University Christian Church

What University Christian Church does

University Christian Church (UCC) is a non-profit Christian church founded in 1910 near the University of Southern California campus and currently operating from a single campus at 5831 West Centinela Avenue in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The organization delivers weekly Sunday worship services at 10:00 AM (in-person and live-streamed via YouTube), and runs an extensive ministry stack segmented by life stage and demographic: UCC Kids (nursery through 5th grade), UCC Youth (middle and high school), Family Life Ministry (marriage, parenting, MomCo), Men's and Women's Ministries, Worship Arts and Media, Care Ministry (hospital visitation, prayer, meals, resource referrals), and the Filling Station weekly food/toiletries distribution ministry. Discipleship and onboarding are routed through Oikos small groups, multi-track Bible studies (Men's, Women's, Nurturer's, Acts), and the Bridges membership class, with biblical counseling available for pre-marital, marital, family, grief, and spiritual needs.

The underlying technology platform is light and largely off-the-shelf: a Squarespace-hosted website (univcc.org), YouTube live-streaming and archived sermons on the @univccla2930 channel, PushPay for online tithes/offerings, Church Community Builder for member portal access, and YouVersion Bible as a third-party scripture resource. UCC's business model is that of a traditional congregational nonprofit: all programs and services are provided free of charge, and operations are funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings from members and attendees, supplemented by designated donations for specific causes such as the Filling Station, youth camp scholarships, and global missions. The church currently sustains a paid staff of 1–10 (Interim Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor, four directors, Youth Pastor) plus an elder board, and supports a portfolio of 16 active foreign and home missionary partnerships reviewed annually by its Missions Ministry across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.

Name

University Christian Church

Legal name

University Christian Church

Website

https://univcc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1910

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services / Christian Church Ministry

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG), Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE), Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Christian ministry programs
• Community food assistance
• Biblical counseling services
• Youth and family ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Members and attendees give financially through tithes and offerings to support church operations, missions, and community programs. Donations are accepted online via PushPay, in-person during services, and through mail.
2. Donations and Contributions: The church accepts donations for specific causes including the Filling Station food ministry, youth camp scholarships, and mission work. Food and resource donations are also accepted from the community.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

University Christian Church is a non-profit Christian church that delivers weekly Sunday worship services (in-person and live-streamed), children's, youth, men's, women's, and family life ministries, Bible studies and Oikos small groups, pastoral/biblical counseling, care ministry (hospital visitation, prayer, meals), and community food assistance through the Filling Station. All programs are offered free of charge and supported financially by member tithes, offerings, and donations processed via PushPay.

Product overview

University Christian Church (UCC) offers a comprehensive suite of ministry programs centered around weekly Sunday worship services (in-person and online via YouTube livestream). The core offerings include children's ministry (UCC Kids), youth ministry (UCC Youth), family life programs (marriage, parenting, MomCo), gender-specific ministries (Women's and Men's), worship arts and media, care ministry, and community outreach through The Filling Station food ministry. Discipleship is facilitated through Oikos small groups, Bible studies (men's, women's, Nurturer's, Acts), and the Bridges membership class. Global missions are supported through partnerships with missionaries across multiple continents. The church also provides pastoral and biblical counseling services, hospital visitation, prayer support, and baptism services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Service

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Chiredzi Children's Home (Hippo Valley Christian Mission)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA wonderful Christian orphan ministry providing housing, care and guidance for children 18 and over as they further their education or serve job apprenticeships. Supported as part of UCC's global missions efforts in Zimbabwe, Africa.
• Christian Arabic ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLed by Safaa, this ministry seeks to establish a beachhead in Egypt for a New Testament church.
• Commit MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn unforgettable ministry with mission trips all year-round serving in Israel, Romania, Mainland China, Kenya, Mexico, The Bahamas, and Germany. Student sponsors also needed.
• FrontiersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreg and Ginette minister in Canada and West Africa as part of this mission organization.
• Hippo Valley Christian MissionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for Christian orphanages, schools, and AIDS education in Zimbabwe, Africa.
• Iberoamerican MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA church planting and compassion-based organization working to see peoples, communities and nations transformed by Christ through global movements of Kingdom disciples in Spain, Northern Africa and the Middle East.
• International Conference on Missions (ICOM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe International Conference on Missions exists to Encourage, Equip and Enlist workers for the Harvest.
• MidIndia Christian Mission CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for a Christian media production and training center located in India.
• New InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJames and Marta Khong teach God's word in Myanmar (Burma).
• North Burma Christian Mission / Morse Literature Fund / Tribal Children's HostelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Morse Family provide ministry and outreach efforts in North Burma.
• Wycliffe Translation (Terry and Nancy Sullivan)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTerry and Nancy Sullivan oversee Bible translation in Benin, Africa.
• Angeles Crest Christian Camp / DeBar Camp ScholarshipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinisters to Southern California youth through summer camp programs.
• Chaplaincy Endorsement CommissionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA program which endorses ministers to enter outreach programs in the military.
• International Christian Braille MissionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDistributes New Testament literature in formats readable to the blind.
• Hope International University ScholarshipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides quality education to Christians through scholarship support.
• StadiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstrumental in planting new churches.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Pushpay: Digital giving platform that UCC uses for tithes and offerings — included as a relevant enabling technology vendor rather than a competing ministry; relevant for benchmarking digital giving infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Elevation Church: Multisite non-denominational church with robust digital streaming, family ministries, and outreach; comparable to UCC on hybrid in-person/online delivery model and broad demographic appeal.
• Bayside Church: California-based multisite non-denominational church with kids, youth, and family life ministries plus missions; shares UCC's West Coast context and ministry breadth.
• North Point Community Church: Non-denominational church led by Andy Stanley with a comparable ministry model of small groups, family programming, and community outreach; structurally similar to UCC in program architecture.
• Watermark Church: Non-denominational church in Dallas with strong community service, family ministries, and discipleship programming — comparable to UCC's programmatic intensity and mission orientation.
• Menlo Church: California Bay Area non-denominational church with multiple campuses, family/youth programming, and community impact initiatives; similar model to UCC in ministry design and California context.
• Saddleback Church: Large Southern California-based non-denominational church with multisite campuses, extensive family/youth/community programs, and global missions — directly comparable in mission, geography, and ministry breadth to UCC.
• Bel Air Presbyterian Church: Established West Los Angeles congregation with comparable Westside geography to UCC, similar multi-generational membership, and parallel community service orientation.
• Gateway Church: Multisite non-denominational church in Texas with extensive family, youth, and global missions programs; comparable ministry breadth and missions focus to UCC.

Broad incumbents

• Churchome (formerly Hillsong Church US): Larger multi-campus worship movement with strong digital/streaming infrastructure; comparable on hybrid service delivery and modern worship positioning that overlaps with UCC's YouTube streaming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@univccla2930/streams
• Facebookfacebook.com/UniversityChristianChurchLA
• Instagraminstagram.com/_uccyouth_
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/university-christian-church-los-angeles

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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