Community Servants

What Community Servants does

Community Servants is a nonprofit organization founded in 1994 in Smyrna, Tennessee, that serves the multicultural and refugee residents of the Wherry Housing community through an integrated portfolio of free community programs. Its service offerings include a free after-school program (Kids Center, Monday through Friday, 2:45-4:45pm), English language classes, a clothing closet open three days per week, bimonthly senior adult fellowship events, monthly Wherry Work Days, and structured internship and mission training pipelines. The organization is the only organized ministry specifically serving the Wherry Housing refugee community and has operated there for over 30 years, graduating 12 missionaries from its Mission Training School and over 30 college interns from its intern program. It also serves more than 1,800 local families and individuals each year, supported by over 20,000 volunteer hours.

The organization's core commercial product is its short-term mission trip hosting service, which accommodates visiting church groups from across the United States in owned dormitory facilities — Coble Mission House (56-person capacity) and Community Center dorm (44-person capacity) — plus an Assembly House with industrial kitchen. Per-person fees range from $25 to $190 depending on length of stay and whether teams work on Wherry Housing worksites or off-site. Revenue is generated through three streams: individual and church donations (processed via Network for Good), mission trip fees, and tiered sponsorship (Gold Sponsors at $500 per annual benefit dinner). The technology stack is minimal — a Squarespace website, Google Forms for volunteer sign-up, and email-based coordination — with no digital platform or proprietary technology products.

The go-to-market approach is community-led: mission teams are recruited through word-of-mouth across U.S. church networks, local volunteer engagement is driven by referral and sign-up forms, and fundraising occurs through an annual benefit dinner and ongoing donation appeals. Leadership consists of Directors Curt and Tina Bryson, who previously served in missions abroad (Costa Rica, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya), and Director of Children's Ministries Aren Smeltser. The organization originated as an outreach of Springhouse Church and became an independent registered nonprofit in 2003. Operations are concentrated entirely in Smyrna, TN, with no geographic expansion or technology productization evident in the source data.

Name

Community Servants

Legal name

Community Servants

Website

https://communityservants.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Community Servants is a nonprofit founded in 1994 serving the multicultural refugee residents of Wherry Housing in Smyrna, TN through free after-school programs, English classes, a clothing closet, senior outreach, and short-term mission trip hosting funded by donations and per-person team fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community and Social Services (Nonprofit Ministry)

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE), Volunteerism, Service-Learning & Community Service (EDALAHAG)

Keywords

• Community ministry services
• Short-term mission trips
• After-school programs
• Refugee community services
• Nonprofit volunteer programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Smyrna

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Community Servants relies primarily on donations from individuals, churches, and organizations to fund its ministry operations, programs, and community resources.
2. Mission Trip Fees: Short-term mission teams pay per-person fees for lodging and work site access, ranging from $25 to $190 per person depending on length of stay and whether teams work on Wherry Housing properties.
3. Sponsorship Revenue: Gold sponsors contribute $500 at the annual benefit dinner, providing a tiered sponsorship model for corporate and church donors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Community Servants is a nonprofit ministry that delivers free community programs to residents of the Wherry Housing community in Smyrna, TN, including an after-school program, clothing closet, English classes, and senior adult outreach. It also hosts short-term mission teams from churches across the United States, providing dormitory lodging (up to 100 people) and community work projects for fees ranging from $25 to $190 per person.

Product overview

Community Servants operates as a unified community ministry organization serving the Wherry Housing Community in Smyrna, TN. Rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, the organization offers an integrated portfolio of service programs that work together to serve the multicultural and refugee population. The core programs include Short Term Mission Trips (with on-site dormitory accommodation for up to 100 people), an Internship Program (both Summer and Year-Round), a Kids Center After School Program, English Classes, a Clothing Closet, Senior Adult Outreach, Ministry Building Cleaning, and Wherry Work Days. These programs are coordinated through volunteer management, donation processing, and on-site facilities to provide comprehensive community support, with the Coble Mission House Dorm (56 capacity), Community Center Dorm (44 capacity), and Assembly House with industrial kitchen serving as infrastructure for mission trip hosting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Short-Term Mission Trip Hosting Hosts short-term mission teams from churches across the United States at the Wherry Housing campus with dormitory lodging for up to 100 people (Coble Mission House 56-bed and Community Center Dorm 44-bed) and construction-oriented community projects. Teams pay per-person fees ranging from $25 to $190 based on length of stay and whether they work on Wherry Housing properties.
• Internship Program Offers Summer Internships for high schoolers and older assisting with mission team preparation, and Year-Round On-Campus Internships running the after-school program, property maintenance, and team leadership. Over 30 college students have graduated from this program.
• Kids Center After-School Program Free after-school program offered Monday through Friday from 2:45pm to 4:45pm providing homework help, group games, snacks, friendship building, and religious education, following the Rutherford County Academic Calendar. Provided free homework help and tutoring to hundreds of young students.
• Clothing Closet Clothing donation and distribution service accepting gently used clothing and distributing to community members, open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 9am to noon at 121 Claeborne Drive, Unit A, Smyrna, TN 37167. Provided clothing and essential household items for over 500 people each year.
• English Classes

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves more than 1,800 local families and individuals each year
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Springhouse ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994Founding partner and origin of Community Servants. The missions pastor, Bruce Coble, received permission from Wherry Housing Authority in 1994 to remodel an apartment and help homeless families, which became the foundation of Community Servants. Springhouse Church launched the outreach mission that eventually became a standalone non-profit in 2003.
• Wherry Housing AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWherry Housing Authority granted Community Servants permission to operate within the Wherry Housing community, allowing the ministry to establish its campus and serve the multicultural refugee community.
• Multiple Local ChurchesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple local churches partner with Community Servants by sending volunteer groups, mission teams, and financial support to serve the Wherry Housing community.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Habitat for Humanity:

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CommServants
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/community-servant

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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