School Ministry Youth ministry program for 9th through 12th graders at The Simple Church, providing spiritual guidance and peer community for high school students.
• College Life Ministry program for college-aged young adults, offering faith community and support during the college years.
• Life Groups Small group ministry for fellowship, Bible study, and community connection within The Simple Church.
• Family Ministry Ministry program supporting families within The Simple Church, including family-oriented faith development, parenting support, and family activities.
• Do Good Community outreach and service initiative focused on solving problems locally and globally through The Simple Church.
• Volunteer Volunteer program providing opportunities for members to serve and get involved in church activities and operations.
• The Simple Church App Mobile application (powered by Subsplash) for The Simple Church, providing content access, community features, giving, prayer requests, and church resources.
• Online Giving Digital tithing and donation platform for church contributions, with both in-person and online giving options for congregants.
• Need Care Pastoral care request form providing members a channel to request support and assistance from the church.
• Need Prayer Prayer request submission form enabling members to request pastoral prayer support from the church.
• Resources Church resources including materials for spiritual growth and study provided to members and visitors.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Church of the Highlands: One of the largest U.S. churches based in Birmingham, AL, with a multi-site model and digital streaming. Similar to The Simple Church in operating contemporary worship services, Life Group-style small groups, and family/children's ministries.
• Life.Church: One of the largest multi-site churches in the U.S. and creator of the open-source Church Online Platform and the YouVersion Bible App; broadly comparable to The Simple Church as a contemporary, technology-forward local congregation model serving general communities with online streaming and family ministry.
• North Point Community Church: Andy Stanley-led multi-campus Atlanta-area church known for practical, accessible teaching. Comparable to The Simple Church's emphasis on practical, non-overcomplicated messaging and family-oriented ministry strategy.
• Elevation Church: Large multi-campus contemporary church founded by Steven Furtick, headquartered in Charlotte, NC. Comparable to The Simple Church in delivering practical-message, music-driven worship experiences with youth and family programming, but at significantly greater scale.
• Saddleback Church: Large Southern California multi-campus church founded by Rick Warren, comparable to The Simple Church in offering Life Group-style small groups, age-tiered family ministries, and local/global community outreach initiatives.
• Gateway Church: Texas-based multi-site church led by Robert Morris with contemporary worship, kids and student ministries, and small groups. Comparable to The Simple Church's structure of weekly Sunday services plus age-segmented ministry programming.

Emerging players

• Fellowship Church: Mid-sized multi-site church in Greenville, SC with contemporary services, Family Ministries, and small groups. Comparable to The Simple Church as a similarly sized contemporary congregation emphasizing family and small-group engagement.

Others

• Subsplash: Software platform used by The Simple Church to power its mobile app, online giving, and prayer/care forms. Not a peer in terms of congregational services, but the closest enabling/technology vendor adjacent to the subject company's operational stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-simple-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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