Waterbrook Bible Fellowship

What Waterbrook Bible Fellowship does

Waterbrook Bible Fellowship is an independent, non-denominational Christian church headquartered at 507 Thomas St, Wylie, Texas, founded in 2004 by six couples out of a Fellowship Bible Church church-planting conference. The church operates a single physical campus on approximately four acres, comprising three structures: a renovated 3,000 sq ft house (507 building, offices/meeting rooms, completed 2009), the 100 building worship space (completed January 2011), and the 200 building classrooms (completed 2016). Two Sunday worship services run at 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM, with Wednesday evening programming, and the church offers online streaming plus a YouTube sermon archive for remote participation.

Waterbrook's product surface is a cradle-to-grave ministry portfolio segmented by life stage: Wee School (licensed Christian preschool for ages 18 months to 5 years), Kids Ministry (birth–4th grade, HYFI and Gospel Project curricula), Preteens Ministry (5th–6th grade), Students Ministry (7th–12th grade), The Harbor Young Adults (18–30), Men's Ministry, Women's Ministry, Deep Waters Senior Adult Ministry, and Adult Classes. Supporting programs include a Missions Program (10% of general-fund giving allocated to 13 missionaries and 1 missions organization), baptism services, and adult Bible-study tracks. The underlying technology stack is composed of standard church-sector SaaS: Church Center by Subsplash for event registration, forms, and giving; Planning Center for sermon/content management; Mailchimp for email communications; YouTube for sermon archive distribution; and Vanco/eServicePayments for online giving.

The business model is a hybrid donations-plus-tuition nonprofit model. The primary revenue stream is voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members (including one-time and recurring online contributions, plus creative gifts of stocks, real estate, and insurance designations), with the secondary stream being Wee School tuition at $35–$140/week per family (1–4 days) plus optional extended care at $5–$7/hour. Worship services are free. The church is governed by a Council of Elders (Chairman Dan Carnefix, Vice Chairman Brian Villanueva, Secretary Ross Peterson, Treasurer Paul Leininger, plus members) and led by Lead Pastor John Robbins (since January 2024) and Teaching Pastor Stephen Bramer, supported by an approximately 8-person staff team and lay leaders.

Name

Waterbrook Bible Fellowship

Legal name

Waterbrook Bible Fellowship

Website

https://waterbrook.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Waterbrook Bible Fellowship is an independent non-denominational Christian church in Wylie, Texas, offering weekly worship services, a licensed Christian preschool (Wee School), age-segmented ministries from birth through senior adults, and a global missions program funded by 10% of tithes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

Keywords

• Christian church services
• Biblical teaching ministry
• Christian preschool education
• Global missions support
• Youth and family ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Wylie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

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: Voluntary financial contributions from congregation members during worship services and through online giving. Primary revenue stream for church operations and ministry.
2. Wee School Tuition: Weekly tuition payments for Christian preschool program serving children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuition ranges from $35/week (1 day) to $140/week (4 days), plus optional extended care.
3. Creative Giving: Accepts non-cash gifts including stocks, mutual funds, real estate, and insurance designations/wills.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Waterbrook Bible Fellowship is a Christian church providing weekly worship services, age-segmented ministry programs spanning Wee School preschool through senior adults, biblical teaching, and a global missions program that allocates 10% of giving to support 13 missionaries worldwide. The church operates from a 4-acre campus in Wylie, Texas, with both in-person worship and online streaming delivery.

Product overview

Waterbrook Bible Fellowship offers a unified ministry portfolio centered on faith-based community programs. The church provides age-segmented ministry programs including Wee School (preschool), Kids Ministry, Preteens Ministry, Students Ministry, Young Adults Ministry (The Harbor), Men's Ministry, Women's Ministry, and Senior Adults Ministry (Deep Waters). Additional offerings include Adult Classes, Missions Program, Church Online streaming, Baptism Services, and Online Giving. The ministry portfolio operates as an integrated ecosystem under the Waterbrook Bible Fellowship brand, unified by shared theological beliefs and values.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wee School
• Kids Ministry
• Preteens Ministry
• Students Ministry
• The Harbor Young Adults Ministry
• Men's Ministry
• Women's Ministry
• Deep Waters Senior Adult Ministry
• Adult Classes
• Missions Program
• Church Online (Live Streaming)
• Baptism Services
• Online Giving
• Find Your Place Lunch (Newcomer Program)
• Waterbrook 101 Membership Class

