Alaska Baptist Resource Network

What Alaska Baptist Resource Network does

Alaska Baptist Resource Network (ABRN), also doing business as Alaska Baptist Convention and ABC/ABRN, is a private nonprofit religious organization founded in 1945 and headquartered at 1750 O'Malley Rd, Anchorage, Alaska. It serves as the statewide Southern Baptist Convention affiliate for Alaska, coordinating resources for a network of 83 affiliated churches, 25 missions, and 1 preaching point. The organization operates from the Alaska Baptist Convention building and is led by Executive Director/Treasurer Rickie Wilson.

ABRN's core "products" are ministry support services rather than commercial goods: print materials, ministerial training, annual conferences and seminars, church personnel recruitment assistance, missional strategy development, financial resource distribution, and facility maintenance coordination. Its portfolio includes the 2000 Club quarterly capital-funding program, three named special offerings (Valeria Sherard State Mission Offering, Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering), a Church Planting Program supported by the North American Mission Board, mission opportunity coordination, disaster relief via abcdr.org, and the monthly Alaska Baptist Milepost newsletter. A wholly-owned subsidiary, Birchwood Behavioral Health, extends the network into clinical therapy services.

The organization's revenue model is donation-based, relying on contributions from affiliated churches and individuals channeled through the Cooperative Program, the online giving portal (AccessACS), and special offerings. ABRN operates multi-channel outreach via its website, Facebook, YouTube, the Milepost newsletter, and the Weekly InfoBlast email. Recent strategic activity centers on an indefinite renewal of its partnership with the Alabama State Board of Missions (November 2025), a Vision Implementation restructuring and rebranding initiative, a Psalm 139 Project partnership with the ERLC, and ongoing church-planting efforts across Alaska.

Name

Alaska Baptist Resource Network

Legal name

Alaska Baptist Resource Network

Website

https://alaskabrn.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alaska Baptist Resource Network is a nonprofit religious organization and the Southern Baptist Convention's statewide affiliate in Alaska, providing ministry resources, training, church-planting support, and funding coordination to 83 churches and 25 missions across the state.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Anchorage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: The organization accepts donations through online giving portal and various special offerings to support ministry activities across Alaska Baptist churches.
2. Cooperative Program: Southern Baptist Convention cooperative program funding channeled through state convention to support missions and church planting efforts.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ABRN provides print materials, ministerial training, annual conferences and seminars, recruitment assistance for church personnel and volunteers, missional strategy development, financial resources for outreach projects, and facility maintenance support to affiliated Baptist churches across Alaska. It coordinates church planting, mission teams, disaster relief, and special mission offerings (2000 Club, Valeria Sherard, Annie Armstrong, Lottie Moon) to support 83 churches, 25 missions, and 1 preaching point.

Product overview

Alaska Baptist Resource Network (ABRN) operates as a unified ministry support organization for the Alaska Baptist Convention, offering a coordinated portfolio of church resources and programs. The core offerings include the 2000 Club capital funding program, three special mission offerings (Valeria Sherard State Mission Offering, Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering), church planting support, mission opportunities, disaster relief coordination, and the Alaska Baptist Milepost newsletter. ABRN also facilitates the Alabama-Alaska state partnership for reciprocal mission collaboration. These programs work together to support 83 churches and 25 missions across Alaska by providing financial resources, volunteer coordination, training, and strategic missional development for affiliated churches.

