THE HUTTERIAN BRETHREN CHURCH

What THE HUTTERIAN BRETHREN CHURCH does

The Hutterian Brethren Church, operating through Hutterites.org, Inc., is a private nonprofit religious organization representing a communal Anabaptist sect with origins in the 16th-century Radical Reformation. The community practices community of goods across hundreds of Bruderhöfe (colonies) scattered throughout the prairies of northwestern North America, including the Dakotas, Minnesota, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Montana, Washington, and Oregon, with the Schmiedeleut, Dariusleut, and Lehrerleut groups maintaining distinct dialectal variants of Hutterisch, a Carinthian German dialect originating in the Austrian province of Carinthia. Each colony houses on average approximately fifteen families engaged in collective farming, livestock raising, and small-scale manufacturing.

The organization's commercial surface area spans three distinct revenue streams: religious publications and media sold directly through the hutterites.org online shop (books including "Auf den Weg," song books, CDs, and cassettes) and via the Hutterian Brethren Book Centre in Manitoba which publishes children's literature in English, German, and Hutterisch; diversified agricultural and manufacturing production across colonies (eggs, hogs, poultry, beef, a variety of crops, plus manufactured goods including ventilating systems, cabinets, and rafters); and large-scale recycling operations, most notably Crowfoot Plastics at Green Acres Hutterite Colony near Bassano, Alberta, which processes approximately five million pounds of agricultural plastic per year following a merger with Merlin Plastics. Distribution is primarily direct-to-consumer via the hutterites.org e-commerce storefront for publications, with agricultural and manufactured goods sold through conventional regional supply chains; product pricing is not publicly disclosed.

The organization reaches broader audiences through a content-marketing website and blog authored by named community members, an events calendar including the annual Tauffest, Good Friday, Easter, Abentmahl, and Auferstehung ceremonies, livestreamed events such as the 2025 Friends & Neighbours Evening, and charitable outreach including the donation of 250 handmade therapeutic lap quilts to the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba. The church serves three principal segments: Hutterite community members practicing communal living (primary), the general public and cultural enthusiasts (secondary), and the Alberta agricultural community for grain bag recycling services (secondary).

Name

THE HUTTERIAN BRETHREN CHURCH

Legal name

Hutterites.org, Inc.

Website

https://hutterites.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Hutterian Brethren Church is a communal Anabaptist religious nonprofit operating hundreds of colonies across the North American prairies, serving its members through shared faith, agriculture, and publishing, and the broader public via Hutterites.org, the Hutterian Brethren Book Centre, and Crowfoot Plastics recycling.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Community Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

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), Religious & Spiritual Books Retail (CRALAAAE)

Keywords

• Anabaptist communal religion
• Religious book publishing
• Communal agriculture production
• Agricultural plastic recycling
• Colonial goods manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Saskatchewan

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Religious Publications and Media Sales: The Hutterites.org online shop sells books (including Auf den Weg), song books, music CDs, and cassettes. The Hutterian Brethren Book Centre in Manitoba publishes children's books written and illustrated by Hutterites, some in English, German, and Hutterisch.
2. Agricultural Production: Hutterite colonies contribute to the agriculture industry producing eggs, hogs, poultry, beef, and a variety of crops. Colonies also manufacture products including ventilating systems, cabinets, and rafters.
3. Recycling Operations: Green Acres Hutterite Colony near Bassano, Alberta operates Crowfoot Plastics, a large-scale plastic recycling business that processes approximately five million pounds of plastic per year, including grain bags and HDPE/LDPE plastic, through a merger with Merlin Plastics.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Hutterian Brethren Church is a communal Anabaptist religious community practicing community of goods across hundreds of colonies throughout northwestern North America. The church sells religious publications (books, song books, CDs, music) through its online shop, publishes children's books via the Hutterian Brethren Book Centre, produces agricultural goods (eggs, hogs, poultry, beef, crops), manufactures products (ventilating systems, cabinets, rafters), and operates Crowfoot Plastics, a large-scale agricultural plastic recycling business in Alberta.

Product overview

The Hutterian Brethren Church operates Hutterites.org as its primary informational platform—a content website and blog covering religious beliefs, communal lifestyle, history, and community events. Associated products include the Hutterian Brethren Book Centre (publishing children's literature), Crowfoot Plastics (agricultural recycling enterprise), and an online shop for books and music. The organization also engages in agriculture (eggs, hogs, poultry, beef, crops, potatoes) and manufacturing (ventilating systems, cabinets, rafters).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hutterite Publications Online Shop Online store offering Hutterite religious publications including 'Auf den Weg' books, song books, CDs, cassettes, and other music products sold directly to individuals through hutterites.org.
• Hutterian Brethren Book Centre

Quantifiable outcome

• 250 therapeutic lap quilts donated to Alzheimer's Society of Manitoba and local senior homes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• TerraCycle: Recycling company specializing in hard-to-recycle waste streams and corporate sustainability programs. Comparable to Crowfoot Plastics as a specialized recycling operator converting low-value plastic waste into reusable output, though operating at much larger scale across many geographies.
• Christian Book Distributors (CBD): Large Christian retail and e-commerce distributor of books, music, and church supplies serving faith-based consumers. Comparable to the hutterites.org online shop as a direct-to-consumer religious publishing and music retail channel, though at much greater SKU breadth.
• David C Cook: Christian publisher and ministry resources company producing children's Bible story books, music, and curriculum for churches. Comparable to the Hutterian Brethren Book Centre as a faith-based publisher of children's religious literature and music, though at much larger commercial scale.

Direct peers

• Old Order Mennonites: Conservative Anabaptist communities in Canada and the US practicing communal agricultural life, plain dress, and shared religious governance. Strongly comparable cultural and operational model with agricultural economic base, though with a more decentralized congregation structure than Hutterite colonies.
• Bruderhof Communities: An international communal Anabaptist movement with Bruderhof settlements in the US, UK, Germany, Paraguay and Australia practicing community of goods, communal farming, publishing (Plough), and manufacturing. Most directly comparable communal Anabaptist peer to the Hutterian Brethren.
• Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ (Doukhobors): Communal religious sect historically based in western Canada and British Columbia, with shared communal living, agricultural collective enterprises, and overlapping North American prairie/province geography that makes them a regional direct peer to Hutterian colonies.

Broad incumbents

• Compassion International: Large Christian nonprofit combining child sponsorship, donor engagement, faith-based publishing, and digital content at global scale. Comparable to Hutterites.org, Inc. as a faith-based nonprofit with direct-to-consumer donor/content model, though serving a very different audience.
• Mennonite Church USA: Mainstream Mennonite denomination in the United States with publishing arm (Herald Press), mission agencies, and Anabaptist theological heritage overlapping Hutterite beliefs. A broader incumbent peer in the Anabaptist publishing and religious-services space.
• Church of the Brethren: Historic Anabaptist-rooted Protestant denomination in the United States with congregations across many states, mission and publishing operations, and peace/communal ethics similar to Hutterite values. A broader incumbent peer in the same Anabaptist family of faith.

Others

• Agropur Cooperative: Large Canadian agricultural dairy cooperative headquartered in Quebec with membership across the prairie provinces. Comparable as a Canadian cooperative-style agricultural producer operating in the same regional value chain in which Hutterite colonies sell eggs, dairy and livestock.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hutterian-brethren

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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