Quantifiable outcome

• Supporting 13 missionaries worldwide plus 1 missions organization through 10% of tithes
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jonathan & Barbara Baker - Avant Ministries (Mexico)coreOthersMissionaries serving with Avant Ministries in Mexico, providing help in difficult times with biblical truths and partnership in suffering.
• Joshua & Haleigh Bramer - Word of Life HungarycoreOthersJoshua serves as Bible Institute Director at Word of Life Hungary, teaching Bible and Theology courses and investing in spiritual growth of students through discipleship and mentoring.
• Tim & Brianna Buchanan - Avant Ministries (Mexico)coreOthersChurch planters serving with Avant Ministries in Central/South Mexico, called to cross-cultural ministry and reaching the unreached with the Gospel.
• Doulos PartnerscoreOthersInternational church-planting ministry based in Birmingham, Alabama acting as a missions mutual fund, providing financial assistance and prayer support to ministry partners worldwide.
• Yohannes Faye - Spoken WorldwideminorOthersSpoken Worldwide serves 70 countries with 64 partners and 139 languages, addressing the fact that 2/3 of the world's population learns through spoken, not written, words.
• Jonathan Hau - Reality Church VancouverminorOthersJonathan Hau serves as Lead Pastor at Reality Church Vancouver, a community practicing Jesus's way of living together in homes, schools, jobs and neighborhoods.
• Sam Ingrassia - e3Partners (Columbia)minorOthersSam Ingrassia serves with e3Partners in Columbia, a vocational missionary with degrees in Biblical Education and Theology, trained at Dallas Theological Seminary.
• Don Moore - Worship Coaching International (WCI)minorOthersDon Moore serves with WCI, bringing over 30 years of worship ministry experience leading worship across USA and internationally in Mexico, Columbia, Nepal, Guatemala and Romania.
• Stef van Meerveld - Ambassadors FootballminorOthersStef and Christy van Meerveld have 40 years of combined soccer ministry experience with Ambassadors Football, a soccer ministry that started in the Netherlands.
• Christian & Meg Taylor - Greater Europe MissioncoreOthersChristian and Meg Taylor serve with Greater Europe Mission alongside Kirche Am Start in Obertshausen, Germany, focusing on disciple multiplication in the Frankfurt area.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cottonwood Creek Church: Non-denominational evangelical church in Allen, TX, only a few miles from Waterbrook. Comparable on size, family programming, and DFW-suburban target audience.
• Summit Church: Reformed-leaning evangelical church in Durham, NC of similar size to Waterbrook. Comparable on expository preaching, missions allocation, and a focus on discipleship across life stages.
• Chase Oaks Church: Multi-site evangelical church in Plano/Sachse, TX — directly neighboring Waterbrook's Wylie market. Comparable on suburban DFW reach, contemporary worship, and family ministry.
• Watermark Community Church: Mid-size evangelical church in Dallas, TX serving the same DFW family/young-adult demographic. Compares on theology, multi-generational ministry, and DFW suburban reach, though materially larger than Waterbrook.
• North Point Community Church: Evangelical church in Alpharetta, GA founded by Andy Stanley out of the Fellowship Bible Church network — the same planting lineage that inspired Waterbrook's founding team in 2004. Comparable on church-planting DNA, team leadership, and multi-generational ministry.
• The Village Church: Reformed-leaning evangelical church in the DFW metro (Flower Mound/Southlake). Highly comparable on expository preaching, plural-elders governance, and family ministry emphasis in the same regional market.

Broad incumbents

• Prestonwood Baptist Church: Large Southern Baptist church in Plano, TX serving the same North Texas family demographic. Competes for the same congregants and donors at a substantially larger scale.
• Gateway Church: Very large evangelical multi-site church in Southlake, TX. Operates in the same DFW religious market and overlaps on family/young-adult programming at a much larger scale.
• Fellowship Church: Large multi-site evangelical church headquartered in Grapevine, TX in the DFW market. Sits in the same competitive set but at materially greater scale and with a more developed digital/satellite footprint.

Others

• Acts 29: Church planting and network organization operating in the same Reformed-evangelical theological space as Waterbrook. Comparable as an enabling network Waterbrook could partner with or peer-compare against for governance and planting best practices.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLO6Po4DJhXWIsivD8zpgAGve16ii1AwXT
• Facebookfacebook.com/waterbrookwomen
• Instagraminstagram.com/waterbrookstudents
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/waterbrook-bible-fellowship

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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