Smoke Rise Baptist Church

What Smoke Rise Baptist Church does

Smoke Rise Baptist Church is a religious nonprofit organization founded in 1973 and headquartered in Stone Mountain, Georgia, operating within the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship tradition with an inclusive congregational identity. The organization delivers a portfolio of ministries including weekly worship services (in-person and via online streaming to 250+ weekly viewers), a Weekday School preschool enrolling 60–71 students that has operated for over 50 years, an Academy of Arts program, youth ministries, adult programming, and a World Mission Offering program that raised $55,000+ in support of 11 mission projects.

The organization also maintains an active portfolio of external partnerships — including the Lilburn Co-op, NETWorks, Friends of Refugees, Blue Mountain Church, Family Heritage Foundation, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia (CBF GA), and others — for cooperative ministry, community outreach, and missions work.

Revenue is generated through a diversified set of channels: congregational tithes and offerings, Weekday School tuition, event fees, youth program fees, and stock donations. There is no public disclosure of operating revenue, staff headcount, or formal financial statements; programmatic activity is the primary signal of organizational scale. Distribution is hybrid: physical attendance at the Stone Mountain campus supplemented by an online streaming channel that materially extends audience reach beyond the local geographic footprint.

Name

Smoke Rise Baptist Church

Legal name

Smoke Rise Baptist Church

Website

https://smokerisebaptist.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (813110)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Preschools (EDACABAF)

Keywords

• Baptist church services
• Christian worship services
• Preschool education
• Religious education
• Pastoral counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Stone Mountain

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: Primary revenue from members' tithes and offerings given during worship services, online, or by mail. Church offers multiple giving methods: online (checking/savings account), text giving ('givesrbc' to 73256), and mail.
2. Weekday School Tuition: Preschool program (Weekday School) provides educational services for which families pay tuition. The school offers summer camp programs.
3. Stock Donations: Church accepts stock transfers as charitable donations, with Finance Manager handling these.
4. Event Fees: Church charges fees for some community events (e.g., Octoberfest dinner: $8 adults, $3 kids, $25 max per household).
5. Youth Program Fees: Church collects fees for youth trips and camps (e.g., PassportChoices $275, PassportKids $300, First Trip Last Trip $110).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Smoke Rise Baptist Church is a Baptist congregation in Stone Mountain, Georgia, that delivers weekly worship services, faith-based education through its Smoke Rise Weekday School preschool, music ministry programs, youth and children's ministries, local and global missions, and pastoral counseling to local families and the surrounding community. The church operates as a 501(c)(3)-style religious nonprofit funded primarily by member tithes, offerings, and tuition from the preschool program.

Product overview

Smoke Rise Baptist Church offers a comprehensive suite of faith-based programs and services centered around worship, education, and community outreach. The church operates as a single unified ministry organization with multiple interconnected programs including in-person and online worship services (reaching 250+ weekly viewers), a 50-year-old Weekday School preschool, the CrossTie quarterly magazine, Wednesday Night Journeys Bible study, Understanding Racial Justice discussion group, music and worship programs, youth and children's ministries, missions outreach, Academy of Arts, recreation programs, counseling services, and grief support groups. The church also provides an online giving platform and hosts community events in its campus facilities.

Differentiator

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Brands

• CrossTie Magazine: Quarterly magazine publication of Smoke Rise Baptist Church featuring articles on faith, community, and church life.

