Raleigh Baptist Association

What Raleigh Baptist Association does

The Raleigh Baptist Association (RBA) is an autonomous, non-profit network of Southern Baptist Convention-affiliated churches voluntarily cooperating together to carry out the Great Commission across the Raleigh, North Carolina region. Member churches span multiple communities including Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Garner, Zebulon, Wendell, Siler City, Sanford, Fayetteville, and Durham. The association is governed by an Executive Director (Dr. Patrick Fuller) and a small staff of approximately 8 ministry and administrative personnel operating from an office at 820 S. New Hope Road in Raleigh.

RBA's core offerings are ministry coordination services rather than technology products: pastoral placement services connecting churches with ministry candidates, a staff position job board, compensation benchmarking through the Lifeway Compensation Study, interim pastor resources, and pastor search committee training materials. It also operates member-facing ministries including Kairos Counseling and Therapeutic Care, Caring Connections Ministry, the RBA Boys and Girls Basketball League, and the bi-monthly Connections Newsletter. The underlying technology footprint is minimal — a SnapPages-hosted website, PDF-based newsletter distribution, Google Calendar, and a Vanco online giving portal — with no proprietary software platform.

Revenue mechanics rely on voluntary member church contributions as the primary funding stream, supplemented by ministry placement fees and event-related income (such as the basketball league). Pricing is not publicly disclosed. RBA maintains formal partnerships with the Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina (foster care), Wheels4Hope (vehicle donation), Baptists on Mission and Campers On Mission (NC State Fair Ministry), Brotherhood Mutual (insurance referrals), and Lifeway Research (compensation data), channeling mission programs through its member church network.

Name

Raleigh Baptist Association

Legal name

Raleigh Baptist Association

Website

https://raleighbaptists.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Raleigh Baptist Association is a non-profit network of Southern Baptist churches in the Raleigh, NC region, providing pastoral placement, counseling, mission coordination, and ministry support services to its member congregations through voluntary cooperation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Association Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (813110), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL), Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ)

Keywords

• Church association services
• Pastoral placement services
• Ministry coordination
• Religious nonprofit services
• Church health support

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Member Church Contributions: Voluntary cooperation and contributions from member churches within the association
2. Ministry Placement Services: Connecting churches with pastoral candidates through placement forms and compensation studies
3. Event Fees: Fees from associational events such as the Basketball League and regional rallies

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Raleigh Baptist Association is an autonomous network of Baptist churches voluntarily cooperating together and assisting one another to carry out the Great Commission in the Raleigh, NC area. It provides ministry placement services connecting churches with pastoral candidates, church staff position listings, pastoral search committee resources, counseling and therapeutic care services, recreation programs, and mission coordination for member churches. Core operations center on church-to-church support, pastoral resourcing, and community mission coordination.

Product overview

Raleigh Baptist Association is an autonomous network of churches voluntarily cooperating together to carry out the Great Commission. The organization operates as a church association providing ministry placement services connecting churches with pastoral candidates, maintaining a staff position job board for affiliated churches, offering recreation programs through its basketball league, publishing the Connections newsletter, providing counseling and caring connections services, and coordinating mission programs including school supply drives and NC State Fair ministry. The core offering is church cooperation and support services rather than a unified technology product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ministry Placement Services
• Church Staff Position Listings
• Kairos Counseling and Therapeutic Care
• Caring Connections Ministry
• Interim Pastor Resources
• Pastor Search Committee Resources
• RBA Boys and Girls Basketball League
• Connections Newsletter
• Mission Action Possibilities Book
• Back-to-School Supply Mission Project
• NC State Fair Ministry
• Wheels4Hope Vehicle Donation Program

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Brotherhood MutualminorOthersInsurance provider recommended to member churches through Quicklinks section on website
• Baptist Children's Homes of North CarolinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-wide foster care services partnership. RBA promotes foster care family recruitment for children in foster care who need family support. BCH provides training, licensing, and case management services.
• Wheels4HopecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith-based car donation program. Donated vehicles are repaired and placed with hard-working individuals on the path to self-sufficiency. RBA promotes this program to member churches.
• Baptists on MissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for NC State Fair Ministry and mobile dental/health screening services. RBA coordinates volunteers and support for carnival workers during NC State Fair and recruits CDL/non-CDL drivers for mobile dental units.
• Campers On MissionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of NC State Fair Ministry providing services to carnival workers during their stay in the Raleigh area.
• Caring Connections MinistrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry under RBA umbrella providing counseling and therapeutic care services to member churches and their communities.
• Lifeway ResearchminorOthersProvider of the annual Compensation Study used by RBA for ministry placement salary benchmarking.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Charlotte Baptist Association: A regional Baptist association serving churches in the Charlotte, NC metro. Directly comparable to RBA in mission, structure, and member services (placement, missions, recreation), differing primarily by geography.
• Baptists on Mission: North Carolina Baptist missions organization that RBA partners with for NC State Fair Ministry and mobile dental services. Comparable as a faith-based mission-coordination network within the same denominational ecosystem.
• Durham Baptist Association: Another NC regional Baptist association covering Durham and surrounding counties. Operates with the same cooperative-church model and similar member-support services as RBA.

Regional players

• Fayetteville Baptist Association: A regional Baptist association operating in eastern North Carolina. Comparable in mission and structure to RBA but serves a different geographic territory within the same state convention.
• Guilford Baptist Association: A regional Baptist association serving the Greensboro/High Point area of NC. Operates the same voluntary-cooperation model for autonomous member churches as RBA.

Broad incumbents

• Baptist State Convention of North Carolina: The state-level Southern Baptist body in North Carolina. It is a broader incumbent operating across the same denominational network as RBA, providing state-wide resources, missions, and church support that overlap with RBA's regional role.
• Cooperative Baptist Fellowship: A national Baptist network offering missions, ministry support, and church resources. Broader incumbent in the Baptist cooperative space, with overlapping church-support capabilities though operating at a national rather than regional level.

Others

• Wheels4Hope: Faith-based vehicle donation program that RBA promotes to member churches. Comparable as a mission program model RBA channels participation into, but operates independently of any church association.
• Brotherhood Mutual: Insurance provider for churches and ministries, listed as a RBA Quicklinks partner. Adjacent ecosystem participant serving the same church audience with risk-management rather than ministry-coordination services.
• Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina: Core RBA mission partner providing foster care services across NC. Adjacent as a faith-based child and family services nonprofit within the same denominational network rather than a direct association peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/RaleighBaptistAssociation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/raleigh-baptist-association

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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