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Products and services

• 2000 Club A quarterly giving program enlisting 2000 persons who commit to contributing $10 per quarter to collectively generate $20,000 per quarter for capital projects in Alaska churches and ministries, specifically for property purchases, renovations, or repairs.
• Valeria Sherard State Mission Offering A state mission offering named after Valeria Sherard (1923-2007), veteran Alaska missionary, designated to support mission needs in Alaska including prayer and financial support for missionaries.
• Annie Armstrong Easter Offering A home missions offering supporting North American mission work through the Woman's Missionary Union, named after Annie Armstrong (1850-1938) who was instrumental in founding the WMU.
• Lottie Moon Christmas Offering An international missions offering supporting missionaries worldwide through the Southern Baptist Convention, named after Lottie Moon, a pioneering missionary to China.
• Church Planting Program A program supporting church planters across Alaska, connecting missionaries with resources and partnerships through NAMB and Send Relief to establish new churches in communities throughout the state.
• Mission Opportunities Volunteer-based mission projects including construction assistance, VBS programs, camp ministry support, electrical work, and various church facility projects across Alaska communities.
• Disaster Relief Disaster relief services coordinated through ABRN connecting Alaska churches with emergency response and recovery support capabilities.
• Alaska Baptist Milepost Newsletter Monthly newsletter keeping Alaska Baptists informed about current developments, ministry opportunities, and upcoming events within the Southern Baptist Convention in Alaska and abroad. Archives available from 2010-present.
• Alaska Baptist Resource Network Services A resource network providing print materials, training for ministerial leaders, annual conferences and seminars, recruitment assistance for church personnel and volunteers, missional strategy development, financial resources for outreach projects, and facility maintenance for Alaska Baptist churches.
• Alabama-Alaska Partnership Program Partnership programs including the Alabama-Alaska partnership providing reciprocal church and ministry collaboration, mission teams, and mutual encouragement between the two state conventions.

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist ConventionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 September 2025The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the ERLC, donated an ultrasound machine to the Community Pregnancy Center in Anchorage. ABRN collaborated on this partnership with funding from Alabama Baptists, with contributions designated for purchasing ultrasound machines and training workers.
• Alabama State Board of MissionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlaska Baptist Resource Network and Alabama State Board of Missions entered into a 5-year renewable partnership in 2021. This partnership was renewed indefinitely with periodic reviews in 2025 at the Alabama Baptist Annual Meeting for continued collaboration on missions, church planting, and mutual encouragement. The partnership is reciprocal with churches, ministries and teams serving in both states.
• North American Mission Board (NAMB)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNAMB provides church planting resources and support. ABRN directs potential church planters to NAMB's church planting interest form and collaborates on church planting efforts throughout Alaska.
• Send ReliefminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSend Relief is referenced as a partner organization for disaster relief and humanitarian efforts, aligned with Southern Baptist Convention mission objectives.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Florida Baptist Convention: Florida's SBC state convention provides cooperative program funding, church resources, and missions coordination — the same core functions ABRN delivers for Alaska churches. Comparable as a state-level denominational resource network.
• Baptist State Convention of North Carolina: A large SBC state convention offering church planting, missions funding, and ministerial support across its state. Directly comparable to ABRN in organizational form, funding channels, and ministry portfolio, but operating at significantly larger scale.
• Send Relief: Send Relief is the SBC's compassion ministry arm coordinating disaster relief and humanitarian efforts, and ABRN's Alaska chapter (abcdr.org) operates under this umbrella. It shares the same disaster-relief and volunteer-coordination mission that ABRN performs at the state level.
• Missouri Baptist Convention: A mid-sized SBC state convention with a comparable church-planting, missions funding, and Cooperative Program distribution model. Useful as a size-and-structure comparable to ABRN.
• Woman's Missionary Union (WMU): WMU is an auxiliary of the SBC that supports missions education, the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, and state missions programming. ABRN's Alaska WMU chapter operates as a partner segment within the same denominational structure.
• Alabama State Board of Missions: The Alabama State Board of Missions is ABRN's reciprocal state-convention partner for missions, church planting, and volunteer teams. As a fellow SBC state convention organization, it shares the same funding model (Cooperative Program), governance structure, and ministry portfolio, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Texas Baptist Men: Texas Baptist Men is a missions and disaster relief organization within the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Closely comparable to ABRN's disaster relief and volunteer-mission coordination, particularly the abcdr.org operation.

Broad incumbents

• International Mission Board (IMB): IMB is the SBC's global missions agency and a partner organization for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering that ABRN promotes. It operates internationally rather than statewide, but shares the SBC funding and prayer-support model.
• North American Mission Board (NAMB): NAMB is the SBC's North American missions agency and an ABRN core partner for church planting. It operates at a national scale rather than a single-state scale, but shares the same SBC denominational framework, church-planting mission, and donor base as ABRN.
• Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC): The ERLC is the SBC's public-policy and ethics entity, an ABRN partner on the Psalm 139 Project. While its mission is policy advocacy rather than church planting, it operates within the same SBC ecosystem and shares ABRN's pro-life ministry collaborations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCjTcMOQVcilGdyAL75xvhCA
• Facebookfacebook.com/alaskabrn

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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