Saint Paul's United Methodist Church

What Saint Paul's United Methodist Church does

Saint Paul's United Methodist Church is a religious nonprofit congregation founded in 1952 in the Upper Midtown area of Tallahassee, Florida, anchored at its Lake Ella campus at 1700 North Meridian Road. The church operates the Sanctuary (completed 1968) and Sanders Hall as venues for worship, education, and community programming. Its core "products" are worship services (two traditional services at 8:30am and 11:00am, a contemporary evening service at 6:00pm, plus a Reconciled Contemporary Service, and online streaming), Sunday School for all ages, music ministries (adult choirs, handbells, youth choir, Kids@Art, The Gate Band), age-segmented programs for children (birth through grade 5) and youth (grades 6-12), and pastoral care.

The underlying technology stack is minimal and consumer-grade: a WordPress-based website (saintpaulsumc.org), a Mailchimp-distributed Weekly Notes newsletter, and live-streamed services via Facebook and YouTube. There is no proprietary platform, no app, no API, and no AI/ML component. Operations are supported by approximately 12 paid staff including Senior Pastor Rev. Carolyn Williamson, Associate Pastor Rev. MaryAnn Piccioni, a Music and Worship Arts Director, Children and Family Ministries Director, Youth Director, Communications Coordinator, Church Administrator, Financial Assistant, Sexton, and Video Coordinator, plus a 2026 Governing Board.

The business model is member-supported: revenue is generated entirely through voluntary tithes and offerings from individual congregants, with no disclosed pricing, subscriptions, or commercial revenue lines. The church sustains a mission footprint through financial and volunteer support of roughly ten community partners, including the Alzheimer's Project (which it founded in 1991), Big Bend Homeless Coalition, ECHO Outreach Ministries, Manna on Meridian (a four-church food distribution partnership producing ~260 grocery bags monthly), Capital Area Justice Ministry, Residing Hope, and a long-standing Haiti sister church relationship.

Name

Saint Paul's United Methodist Church

Legal name

Saint Paul's United Methodist Church

Website

https://saintpaulsumc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Saint Paul's United Methodist Church is a 1952-founded United Methodist congregation in Tallahassee, Florida, offering worship services, Christian education, music ministries, and outreach programs to congregants across all age groups, funded by voluntary member tithes.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallahassee

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, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Saint Paul's United Methodist Church is a religious congregation that provides Christian worship services, religious education through Sunday School and Bible studies, age-segmented ministries for children, youth, adults and families, music and worship arts programming, pastoral care and counseling, and local and global mission outreach programs. Its services are delivered in-person at the Tallahassee campus and online via streaming for members and the wider community.

Product overview

Saint Paul's United Methodist Church is a religious congregation offering worship services, educational programs, and community ministries. As a church organization, it does not offer technology products or services in the traditional sense.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, significant and minor.

• United Methodist ChurchcoreOthersSaint Paul's UMC is part of the United Methodist Church denomination, specifically the Florida Annual Conference, North West District, and Southeastern Jurisdiction. The church operates within the connectional system of the denomination.
• Alzheimer's Project, Inc.significantStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Saint Paul's in 1991 to provide comfort, support, and assistance to persons with memory disorders and their caregivers. The church provides volunteers and in-kind support. AP serves the Big Bend community of Florida through education, training, in-home respite, support groups, and counseling.
• Big Bend Homeless CoalitionsignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint Paul's provides financial support and volunteer services. The Coalition's mission is to end homelessness in the Big Bend through leadership, education, advocacy, and provision of quality services including emergency shelter, permanent housing, and homeless prevention.
• Capital Area Justice Ministry (CAJM)significantStrategic or Co-development PartnerA community-wide effort launched in 2019 by member clergy and congregations including AME, Baptist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Jewish, Lutheran, Church of God in Christ, Unitarian and United Methodist churches. Saint Paul's participates in fighting for just local policies and fostering authentic relationships.
• ECHO Outreach MinistriessignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint Paul's provides quarterly financial support and several Sunday School classes sponsor food drives. ECHO is the largest Christian human services agency in Tallahassee, serving thousands annually through emergency resources, family services, housing assistance, and the Furniture Bank.
• Manna on MeridiancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership ministry of Faith Presbyterian, St. Stephen Lutheran, Saint Paul's United Methodist, and Unitarian Universalist churches. Each month these churches collect and distribute approximately 260 bags of groceries and produce bags to people who suffer from hunger. Saint Paul's focuses on collection of cereal.
• New Life Center, ZambiasignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint Paul's provides financial support to Reverend Delbert Groves and his wife Sandy, missionaries with the General Board of Global Ministries. The center, established in 2001, has grown into a resource for the young United Methodist Provisional Conference of Zambia with various outreach ministries.
• Residing HopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormerly Florida United Methodist Children's Home. Saint Paul's provides direct financial support through Fifth Sunday offerings, and several Sunday School classes have provided supplemental gifts to support the North Florida campus construction.
• Haiti Sister ChurchsignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerA relationship that remains from the early days of the church, establishing a sister church connection with Haiti as part of the church's missional outreach.
• UMVIM Southeast JurisdictionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint Paul's UMC provides financial support to this grassroots movement within The United Methodist Church designed to provide an official channel for lay and clergy to offer their skills for Christian service around the world.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• First United Methodist Church Tallahassee: Direct peer as another United Methodist congregation serving Tallahassee under the same Florida Annual Conference, with overlapping worship, education, and community ministry programming for the same geographic market.
• Killearn United Methodist Church: Direct peer as a United Methodist congregation in Tallahassee offering comparable multi-generational programming and community outreach under the same North West District affiliation.
• Trinity United Methodist Church Tallahassee: Direct peer as another UMC congregation in Tallahassee operating with similar worship, education, and missions programming under the same Florida Annual Conference.
• Bradfordville Community United Methodist Church: Direct peer as a community-focused United Methodist church in the Tallahassee metro offering comparable family and youth programming under the same denominational umbrella.
• St. John's Episcopal Church Tallahassee: Direct peer as a mainline Protestant congregation serving Tallahassee's midtown area with similar Sunday School, music, and outreach programming targeting comparable congregants.

Regional players

• Hyde Park United Methodist Church: Regional peer as a large United Methodist congregation in Tampa, Florida, demonstrating comparable multi-generational programming under the same Florida Annual Conference.
• St. Luke's United Methodist Church Orlando: Regional peer as a major United Methodist church in Florida serving comparable congregants with similar worship, education, and missions programming within the same denomination.

Broad incumbents

• Church of the Resurrection: Broad incumbent peer as one of the largest United Methodist churches in the U.S., illustrating how UMC congregations scale multi-site programming and community ministry that smaller congregations like Saint Paul's could potentially pursue.

Others

• Alzheimer's Project, Inc. Adjacent organization founded by Saint Paul's in 1991, now independent, serving the Big Bend community - representing how Saint Paul's incubates community-serving nonprofits and maintains operational overlap.
• ECHO Outreach Ministries: Adjacent faith-based nonprofit in Tallahassee receiving financial and volunteer support from Saint Paul's, sharing community service orientation and overlapping congregant volunteer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCEcy0x3kEkuJiX0Mf655dpQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/SaintPaulsUnitedMethodistChurch
• Xx.com/saintpaulsumc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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