All Souls' Episcopal Church

What All Souls' Episcopal Church does

All Souls Parish is an Episcopal church community located in North Berkeley, California, just blocks from the UC Berkeley campus, operating as a private non-profit religious organization under the Episcopal Diocese of California. The parish conducts weekly Eucharistic worship services (Sundays at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Wednesdays at 9 a.m.), supplemented by online livestreaming, and offers a broad ministry portfolio including children's and youth programs (Sunday School, Youth Group grades 6-12, Faithful Families dinners, an annual Big Sur camping trip), Adult Formation (book groups, Bible study, theology classes, topical series on immigration, racial justice, and scripture), pastoral care through Stephen Ministry, and a justice-and-service pillar covering Racial Justice, Environmental Justice, Food Justice, Housing Justice, the Isaiah Project grants program, and immigration support. Community life is sustained through recurring fellowship events (Open Door Dinners, Beer Garden meet-ups, 2nd Thursday Lunch, Spaghetti Again men's dinner, Parish Retreats at Bishop's Ranch in Healdsburg) and seasonal observances such as the Blessing of the Animals and Holy Week services.

The underlying technology footprint is minimal and consumer-grade: a Squarespace-hosted website (allsoulsparish.org), livestreaming capability for remote service attendance, and a weekly email newsletter called the Pathfinder. There is no proprietary platform, no public API, no app, and no third-party technology integrations disclosed; the Jordan Court ministry coordinates with the adjacent Eliza D. Choi Commons senior housing community at the program level rather than via technology integration. The congregation is served by a clergy team led by a rector (contact: Mother Rachel) with an Associate Rector (Rev. Emily Boring), assisting clergy (Rev. Dr. Ruth Meyers, also Professor of Liturgics at Church Divinity School of the Pacific), and additional reverends and lay leaders (Rev. Phil Brochard, Rev. Marguerite Judson, Rev. Michael Lemaire, Jack Shoemaker, Erin Horne, Kaki Logan, Annie Hayes, Richard Lynch) who teach Adult Formation classes and facilitate small groups.

The business model is a voluntary-donation non-profit model typical of mainline Protestant parishes: no fees are charged for worship, sacraments, or formation programming, and operating revenue is generated through pledges, tithes, and offerings from congregation members, with a supplemental revenue line from facility rentals of the Parish Hall, Jordan Court Community Room, and Chapel for third-party events. Distribution is primarily in-person at the Cedar Street campus with a global online reach via livestream; outreach relies on word-of-mouth, the Pathfinder newsletter, social media, community events, and diocesan and interfaith connections rather than paid marketing. Partnerships with the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, Bishop's Ranch, Eliza D. Choi Commons, and Isaiah Project grantees (Elizabeth House, Youth Spirit Artworks) extend the parish's programmatic and missional reach.

Name

All Souls' Episcopal Church

Legal name

All Souls Parish

Website

https://allsoulsparish.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

All Souls Parish is an Episcopal church in North Berkeley, California, serving a diverse congregation near UC Berkeley. It offers weekly worship with livestreaming, religious education for all ages, community meals, justice ministries, and pastoral care, funded through voluntary donations.

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Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

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 Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Episcopal worship services
• Christian education programs
• Religious community parish
• Pastoral care services
• Outreach justice ministries

Headquarters

HQ city

Berkeley Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

All Souls' Episcopal Church is an Episcopal parish that delivers weekly Christian worship services, Christian education and formation for all ages, pastoral care, and a range of community and justice-oriented outreach ministries to its congregants and the surrounding Berkeley community. Its offerings are centered on liturgical worship, faith formation, fellowship, and service programs operated from its North Berkeley campus.

Product overview

All Souls Parish is a Christ-centered Episcopal church offering a portfolio of spiritual and community services. Core offerings include weekly worship services (Eucharist) with livestream capability, religious education programs for children, youth, and adults, community meals and fellowship events, justice and service ministries (racial justice, immigration, environmental justice), pastoral care through Stephen Ministry, and facility rentals. The church hosts seasonal events including the Blessing of the Animals, Parish Retreats, and Holy Week services. Communications are maintained through the weekly Pathfinder newsletter.

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Products and services

• Weekly Episcopal Worship Services Regular Episcopal/Anglican liturgical worship services held at the parish campus for congregants, visitors, and the broader community. Includes Sunday and seasonal services following the Book of Common Prayer tradition.
• Christian Education and Formation Programs
• Pastoral Care Services
• Justice and Outreach Ministries
• Fellowship and Community Gatherings

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIM4HI is a faith-based organization working at the intersection of spirituality and social movements. The Justice and Peace committee at All Souls has supported IM4HI for many years. Their core beliefs include 'Welcome the stranger, treat the stranger as your own, compassion knows no borders, and love has no walls.' Staff members from IM4HI, including the Rev. Deborah Lee, regularly lead Adult Formation classes on immigration.
• Bishop's RanchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Bishop's Ranch in Healdsburg is the venue for All Souls Parish's annual all-parish retreat. The retreat is a major intergenerational community-building event featuring age-specific programming, recreation, and spiritual reflection.
• Eliza D. Choi CommonsminorOthersA senior housing community located at 2225 Cedar St. adjacent to the church. All Souls has developed a partnership to provide community connections and services through the Jordan Court ministry.
• Isaiah Project Grantees (Elizabeth House, Youth Spirit Artworks)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAll Souls Parish operates the Isaiah Project, which provides grants to local organizations working towards repair and justice. Current grantees include Elizabeth House and Youth Spirit Artables, who participate in Adult Formation sessions to share about their work.

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Grace Cathedral, San Francisco: Large Episcopal cathedral in the San Francisco Bay Area offering worship, formation, justice ministries, and stewardship of historic facilities under the same Episcopal Diocese of California, making it a directly comparable faith-and-justice Episcopal counterpart at greater scale.
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Berkeley: Another Episcopal parish in Berkeley serving a similar academic and progressive demographic near UC Berkeley, with comparable programming in worship, formation, and social justice; the closest direct geographic peer to All Souls Parish.
• St. Columba's Episcopal Church, Oakland: Episcopal parish in the East Bay running Sunday worship, formation, and outreach ministries to a similarly progressive urban congregation; directly comparable in denomination, programming mix, and Bay Area operating environment.
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Oakland: Episcopal parish in the East Bay with a comparable mix of progressive theology, justice programming, and adult formation, serving an urban demographic adjacent to All Souls' Berkeley catchment.

Broad incumbents

• Trinity Church Wall Street: Historic, well-endowed Episcopal parish in New York City running an extensive portfolio of worship, formation, congregational, and grantmaking programs; comparable mission surface to All Souls but operating at vastly greater scale, resources, and geographic reach.

Others

• Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP): Episcopal theological seminary in Berkeley affiliated with the Graduate Theological Union; directly comparable through its Episcopal identity and theological education programming, and connected to All Souls via clergy such as Rev. Dr. Ruth Meyers.
• Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI): Bay Area interfaith organization working at the intersection of spirituality and social movements on immigration; explicitly comparable because All Souls' Justice and Peace committee has supported IM4HI for years and IM4HI staff regularly teach All Souls Adult Formation classes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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