Emory Grove United Methodist Church

What Emory Grove United Methodist Church does

Emory Grove United Methodist Church is a historic African American congregation founded in 1874 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, operating under the United Methodist Church Baltimore-Washington Conference. It serves a local congregation and the broader Montgomery County community through weekly hybrid worship services (Sundays at 11am, in-person and streamed via YouTube), multiple Bible study cohorts (Adult Sunday School, Magnificent Mondays, Bodacious Women of Faith, Iron Men, Kingdom Man), youth and children's programs, music ministry, prayer lines, and pastoral care. Its technology stack is a commodity SaaS assembly: YouTube for live and archived sermon streaming, Zoom for virtual Bible studies and prayer meetings (with dial-in phone options for accessibility), WordPress for content management, and VANCO Payment Solutions for online giving. The church is led by Senior Pastor Rev. Timothy B. Warner, supported by a small paid staff (Administrator, Minister of Music, Sexton, Multi-Media Engineer, Communications Director) and a volunteer governance structure including Trustees, Finance Committee, Staff-Parish Relations Committee, Membership, Culinary, and Health & Wellness ministries.

The organization's revenue model is entirely donation-based, comprising tithes, offerings, designated fund contributions, and online giving via the VANCO E-Giving platform; all worship, education, and community programs are offered free of charge. Distribution is omnichannel but hyperlocal: in-person at the main campus (8200 Emory Grove Road), monthly at the Service@The Oaks satellite (9 Chestnut Ave.), and virtually via YouTube and Zoom. Distribution relies on word-of-mouth, community referrals, and interchurch partnerships — notably joint Bible studies with Friendship UMC. The church actively partners with Habitat for Humanity of Metro Maryland (with Rev. Warner serving as Director for Faith Relations), the Racial Justice Coalition (co-founded by Rev. Warner), Heritage Emory Grove Community Development Corporation (founded by Rev. Warner), and several local women's centers and Gaithersburg HELP for community outreach.

Operationally, the church exhibits typical characteristics of a small-to-mid historic UMC congregation: limited paid staff in the 11-50 range, no disclosed revenue, reliance on volunteer ministry leadership across roughly a dozen program areas, and a geographic footprint confined to Gaithersburg/Montgomery County. Recent activity (post-2013 under Rev. Warner's tenure) indicates programmatic expansion rather than headcount or revenue scale-up, with new weekly cohorts launching in April 2026 and continued investment in the Heritage Emory Grove CDC mission.

Name

Emory Grove United Methodist Church

Legal name

Emory Grove United Methodist Church

Website

https://emorygrovechurch.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1874

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Emory Grove United Methodist Church is a historic African American congregation in Gaithersburg, Maryland (founded 1874) offering hybrid worship, Bible studies, youth programs, and community outreach, funded entirely by congregational donations and supported by a small staff and volunteer leadership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

Keywords

• Worship services
• Bible study programs
• Youth ministry programs
• Community outreach services
• Faith formation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Gaithersburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Congregants contribute tithes and offerings during worship services, either in-person through offering plates or via mail, supporting the church's operational costs and ministry programs.
2. Online Giving (E-Giving): Recurring or one-time contributions through VANCO Payment Solutions secure online platform, enabling donations from any location at any time.
3. Designated Fund Donations: Donors can contribute to specific funds or ministries by indicating the fund name on checks or envelopes, directing gifts to particular causes such as community outreach, building maintenance, or mission work.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Emory Grove United Methodist Church delivers hybrid Sunday worship services at 11am, both in-person and via YouTube live streaming. The church provides multi-format Bible study programs (Adult Sunday School, Magnificent Mondays, Bodacious Women of Faith, Iron Men Bible Study), youth and children's ministry programming, congregational prayer services, music ministry (VOP Choir), and community outreach to support women and families in need. All services are offered free of charge and supported entirely by voluntary tithes, offerings, and online donations.

