Mount Tabor United Methodist Church

What Mount Tabor United Methodist Church does

Mount Tabor United Methodist Church is a local religious nonprofit congregation of The United Methodist Church, based at 4520 Old Mocksville Road in Salisbury, North Carolina. It serves residents of Salisbury and the surrounding Rowan County community through Sunday morning worship services, a weekly Wednesday on the Mount midweek fellowship and devotional program, a music ministry, and ongoing community outreach initiatives including a community garden. The church is led by Pastor James Ross O'Neal (effective July 1, 2023), who also serves Christ UMC, with Music Director Deena Tatum supporting worship; a nine-member volunteer Leadership Team (Chair Donna Wiseman, Secretary Rose Simerson, Treasurer Judy Sides, plus committee chairs) provides governance.

The church's technology footprint is minimal: a WordPress-hosted website (mounttaborumc.org) provides basic informational pages (Welcome, Calendar, Fellowship, Outreach, Staff), with supplementary outreach on Facebook and X (Twitter). It has no proprietary software, no mobile application, no API, and no digital product distribution. All programming is delivered in person at the single Salisbury facility.

The operating model is community-funded through voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members, with both in-service and online giving options available. There is no formal pricing for services, no enterprise or institutional donor base, and no external equity, debt, or grant funding structure disclosed. Revenue and budget figures are not publicly disclosed, and the organization operates as a member-supported nonprofit within the broader United Methodist Church denominational connection.

Name

Mount Tabor United Methodist Church

Legal name

Mount Tabor United Methodist Church

Website

https://mounttaborumc.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Mount Tabor United Methodist Church is a local United Methodist congregation in Salisbury, North Carolina, serving residents of Salisbury and Rowan County through Sunday worship, midweek fellowship, music ministry, and community outreach programs such as a community garden.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAA

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

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

SECONDARYBPAGAJAG

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling)

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

Keywords

• Religious services
• Worship ministry
• Community outreach
• Pastoral care
• Faith fellowship

Headquarters

HQ city

Salisbury

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Traditional church revenue through voluntary contributions from congregation members during worship services and online giving options.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mount Tabor United Methodist Church operates as a faith community providing Sunday worship services, pastoral ministry, music ministry, weekly Wednesday gatherings (Wednesday on the Mount), fellowship events, and community outreach programs including a community garden. The church serves residents of Salisbury, NC and surrounding Rowan County through spiritual guidance, community connection, and missional engagement, led by Pastor James Ross O'Neal (effective July 1, 2023) and Music Director Deena Tatum. Operations are funded by voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members.

Product overview

Mount Tabor United Methodist Church offers a unified set of spiritual and community programs centered around Sunday worship services. The church operates several interconnected programs: Pastoral Ministry led by Pastor Ross provides spiritual guidance; Wednesday on the Mount offers weekly midweek gatherings; Music Ministry led by Deena Tatum supports worship; Fellowship Activities foster community through events like Family Night Dinners and Homecoming; Community Outreach extends service beyond the congregation; Church Calendar organizes scheduling; and The Recap newsletter connects members to broader United Methodist news. The Leadership Team oversees governance across Witness, Nurture, Outreach, and Trustee functions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services Sunday morning worship services held at the church's main location at 4520 Old Mocksville Rd, Salisbury, NC 28144, led by Pastor James Ross O'Neal. Open to congregation members and visitors.
• Wednesday on the Mount Weekly Wednesday gathering at 11:00 a.m. in the fellowship hall featuring devotion, prayer time, and a missional/fun activity led by Pastor Ross. Open to Mount Tabor members and the broader community.
• Pastoral Ministry Spiritual leadership and pastoral care provided by Pastor James Ross O'Neal (effective July 1, 2023), who guides the church with a focus on grace and empowering laity. Includes concurrent appointment to Christ UMC.
• Music Ministry Music program directed by Music Director Deena Tatum, including worship music planning and preparation for services.
• Community Outreach Service programs reaching into the community, documented through photo gallery showing community garden and vegetable programs that provide produce and engagement with the broader Rowan County community.
• Fellowship Activities Community-building programs including Family Night Dinners, Tree Trimming, Pancake Supper, United Methodist Women (UMW), and Homecoming events.
• Church Calendar Online calendar listing church events, activities, and schedule, available on the church website.
• The Recap Newsletter Weekly news digest providing United Methodists with top stories from across The United Methodist Church's global connection, linked from the church website to umc.org.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The United Methodist ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMount Tabor is part of The United Methodist Church denomination, connected to its global connection. The church participates in denominational resources including 'The Recap' newsletter offering glimpses into stories from across the global Methodist connection. Pastor Ross's ministry is guided by Methodist theological themes including grace and the denomination's approach to laity empowerment.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• The United Methodist Church (Global Denomination): The global denomination to which Mount Tabor belongs. Provides theological framework, branding, and shared resources such as The Recap newsletter that define how local UMC congregations operate.
• Western NC Conference of the United Methodist Church: The regional UMC governing body providing denominational oversight, clergy appointments, and resources to local churches including Mount Tabor. Relevant as the institutional parent organization shaping operating context.

Regional players

• First United Methodist Church Salisbury: Another UMC congregation in Salisbury, NC, serving the same Rowan County community with comparable worship, fellowship, and outreach programming — the most direct local geographic peer.
• St. John's Lutheran Church Salisbury: A mainline Protestant congregation in Salisbury, NC that competes for the same community of local worshippers and offers similar fellowship and outreach programs.
• Salisbury Baptist Church: Another historic local congregation in Salisbury serving overlapping community members; comparable as a competing local place of worship drawing on the same geographic base and volunteer pool.
• Trinity United Methodist Church (King, NC): The previous pastoral assignment of Pastor Ross before he joined Mount Tabor. Comparable as a small-to-mid-sized North Carolina UMC congregation with similar community-led programming.

Direct peers

• Christ United Methodist Church: The sister United Methodist congregation that shares Pastor James Ross O'Neal with Mount Tabor. Directly comparable as another local UMC in the same regional network with overlapping programs and pastoral leadership.

Emerging players

• Habitat for Humanity of Rowan County: A faith-rooted nonprofit in the same Salisbury geography that mobilizes community service and volunteers in a similar way to Mount Tabor's outreach programs, though focused on housing rather than worship.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mounttaborumc
• Facebookfacebook.com/mtumc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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