Chapel Hill Bible Church

What Chapel Hill Bible Church does

Chapel Hill Bible Church (CHBC) is an independent, non-denominational evangelical church founded in 1970 and headquartered at 260 Erwin Road in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It conducts a single Sunday worship service at 10:30 am, complemented by livestream broadcasting at biblechurch.live, and serves a multi-generational, multi-ethnic congregation drawn from the Triangle region (Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh). Beyond weekly worship, CHBC operates an extensive programmatic portfolio including Kids, Youth, College, Young Adults, Adult, Senior, Special Needs, and Spanish-language (CHBC en Español) ministries, as well as Life Groups and ESL classes. Specialized care ministries include Stephen Ministry (one-to-one emotional and spiritual support), 423 Communities (recovery from sexual addiction via biblically-based confessional groups), and UP Ministry (crisis pregnancy support in partnership with Pregnancy Support Services).

The church's technology infrastructure is built on third-party SaaS platforms rather than proprietary systems: Nucleus provides website and content management, Planning Center Online serves as the operational database, and Church Center powers the mobile app for registrations, giving, group signups, and member communications. Giving is processed through an online portal accepting credit cards, debit cards, and EFT bank transfers, with additional SMS giving and stock-gift processing via an ETRADE account. Marketing and member communication rely on the website, email newsletters via Mailchimp, the sermon archive, and the Church Center app.

CHBC's business model is the standard non-profit religious organization model: voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members, supplemented by online, SMS, and stock gifts. All programs, services, and ministries are provided at no charge. The church also maintains an international and domestic missions program with 20+ active partnerships spanning Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, China, and U.S. campuses (notably with Cru at UNC-Chapel Hill, Operation Mobilization, and the Navigators), supported financially and through prayer. CHBC is governed by an elder board, has no external parent company or outside capital, and does not publicly disclose revenue.

Name

Chapel Hill Bible Church

Legal name

Chapel Hill Bible Church

Website

https://biblechurch.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chapel Hill Bible Church is a multi-generational, multi-ethnic evangelical church in Chapel Hill, NC, serving the Triangle region through Sunday worship, extensive age-stage ministries, specialized care programs, and 20+ international missions partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAA

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYEDALAHAI

Campus Spiritual & Religious Life

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Student Activities, Clubs & Campus Life

Keywords

• Religious services
• Pastoral care
• Community ministry
• Biblical teaching
• Worship services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chapel Hill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Traditional tithes and offerings collected during Sunday services, representing the primary revenue stream from congregation members
2. Online Giving: One-time and recurring gifts through secure online portal accepting credit cards, debit cards, and EFT bank transfers
3. SMS Giving: Mobile giving via text message to dedicated number for convenient donation processing
4. Stock Gifts: Stock transfer donations to ETRADE account with required notification for proper credit

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Chapel Hill Bible Church is a non-denominational Bible church that provides weekly Sunday worship services, biblical teaching, and pastoral care to its congregation and the broader Triangle region. It operates an integrated ministry program including children's, youth, college, adult, and senior ministries; Life Groups for community formation; specialized care programs such as Stephen Ministry (one-to-one emotional and spiritual care), 423 Communities (biblically-based recovery from sexual addiction), and UP Ministry (crisis pregnancy support); and a missions program supporting international and domestic missionaries.

