Westosha Lakes Church

What Westosha Lakes Church does

Westosha Lakes Church is a non-profit evangelical congregation headquartered at 24823 74th Street, Salem, Wisconsin, operating as a single-campus church in western Kenosha County. The church originated in 2005 as a satellite worship service hosted by Kenosha Bible Church at Central High School, formally incorporated as an independent congregation in 2007, and relocated to its current gifted building in 2009. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA), maintaining local autonomy while adhering to a shared Statement of Faith.

The church's core offering is two identical Sunday worship services at 9:00am and 10:30am, supplemented by a YouTube livestream of the 9:00am service for remote attendees. Its ministry portfolio is organized by life stage and need: Pathfinders Kids (infants through 5th grade), WLC Youth (6th-12th grade, Wednesday evenings), Westosha Young Adults (WYA, 11th grade through mid-twenties), Small Groups, Celebrate Recovery (Tuesday evenings), Helping Hands monthly food pantry, GriefShare, Membership classes, and a confidential Prayer Request system. Technology infrastructure is composed entirely of third-party SaaS: Church Center for online giving and event registration, Nucleus for media hosting, YouTube for livestream, and Printify for on-demand merchandise via the WLC Merch store.

The organization is led by Pastors Adam Magnuson (since 2015) and Jason Croatt (since 2018), supported by a four-member Elder Board chaired by Scott Miller and a small staff team including a Worship Director, Children's Ministry Director, Director of Youth and Discipleship, and Church Secretary. Revenue is generated exclusively through voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members, with no pricing structure, earned-income streams, or external institutional funding disclosed. The church has no app, no proprietary technology, no parent company, and no subsidiaries, operating as an autonomous religious non-profit within the EFCA association.

Name

Westosha Lakes Church

Legal name

Westosha Lakes Church

Website

https://westoshalakeschurch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Westosha Lakes Church is a non-profit evangelical congregation in Salem, Wisconsin, affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America, serving the western Kenosha County community through Sunday worship, life-stage ministries (children, youth, young adults), and outreach programs including Celebrate Recovery and a food pantry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Community Food Services (624210)

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

• Sunday worship services
• Christian church ministries
• Community food pantry
• Youth ministry programs
• Biblical teaching services

Headquarters

HQ city

Salem

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary donations from congregation members given as an act of worship in response to God's blessings. Managed through Church Center giving platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Westosha Lakes Church operates a single-site evangelical congregation delivering weekly Sunday worship services at 9am and 10:30am, supplemented by an online YouTube livestream. The church offers a portfolio of named ministry programs including Pathfinders Kids (children's ministry), WLC Youth (student ministry for 6th–12th grade), Westosha Young Adults, Small Groups, Celebrate Recovery (recovery program), Helping Hands monthly food pantry, GriefShare, and a Church Membership pathway, alongside online giving and merchandise.

Product overview

Westosha Lakes Church is a single-site evangelical congregation offering a unified ministry centered on Sunday worship services (9am and 10:30am) with an online livestream option. The church operates multiple interconnected ministry programs including Pathfinders Kids (children's ministry), WLC Youth (student ministry for 6th-12th grade), WYA (young adults), Small Groups (discipleship communities), Celebrate Recovery (addiction recovery), Helping Hands Food Pantry (community service), and church membership. Supporting services include online giving via Church Center, media streaming via Nucleus, WLC Merch merchandise via Printify, and a confidential prayer request system. The church's core product is its Sunday worship gathering, with all other programs designed to support spiritual growth, community connection, and local outreach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pathfinders Kids: Children's Ministry for infants through 3rd grade
• WLC Youth
• WYA
• Celebrate Recovery
• Helping Hands

Products and services

• WLC Merch Online merchandise store offering branded WLC apparel and items produced via Printify on-demand printing, accessible to congregation and community.
• Sunday Worship Services In-person worship gatherings held at the Salem, WI campus every Sunday at 9am and 10:30am (two identical services) for congregants seeking Christian worship and biblical teaching.
• Online Worship Livestream Livestream of the 9am Sunday worship service distributed via the church's YouTube channel for individuals unable to attend services in person.
• Pathfinders Kids (Children's Ministry) Children's ministry program for infants through 5th grade offering age-appropriate Bible teaching in classroom settings during Sunday services.
• WLC Youth (Student Ministry) Student ministry for 6th–12th graders meeting Wednesday evenings for worship, Bible teaching, small groups, and games, engaging roughly 30–40 students per week.
• Westosha Young Adults (WYA) Ministry for young adults from 11th grade through mid-twenties featuring Bible studies, outreach opportunities, and community events, particularly during college breaks.
• Small Groups Fellowship groups structured around Bible study and prayer designed to foster spiritual maturity and deeper community relationships among congregants.
• Celebrate Recovery Christ-centered recovery program held Tuesday evenings (6pm doors, 6:30pm meeting) for individuals dealing with hurts, hang-ups, and habits, featuring large group meetings and gender-specific share groups.
• Helping Hands Monthly Food Pantry Monthly food assistance program providing free groceries to community members on the second Saturday of each month, with no strings attached.
• Church Membership Program Formal church membership pathway including an orientation class, application, pastor/elder meeting, and covenant signing for individuals seeking to formally join the congregation.
• Online Giving / Tithes Online giving platform for voluntary tithes and offerings processed through the Church Center platform, framed as an act of worship rooted in 2 Corinthians 9:6-15.

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWestosha Lakes Church is affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America, an association and fellowship of autonomous and interdependent churches united around the same Statement of Faith. The church adheres to the EFCA's doctrinal standards while maintaining local church autonomy.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kenosha Bible Church: The parent church that planted Westosha Lakes Church in 2005 as a satellite service. Same EFCA affiliation, same general region (Kenosha County, WI), and same evangelical DNA — making it the closest comparable peer for congregation size, theology, and operational model.
• Brookside Church: EFCA-affiliated evangelical congregation of similar mid-sized scale operating a comparable ministry portfolio (children, youth, small groups, community outreach). Directly comparable on denomination, programming structure, and congregational size band.

Broad incumbents

• Northland Church: A large EFCA-affiliated church in Lansing, Michigan, that shares the same denominational affiliation and evangelical doctrinal standards as Westosha Lakes. As a multi-staff, multi-program megachurch within the same EFCA network, it represents a scaled-up model of WLC's ministry ecosystem.
• Elmbrook Church: One of the larger evangelical congregations in the Milwaukee metro area, offering multi-site services, extensive children's and youth programs, and community outreach — broadly comparable ministry structure but at substantially greater scale in WLC's broader regional market.
• Saddleback Church: The originator of the Celebrate Recovery program that WLC runs. While much larger and non-denominational, Saddleback is directly comparable on the recovery-ministry dimension that distinguishes WLC's programming from generic evangelical peers.

Regional players

• Faith Community Church: Evangelical congregation serving the western Wisconsin / Lake Country region adjacent to WLC's market. Comparable in theology and small-to-mid size, with overlapping community outreach programs — a natural geographic peer in WLC's broader competitive set.
• Christ Community Church: Evangelical congregation in the greater Milwaukee/southeast Wisconsin region offering similar ministry programming including youth groups and recovery ministries. Geographic peer operating in adjacent counties to WLC's Salem/Paddock Lake catchment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@WestoshaLakesChurch/streams
• Facebookfacebook.com/westoshalakeschurch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/westosha-lakes-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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