A three-nation founding team is launching a Christian marketplace designed to connect Christian retailers and sellers with faith driven shoppers—with a focus on integrity, trust, and purpose.

VANCOUVER, BC — ARK, The Faith Driven Marketplace, is preparing to launch what its backers describe as the first Christian marketplace built for global scale—an Amazon-style multi-vendor platform designed specifically for Christian retailers, sellers, and shoppers worldwide.

ARK is currently in final development and is scheduled to launch the world’s first Christian marketplace, similar to Amazon, eBay and Etsy, in March 2026.

While online commerce is abundant, explicitly faith-aligned shopping ecosystems remain fragmented. ARK’s strategy is to consolidate discovery and trust into one destination: a marketplace where Christian identity and purpose are not treated as an afterthought, but as the organizing principle for community, commerce, ministry, and social impact.

ARK is a U.S. company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with their Canadian headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company is being built by a compact, execution-focused, agile team of Christian academics across three countries:

• Steph Drennon: Founder & CEO, United States 🇺🇸
• Osagie Anolu: Technical Co-Founder & CTO, Canada 🇨🇦
• Nathaniel Essien: Full Stack Developer, Nigeria 🇳🇬

The Importance of ARK Spiritually, Psychologically & Missionally

Spiritually, ARK is not merely an e-commerce platform; it is a literal redemptive response from the Kingdom of God to a cultural and economic void. ARK provides a restorative Christian marketplace, rooted in Christian identity and purpose, where faith driven consumers and retailers can transact without compromise, belong without apology, and build without fear of exclusion. By addressing Faith Driven Consumers desire for both spiritual alignment and participating in a Christian economy, ARK affirms their identity and empowers their eternal impact for Christ.

Psychologically, ARK carries profound significance for the 2.6 billion Christians across the globe. In a world where the consumer marketplace is often shaped by secularism, relativism, and ideological neutrality, Christians face a growing sense of dissonance—between what they believe and what they must support when engaging economically. This creates a persistent internal conflict, often forcing them to choose between conscience and convenience.

Missionally, in this fragmented world, ARK becomes the unifying space. It restores coherence to Christian identity in the marketplace and empowers believers to pursue Kingdom purpose with undivided hearts. For the global Body of Christ, ARK is therefore spiritually empowering, psychologically vital, and missionally strategic.

ARK Leadership

Osagie Anolu, ARK’s Technical Co-Founder and CTO, said his commitment to the venture is rooted in both faith and urgency, “I really believe in this mission. Everything that has happened since I joined ARK on this mission is exactly what God showed me in visions, which is why I know I am on the right path. Our mission is to create a Christian marketplace that serves both buyers and sellers with integrity, innovation, and purpose—and we must operate in a way that matches the urgency of the mission.”

Steph Drennon, Founder & CEO, added, “As a Christian marketplace, ARK is not simply another e-commerce platform, it is a faith driven economic movement, combining commerce, community, and calling. Its value proposition is not only serving an underserved 2.6 billion consumer segment, but also by serving and leading in the global marketplace with Kingdom-aligned exclusivity and irreplaceable cultural positioning. In this context, ARK is not just important, it is indispensable. ARK is the new leader of the global Faith Driven Economy and we understand the responsibility this solemn obligation carries for the entire team. For us, it’s the apex of Belief and Tribal Network Effects. It’s total ministry.”

ARK is building more than a marketplace: it is building a trust-forming institution for the digital economy—one that treats commerce as a daily arena for integrity, stewardship, and human dignity. In a strife-ridden world, this is not an abstract aspiration; it is a strategic intervention. ARK aims to move people forward—economically, relationally, socially, and eternally—by strategically designing a Christian marketplace to reward what strengthens human flourishing, and by anchoring that vision through FAITHx as ARK’s official ministry partner and outreach mechanism.

Faith Driven Consumers Faith Impacts Their Shopping Decisions

Faith Driven Venture Capital, the venture firm backing ARK with LP’s in Texas, frames the opportunity in clear consumer terms. Faith Driven VC states that “89% of all faith driven consumers would like to see the global marketplace do more for them in terms of being adequately acknowledged, welcomed and provided for as Christians.”

Faith Driven VC’s thesis is that an eschatologically-aligned Christian marketplace can serve real consumer demand while also advancing Kingdom impact through faithful leadership, business execution and ministry outreach.

About ARK — The Faith Driven Marketplace

ARK is a Christian marketplace and venture-backed faith driven tech startup developing a first-mover e-commerce platform and ecosystem aligned exclusively with Christian identity and purpose. ARK is blessed with registered Faith Driven Retailers on 6 continents and 59 countries to serve 468 million Faith Driven Consumers with an annual purchasing power of US$10 trillion, and a total of 2.6 billion Christian shoppers worldwide. Register as a retailer, seller or shopper at ARK here.

FAITHx — The Official Ministry of ARK

FAITHx is the official ministry partner of ARK. A FAITHx event focuses on Faith, Culture, Entrepreneurship & Technology through ideas, commentary, information and God’s Word. Our goal is to ignite conversation, connection & fellowship!

FAITHx is the ‘TED Talks of Christianity.’ 🎤

FAITHx offers faith driven worshippers and global attendees disruptive innovation via a new engagement model using technology, media, music, education and broadcasting tools to capture hearts and minds for Christ worldwide. Learn more here.

About Faith Driven Venture Capital

Faith Driven Venture Capital is a global investment firm launched in 2021 which specializes in venture capital and invests exclusively in Faith Driven Ventures targeting Faith Driven Consumers. Faith Driven VC’s mission is to serve an underserved global Christian tech, investor and faith driven consumer community by partnering with entrepreneurs and investors committed to measurable impact and Kingdom purpose. Interested Christian investors can apply to connect with Faith Driven VC to discuss ARK’s Christian marketplace investment opportunity here.