Product overview

Chapel Hill Bible Church offers a faith-based ministry platform centered around worship services, community programs, and pastoral care. The church provides sermon content through its livestream platform, along with ministry programs including children's education, youth groups, college ministries, life groups, and specialized care ministries such as Stephen Ministry (one-to-one emotional and spiritual support), 423 Communities (recovery from sexual addiction), and UP Ministry (crisis pregnancy support). The church also facilitates giving through an online giving portal and engages in local, national, and international missions partnerships. The technology infrastructure is powered by the Nucleus church management platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Triangle FellowscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTriangle Fellows leads a local chapter of the Gotham Fellowship, a 9-month immersive discipleship program from Tim Keller's church in NYC. Serves the Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh area.
• Cru (Central Asia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhilip & Sara serve with Cru in central Asia. Supporting missionaries working among unreached people groups.
• Reaching and Teaching (Middle East)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJ&C work towards strengthening, supporting, and equipping Arabic-speaking churches in the Middle East.
• Lead Beyond Inc. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSteadman & Alyssa Harrison have been serving in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for over 12 years through Lead Beyond Inc.
• European Christian Mission (Netherlands & Belgium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. W. Creig & Sherry Marlowe serve providing theological education at Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven, Belgium.
• Kitty Moyer (Kenya)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKitty serves as a medical missionary at Mission Hospital in the western region of Kenya.
• People International (Central Asia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDale & Beth are actively involved in getting the Bible translated and in the hands of Muslims in Central Asia to help local churches.
• African Leadership Development & Houses of Hope (South Africa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Bill & Pam Rapier work with African Leadership Development in South Africa and lead Houses of Hope orphanage in Mozambique & Zimbabwe.
• China Institute / Global China CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. G. Wright Doyle writes and mentors younger Chinese church leaders and Americans with a burden to serve God among the Chinese.
• Operation MobilizationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAndrew Ginsberg is CEO of Operation Mobilization, an international missions organization with over 6,000 missionaries.
• Cru (UNC Chapel Hill)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZach and Emily Griffin serve with Cru at UNC-Chapel Hill. Both have served with Cru for over 10 years.
• Cru (Faculty Commons)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRick and Sonya Hove lead Faculty Commons, Cru's ministry to university professors and graduate students.
• Center for Intercultural TrainingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChad & Ruthanne come alongside new missionaries to help equip them for cross-cultural life and ministry abroad.
• Global Service NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJareb & Amy McClain work on Bible translation and Bible study development for indigenous people in the Asia/Pacific region (stateside and Indonesia).
• Cru (Knoxville, TN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEric & Kimberly Rodgers serve with Cru - Eric leads the national finance team while Kimberly serves on campus in Knoxville.
• Athletes in Action (UNC - Chapel Hill)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdam and Hope Smith serve with Athletes in Action at UNC-Chapel Hill and around the country.
• Navigators (Chapel Hill & Durham)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid and Julie Stickel serve with the Navigators at UNC-Chapel Hill and the greater Triangle.
• CityPath (Chapel Hill & Durham)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAndrew & Jeanette White have been on staff with Cru since the mid-2000s and currently live and serve in Chapel Hill ministering to young adults.
• Alongside MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarol & Jerry Wooten serve at Alongside, an intensive-care retreat center located on 125 acres of beauty in Michigan.
• Beacon of Hope (Nairobi, Kenya)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeacon of Hope brings hope to women living with and affected by HIV/AIDS within poor communities by equipping them to meet their needs.
• International Friends (UNC Campus)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Friends is a student organization that welcomes international students to America to ease their transition and make friends.
• Neopolis (Church Planting Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeopolis comes alongside pastors and churches to help plant new churches, strengthen and renew existing churches, and encourage and equip.
• Pregnancy Support Services (Chapel Hill/Durham)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPregnancy Support Services (PSS) is a Christian non-profit that offers help and hope to women facing unplanned pregnancies in the Triangle.
• World Relief DurhamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld Relief Durham is a dedicated staff team working together with refugees, the Church, and community partners to help refugees in the Triangle.
• 423 Communities InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecovery communities helping men, women, and young people find hope in sexual sin through biblically-based confessional groups. CHBC hosts local 423 Men and 423 Sisters groups.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Elevation Church: Large multi-site megachurch based in Charlotte, NC. Operates broadly in the same evangelical space across the Carolinas with significantly greater scale and multi-site footprint than CHBC.
• McLean Bible Church: Large evangelical Bible church in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. Comparable Bible-teaching emphasis and missions engagement, but with substantially larger staff, budget, and multi-site operation than CHBC.

Direct peers

• The Village Church: Matt Chandler's Bible-teaching, gospel-centered church in Flower Mound, TX. Highly comparable theological identity and ministry philosophy to CHBC with multi-site and global outreach emphasis.
• Christ Community Chapel: Non-denominational evangelical Bible church in Hudson, OH with similar size, Bible-teaching focus, and ministry breadth including global missions partnerships.
• Seacoast Church: Multi-site non-denominational evangelical church in Mount Pleasant, SC. Similar Bible-teaching, life-group-driven model and global missions engagement as CHBC, at a comparable organizational scale.
• Summit Church: Large multi-site evangelical church headquartered in Durham, NC. Operates in the same Triangle market as CHBC with a similar Bible-teaching, gospel-centered approach and comparable multi-generational programming.
• Vintage Church North Hills: Triangle-area (Raleigh, NC) evangelical church with comparable congregational programming, life-stage ministries, and missions orientation in the same regional market as CHBC.
• Watermark Church: Non-denominational evangelical church in Plano/Dallas, TX with comparable Bible-teaching approach, recovery ministries (re:generation), and missions emphasis aligned with CHBC's ministry model.

Others

• Nucleus (church platform): Technology vendor that powers CHBC's website, content management, and member-facing flows. Included as an ecosystem enabler rather than a direct competitor, given the integration referenced in the church's tech stack.

Regional players

• University Baptist Church: Historic Baptist congregation located near UNC-Chapel Hill's campus. Overlaps with CHBC's college-student demographic and Chapel Hill geography, though theologically more mainline Protestant than evangelical.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chapelhillbible
• Facebookfacebook.com/chapelhillbible
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chapel-hill-bible-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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