Upper Room Fellowship Ministry

What Upper Room Fellowship Ministry does

Upper Room Fellowship Ministry (URFM) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, that delivers faith-based pastoral counseling, spiritual life coaching, mental health coaching, and structured discipleship training to individual Christian believers. It is led by President Valy Vaduva, a Board Certified Pastoral Counselor and Master of Spiritual Formation and Leadership from Spring Arbor University with 25+ years of ministry experience, and Board Member Elena Vaduva, a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20+ years of experience. The organization is fully supported by tax-deductible free-will donations channeled through PayPal and Zelle.

URFM's core product portfolio centers on the TELEIOS International School of Ministry, a virtual online teaching platform with customizable discipleship tracks delivered via Zoom, and the Advanced Discipleship Training (ADT) program, an 8-module curriculum covering biblical foundations, identity in Christ, spiritual warfare, and Holy Spirit intimacy. The platform is built on standard website infrastructure (GoDaddy-hosted) with email-based enrollment and notification workflows, plus Zoom and Tele-Health integrations for live service delivery. The organization's intangible content assets include multiple published books by Valy Vaduva — Fullness of Christ, The Great Commission, The Journey of Transformation, Grace Rediscovered, and God AI and End Times — distributed globally through Amazon in English, Spanish, and Romanian.

URFM operates a hybrid in-person and remote service model, reaching individual customers across the USA, Canada, Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, Australia, and Japan primarily through content marketing (Valy's Blog, teaching letters, email newsletters) and testimonial-driven word-of-mouth within Christian and ministry networks. A Women's Ministry add-on led by Elena Vaduva extends the portfolio to a gender-specific audience. The organization has no disclosed headcount, no external funding, no parent company, and operates independently as a small founder-led ministry.

Name

Upper Room Fellowship Ministry

Legal name

Upper Room Fellowship Ministry

Website

https://urfm.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Upper Room Fellowship Ministry is a Livonia, Michigan-based non-profit 501(c)(3) offering pastoral counseling, spiritual life coaching, and structured online discipleship training through its TELEIOS platform to individual Christians and church leaders, supported by donations and book sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Christian Ministry Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Ministerial Training Institutes (Clergy Formation) (EDAHAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Missionary Training Colleges & Schools (EDAHAKAF), Christian Colleges with Theological Programs (EDAHAKAG), Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI)

Keywords

• Pastoral counseling
• Christian life coaching
• Discipleship training
• Ministry education
• Biblical counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Livonia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: URFM is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization fully supported by free-will donations from those who understand the importance of its services. Donations are tax-deductible.
2. Book Sales: Sale of Christian books and publications authored by Valy Vaduva through Amazon (international) and direct website orders. Includes titles like Fullness of Christ, The Great Commission, The Journey of Transformation, Grace Rediscovered, God AI and End Times, and others.
3. Teleios School of Ministry: TELEIOS International School of Ministry is a division (DBA) of URFM offering structured teaching tracks for spiritual growth.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Upper Room Fellowship Ministry provides pastoral counseling, life coaching, and discipleship training delivered in person and through remote channels to individual believers and church leaders. It operates Teleios International School of Ministry as a DBA, offering an eight-module Advanced Discipleship Training program, and distributes Christian books authored by its president globally via Amazon in English, Romanian, and Spanish.

Product overview

Upper Room Fellowship Ministry (URFM) operates as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization offering a multi-product spiritual development portfolio. The core offerings center on Teleios International School of Ministry—a comprehensive teaching platform with customizable tracks—and the Advanced Discipleship Training (ADT) program structured in 8 modules covering biblical foundations, spiritual maturity, and identity in Christ. These are complemented by direct service offerings including Life Coaching and Pastoral Counseling sessions. URFM also publishes Christian literature through Valy's Books, with publications available in English, Spanish, and Romanian, distributed via Amazon globally. A Women's Ministry led by Elena Vaduva provides gender-specific spiritual support. All services aim toward the organization's stated vision of 'Fully alive through mind renewal and spiritual transformation for God's glory.'