Products and services

• Weekly Worship Services Sunday and weekly worship gatherings offered to congregation members, attendees, and visitors of the church, providing Baptist-style preaching, prayer, and communal worship.
• Smoke Rise Weekday School (Preschool) Faith-based preschool program serving young children in the Stone Mountain area, operated by the church as an early childhood education offering integrated with Christian values.
• Music Ministry
• Youth Ministry Faith-based programming and activities for students and teenagers in the congregation, supporting spiritual formation and community among youth.
• Children's Ministry Age-appropriate faith-based programs for children, supporting their spiritual development and participation within the church community.
• Missions Program Local and global mission initiatives engaging church members in outreach, service projects, and charitable work beyond the immediate congregation.
• Pastoral Counseling Pastoral care and faith-based counseling services offered to congregation members and others seeking spiritual guidance and personal support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 250 viewers weekly watch worship services online, including satellite ministries at assisted living facilities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lilburn Cooperative MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Local mission partner receiving support for food pantry freezer units ($3,600) and grocery carts ($950). Jackie Wells-Smith is the director. The church collects school supplies for this organization.
• NETWorks Cooperative MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Local mission partner receiving support for double-door reach-in freezer or food dehydrator, compact laser printer, carts and hand baskets. Stephanie Suggs is program director.
• Friends of RefugeescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Mission partner refurbishing classroom supplies for new immigrant women learning English including workbooks, books, and 22 new comfortable chairs. Kendra Jeffries is executive director.
• Blue Mountain ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025New outreach campaign in Blairsville, GA for new congregation plant. Nathan Dean is pastor.
• Family Heritage FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Serves children of Clarkston providing food and snacks at functions. Project would provide food for summer camp. Bennett Ekandem is executor director.
• CBF GA (Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Investing in young adults through student internships in local congregations. Ruth Perkins Lee is executive coordinator.
• God's Appalachian Partnership (GAP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Church sends men's and women's mission trips to GAP in McDowell, KY. Church supports purchase of kitchen equipment for new kitchen to teach cooking/baking classes. John Morris is executive director.
• Greater Restoration Baptist ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Supporting Clue Camp, a summer camp for intercity children and youth, and critical ministry needs. Ken and Bettye Bogan are pastors.
• Rauschenbusch Metro MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Supporting Youth Farm Intern Program with stipends for 12 high school students for food justice intern program. Tiffany Triplett Henkel is executive director.
• Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) Field Personnel - Karen AlfordcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Field personnel Karen Alford is a nurse practitioner in Togo, West Africa providing healthcare, nutrition, disease treatment, and pregnancy education. CBF supports this international mission.
• African Children's MissioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Supporting ongoing feeding project for primary children in Ugandan schools. Church gifts would provide food for 200 students in Kaleire, Uganda for the entire year. David Semeyn is executive director.
• YWAM Atlanta (Youth with a Mission)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Jacob and Tatum Green are directors of YWAM Atlanta, a global missions movement. The church supports this family with discounted tuition for their son Sammy who attends Weekday School.
• Restore LifecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Nonprofit founded by Danny and Kimberly Iverson doing inner-city ministry with youth, young adults from juvenile detention centers, and families in extended stay hotels. Church supports this ministry.
• Watkins FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Provided a generous grant to the Weekday School for scholarships and to equip a new sensory room.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• North Point Ministries: Andy Stanley's Atlanta-area multi-site church network; much larger scale but operates in the same Metro Atlanta market with overlapping target families and significantly more developed digital/multi-site capabilities.

Direct peers

• Northside Drive Baptist Church: Atlanta-area Baptist church with comparable ministry profile including worship, education, and community outreach programs serving a similar metropolitan demographic.
• First Baptist Church Atlanta: Historic Baptist congregation in downtown Atlanta with traditional worship, full children/youth programming, and a Weekday School-style preschool; comparable operating model and target audience though significantly larger in scale.
• Wieuca Road Baptist Church: Cooperative Baptist congregation in Atlanta's Buckhead area with similar program breadth including music, children, youth, and missions ministries; shares Smoke Rise's cooperative Baptist identity and Metro Atlanta geographic market.
• Briarlake Baptist Church: Cooperative Baptist-affiliated congregation in Decatur, GA (adjacent to Stone Mountain) with traditional worship and broad ministry programming; the most geographically proximate direct peer in the same cooperative Baptist network.
• Dunwoody Baptist Church: Suburban Atlanta Baptist church with traditional worship style, comprehensive children's/youth programs, and active missions outreach; serves a comparable suburban Metro Atlanta demographic.
• Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church: Baptist congregation in the greater Atlanta metro with multi-generational ministry programming and preschool services; directly comparable in size, denominational tradition, and community-anchored mission.
• Mount Vernon Baptist Church: Atlanta-area Baptist congregation with comparable worship, education, and community ministry programs; serves a similar Metro Atlanta demographic with traditional Baptist theology.

Regional players

• Stone Mountain United Methodist Church: Same Stone Mountain, GA community as Smoke Rise with comparable traditional mainline Protestant ministry programming including preschool and youth programs; serves overlapping families but from a different denominational tradition.

Others

• Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF): Denominational network of which Smoke Rise is an affiliated congregation through CBF GA; comparable through cooperative Baptist identity and provides the field personnel and mission partnership infrastructure (e.g., Karen Alford in Togo) the church utilizes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/smokerise
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smoke-rise-baptist-church

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Subsidiaries2 records

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