Hickory Ridge Community Church

What Hickory Ridge Community Church does

Hickory Ridge Community Church (HRCC) is a non-denominational-affiliated Southern Baptist church founded on January 5, 1997 in Chesapeake, Virginia, operating as a 501(c)-eligible religious nonprofit from a 35-acre campus at 3320 Battlefield Blvd. S. The church runs Sunday worship services at 9 and 10:45 AM and offers an extensive ministry portfolio including Ridge Kids (infant through 5th grade), The RIDGE Student Ministry (6th–12th grade), AWANA children's clubs, Celebrate Recovery (a Christ-centered 12-step program), men's and women's ministries, JOY (seniors) ministry, small groups, prayer ministry, prison ministry, worship ministry, and the Cupboards for Christ food pantry serving over 100 families per month in partnership with Great Bridge Baptist Church.

HRCC's underlying technology stack is conventional nonprofit infrastructure rather than proprietary product: the church runs on REALM (ACS Technologies) for member management, online giving, small group sign-ups, and prayer requests; uses Buzzsprout, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts to distribute the Hope for Your Heart podcast hosted by Lead Pastor Calvin Corbitt; broadcasts a daily radio program on 1010 AM/100.1 FM (also online at wpmhradio.com); and live-streams Sunday services on Facebook and YouTube (@HRCC7). It recommends the YouVersion Bible app for congregant devotional use and uses Constant Contact for email outreach.

HRCC's business model is hybrid nonprofit. The primary revenue engine is voluntary tithes and offerings from members, channeled through weekly in-service collections and the REALM online giving portal. Secondary revenue streams include tuition from Hickory Ridge Academy — a wholly-owned K-5 private Christian day school specializing in instruction for students with learning disabilities, attention deficits, and language-based communication disorders — and nominal program fees such as AWANA ($25/child/year plus a $15 uniform) and the monthly Men's Breakfast ($3/person). The church supports 25+ missionaries and mission organizations through its budget and sustains the Cupboards for Christ food pantry via member donations and partner contributions. Distribution is primarily regional (Chesapeake, VA and Moyock, NC) through physical attendance and small group participation, with supplemental global reach via digital streaming and podcasting.

Name

Hickory Ridge Community Church

Legal name

Hickory Ridge Community Church

Website

https://hrcc7.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hickory Ridge Community Church is a Southern Baptist-affiliated church in Chesapeake, VA that serves families and individuals through Sunday worship, children's and youth ministries, Celebrate Recovery, small groups, and mission support, and operates Hickory Ridge Academy, a private K-5 Christian day school.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chesapeake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Traditional church giving model where members contribute financially through weekly offerings and online giving via REALM platform
2. Hickory Ridge Academy Tuition: Private Christian day school operated by the church serving K-5 students with specialized academic programs
3. Cupboards for Christ Food Pantry Donations: Community food pantry serving over 100 families per month, supported by member donations and partnership with Great Bridge Baptist Church

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hickory Ridge Community Church is a non-denominational Christian church that delivers weekly worship services, life-stage ministries, recovery programs, and community outreach. It also operates Hickory Ridge Academy, a private Christian school serving K-12 students as a separately structured educational ministry of the church.

Product overview

Hickory Ridge Community Church is a Southern Baptist church located in Chesapeake, VA that offers a comprehensive portfolio of spiritual programs and community services. The core offering is Sunday worship services at 9 & 10:45 AM, supplemented by an extensive array of ministries including Celebrate Recovery (Christ-centered 12-step program), Ridge Kids children's ministry (Nursery, Preschool, Elevate K-5th grade), The RIDGE Student Ministry for youth (6th-12th grade), AWANA children's clubs, Small Groups for fellowship and Bible study, and specialized ministries for men (Iron Men's Ministry), women, JOY, prayer, prison, radio, and worship. Additionally, the church operates Hickory Ridge Academy, a private Christian day school specializing in education for students with learning difficulties. The church also produces the Hope for Your Heart Podcast distributed via Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, and RSS feeds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hickory Ridge Academy: Private Christian day school serving Kindergarten students with specialized academic programs.
• Celebrate Recovery
• Ridge Kids
• The RIDGE Student Ministry
• Hope for Your Heart
• Iron Men's Ministry

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services

Named customers3 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, foundational and minor.

• Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (SBCV)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1999In 1999, the church voted to join the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia denomination, establishing formal denominational affiliation for mission support, theological alignment, and collaborative ministry opportunities.
• Thomas Terrace Baptist Church (Concord, VA)foundationalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 1997Thomas Terrace Baptist Church helped launch Hickory Ridge Community Church's first service on January 5, 1997. Pastor Calvin & Sherry Corbitt moved from this church where Pastor Calvin served as Associate Pastor for over 7 years. A group from Thomas Terrace helped establish the new church and attended the chartering ceremony on October 5, 1997.
• Liberty Baptist FellowshipminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997Liberty Baptist Fellowship helped during the first few months as the church began its quest to reach Chesapeake, VA and Moyock, NC with the gospel. Also provided early mission support.
• Virginia Baptist FellowshipminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997Virginia Baptist Fellowship assisted during the church's founding months to help reach the local community.
• Great Bridge Baptist ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreat Bridge Baptist Church partners with HRCC in the Cupboards for Christ food pantry ministry, providing food, resources, and time to serve over 100 families per month in the Chesapeake community.
• Celebrate Recovery (Saddleback Church)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCelebrate Recovery was founded at Saddleback Church in California in 1991 by John Baker and Pastor Rick Warren. HRCC operates this Christ-centered 12-step recovery program, part of a network of over 35,000 churches worldwide with over 5 million people having completed step study.
• SBCV Missionaries (25+ organizations)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerHRCC supports 25+ missionaries and mission organizations through its church budget including Family Life (Keith & Trish Tully), Liberty Church Planting Network, Global Partners in Peace & Development, Hope Foundation of Kenya, AWANA Missionary, World Team (Nathan and Laurel Conrod), Baptist Home Missions (Adam & Jodi Pittman), New Tribes Missions (Josh and Melody Simmons), and others serving globally and domestically.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Great Bridge Baptist Church: Fellow Southern Baptist congregation in Chesapeake, VA and HRCC's active partner in the Cupboards for Christ food-pantry ministry serving 100+ families monthly. Directly comparable in denomination, geography, and SBC-affiliated community ministry model.
• Thomas Terrace Baptist Church: Concord, VA SBC church from which founding pastor Calvin Corbitt and his wife Sherry moved to plant HRCC in 1997. Directly comparable as a Virginia Baptist congregation that has launched church-plant missions into the same regional ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Saddleback Church: Lake Forest, CA megachurch that originated the Celebrate Recovery Christ-centered 12-step program in 1991, now operating in 35,000+ churches worldwide. HRCC hosts a CR chapter under Saddleback's curriculum and branding, making the originating institution the most direct programmatic peer for that ministry line.
• North Point Community Church: Andy Stanley's Alpharetta, GA multi-site church known for church-planting strategy and small-group-driven community formation. Comparable to HRCC's small-groups and Starting Point membership-class model, though at much greater scale.
• Elevation Church: Charlotte, NC Southern Baptist-affiliated church led by Steven Furtick with multi-generational worship (contemporary/traditional blend), strong children's and youth programming, and digital-first distribution—comparable ministry architecture to HRCC at materially larger scale.
• Watermark Community Church: Dallas, TX non-denominational church notable for its community-recovery programming and discipleship-focused small groups. Comparable to HRCC in its emphasis on recovery ministry (Celebrate Recovery), small groups, and member-engagement programs.
• Gateway Church: Southlake, TX multi-campus Southern Baptist-affiliated church with extensive children's, student, and recovery programming and active global missions support. Comparable to HRCC in ministry breadth and SBC-mission network structure at significantly larger scale.
• McLean Bible Church: Vienna, VA multi-site Bible-teaching church with multiple regional campuses, robust children's and student ministries, and global missions partnerships. Comparable to HRCC as a Virginia-headquartered congregation with multi-ministry architecture and missional orientation.

Regional players

• Liberty Church Planting Network: Church-planting network within the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia ecosystem that HRCC actively supports through missions giving. Directly comparable as a regional SBC partner organization operating in the same Virginia Baptist mission environment.
• Liberty Baptist Fellowship: One of the founding partner networks (alongside Virginia Baptist Fellowship) that assisted HRCC in its launch months in 1997. Comparable as a regional Baptist fellowship organization with church-planting and mission-support focus in the same Virginia/North Carolina geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@HRCC7/streams
• Facebookfacebook.com/hickoryridgecc
• Xx.com/HickoryRidgeCC7

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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