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TELEIOS: International School of Ministry - a virtual teaching platform offering customizable tracks for spiritual growth and transformation, including modules on Identity, Emotional Healing, Maturity, The Flesh, The Cross, Freedom in Christ, The Bible, Discipleship, and Fruits & Gifts.

Products and services

• Teleios International School of Ministry (Advanced Discipleship Training) Online discipleship training school operated as a Doing-Business-As of URFM, delivering a structured eight-module Advanced Discipleship Training curriculum to church leaders, pastors, and ministry students in English, Spanish, and Romanian via the customizable Teleios platform.
• Pastoral Counseling Biblical counseling service delivered to individual believers by credentialed pastors (BCPC, LPC), offered in person in Livonia, Michigan, via Zoom, and via Tele-Health.
• Life Coaching Faith-based life coaching service for individuals, integrating mental-health-informed coaching (BCMMHC) with biblical guidance, delivered in person and via Zoom/Tele-Health.
• Christian Books by Valy Vaduva Christian books authored by URFM's president, distributed globally via Amazon in English, Romanian, and Spanish editions for individual readers and ministry students.
• Women's Ministry Ministry program led by Elena Vaduva focused on women's spiritual growth and fellowship, available to women connected to URFM.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% increase in goal achievement probability with accountability partner or life coach (based on American Society of Training and Development research)

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC): ACBC certifies biblical counselors and provides training curricula for pastors and church leaders. It overlaps directly with URFM's pastoral counseling and Advanced Discipleship Training offerings, both targeting the same audience of ministers seeking formal counseling credentials.
• Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF): CCEF is a nonprofit that integrates biblical counseling with training and educational resources for pastors and lay counselors. It is comparable to URFM in combining pastoral counseling with structured discipleship and counselor training, serving the same faith-based mental health and formation niche.
• Bethel School of Ministry: Bethel School of Ministry offers online and in-person ministry training programs with customizable tracks. It is comparable to URFM's Teleios International School of Ministry in delivering structured, partly-virtual discipleship and ministry formation content to believers worldwide.

Broad incumbents

• Liberty University Online – School of Divinity: Liberty University's Online School of Divinity offers accredited ministry and theological degrees at scale. It competes with URFM in the online ministry training space but as a much larger, accredited institution with formal degree pathways rather than non-degree customizable tracks.
• Moody Bible Institute – Moody Online: Moody offers online biblical and theological education as part of its broader ministry and broadcast footprint. It represents a larger, established incumbent in the same online Christian education category that URFM's Teleios platform targets.
• Focus on the Family: Focus on the Family is a large Christian nonprofit offering counseling, content, and family ministry resources. It overlaps with URFM in pastoral counseling, marriage and emotional healing content, and faith-based personal development publishing, but at significantly greater scale.

Emerging players

• Walk Thru the Bible Ministries: Walk Thru the Bible provides structured discipleship and ministry training programs for churches and ministry leaders globally. It is comparable to URFM's Teleios and ADT offerings in delivering modular, customizable Bible and discipleship curricula.
• Coalition of Christian Discipleship: Coalition of Christian Discipleship is a peer ministry focused on strengthening discipleship in local churches through training and resources. It overlaps with URFM's Advanced Discipleship Training and pastoral mentorship programs at the church-leader segment.
• Christian Life Coaching Institute: Christian Life Coaching Institute trains and certifies Christian life coaches using faith-based methodologies. It is comparable to URFM's Life Coaching service line, which is led by a Certified Professional Christian Life Coach and grounded in the same coach-credentialing ecosystem.

Others

• Faithlife ( Logos Bible Software / Faithlife Giving ): Faithlife builds software and digital tools for Christian ministry, including Bible study, church management, and giving platforms. It is an adjacent ecosystem enabler rather than a direct competitor, but represents the type of digital infrastructure layer that could either partner with or compete against URFM's Teleios platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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