Product overview

Emory Grove United Methodist Church is a traditional church offering a unified portfolio of in-person and digital ministry services. The core offering is hybrid Sunday worship at 11am combining physical attendance with YouTube live streaming. Supporting services include E-Giving for online donations, Bible study programs across multiple formats (virtual, in-person, Zoom-based), sermon archives, youth ministry, and congregational prayer services. The church utilizes VANCO Payment Solutions for donations, Zoom for virtual meetings, and YouTube for streaming. The product ecosystem is not a platform-plus-modules architecture but rather a collection of interconnected ministry programs unified under the TLC (Transforming, Loving, Committing) vision.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hybrid Worship Services

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Friendship United Methodist ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Bible study partnership where Bodacious Women of Faith and Iron Men Bible Study sessions are conducted together with Friendship UMC. Studies are held on 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10am and 8am respectively, demonstrating interchurch collaboration in faith formation and discipleship.
• Habitat for Humanity of Metro MarylandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRev. Timothy B. Warner serves as Director for Faith Relations at Habitat for Humanity of Metro Maryland, engaging faith communities in the justice ministry of affordable housing in Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties. The church actively participates in affordable housing advocacy and community development.
• The Heritage Emory Grove Community Development CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Rev. Timothy B. Warner, this organization leads partnerships to redevelop the historical Emory Grove community and restore authentic community connections. The CDC works to preserve the historically significant African American heritage of Emory Grove while advancing community renewal.
• Racial Justice CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founded by Rev. Timothy B. Warner, the Racial Justice Coalition works on advocacy and initiatives addressing racial equity and justice in the Montgomery County community.
• Gaithersburg HELPminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity organization receiving donations from Emory Grove UMC. The church encourages congregants to donate to support Gaithersburg HELP's mission of community assistance.
• Interfaith Works Women's CentersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRockville-based women's center receiving donations through Emory Grove UMC's Women's Ministry. Part of the church's community outreach to support women in need.
• Avery House Women's CenterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRockville-based women's center receiving donations through Emory Grove UMC's Women's Ministry donation program.
• Progress Place Women's CenterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver Spring-based women's center receiving donations through Emory Grove UMC's Women's Ministry donation program.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Interfaith Works: Rockville-based interfaith social services organization receiving donations through Emory Grove's Women's Ministry. Comparable Montgomery County faith-rooted nonprofit footprint addressing community needs through partnership with local congregations.
• Gaithersburg HELP: Local Gaithersburg nonprofit serving residents in need that receives donations channeled through Emory Grove. Comparable hyper-local community-support focus and geographic footprint in the same city.
• Habitat for Humanity of Metro Maryland: Faith-rooted affordable housing nonprofit where Rev. Warner serves as Director for Faith Relations. While not a congregational peer, it is a strategic operating partner and mission ecosystem counterpart — both organizations mobilize faith communities around housing justice in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties.
• Heritage Emory Grove Community Development Corporation: CDC founded by Rev. Warner to redevelop the historic Emory Grove community. Operates as an extension of the church's mission into community development and historic preservation, sharing leadership and donor base.

Direct peers

• Mt. Calvary Baptist Church of Rockville: Historically Black Baptist congregation in adjacent Rockville, MD where Rev. Warner previously served as Deacon. Comparable African American heritage congregation serving Montgomery County with overlapping faith-formation and community-outreach programming for a similar demographic profile.
• Friendship United Methodist Church: Partner congregation within the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church that jointly runs Bible study programs with Emory Grove (Bodacious Women of Faith and Iron Men Bible Study). Same denomination, comparable suburban Maryland footprint, and explicit ministry collaboration make it the most directly comparable peer.

Regional players

• Wesley Theological Seminary: Washington, DC-area United Methodist seminary that trained Rev. Warner. As the academic and credentialing institution for the regional UMC ecosystem, it sits within the same denominational and geographic network and shapes the leadership pipeline for congregations like Emory Grove.

Broad incumbents

• United Methodist Church (Baltimore-Washington Conference): The denominational body to which Emory Grove is affiliated. While Emory Grove operates as an autonomous local church, the Conference shapes governance, polity, pastoral appointments, and shared resources across all member congregations in the region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/EmoryGroveUMC
• Xx.com/egumc_thegrove
• Facebookfacebook.com/Emory-Grove-United-Methodist-Church-100071241735805

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