Forest Hills Baptist Church

Name

Forest Hills Baptist Church

Legal name

Forest Hills Baptist Church

Website

https://fhbc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Child Care Services (6244)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD), Faith-Based Nursery & Playgroups (EDACACAK)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Worship services
• Discipleship programs
• Community outreach
• Christian education

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings (General Fund): The primary revenue stream comes from members giving tithes and offerings to the General Fund, which supports everyday ministry and mission including worship gatherings, discipleship ministries, pastoral care, outreach, and operational needs.
2. GO Missions Fund: Unified missions fund receiving Christmas and Easter mission offerings year-round to support mission work locally, nationally, and globally through Southern Baptist Convention partnerships.
3. Building Fund: Fund dedicated to ongoing care and future development of church facilities including maintenance, improvements, and potential expansion.
4. Mother's Day Out Tuition: Monthly tuition of $270 for the two-day-per-week preschool program, plus non-refundable registration fee ($100) and security fee ($150).
5. Stock Gifts: Gifts of appreciated stocks and securities accepted through Raymond James & Associates, Inc., providing tax-efficient giving options for donors.
6. Fellowship Meal Fees: Wednesday night fellowship meals at $7 for adults, $5 for children ages 4-12, free for college students and children 3 and under, with family maximum of $25.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Forest Hills Baptist Church delivers Gospel-centered worship services, age-segmented discipleship ministries (Preschool through Senior Adults), and community outreach programs to congregants in Nashville, Tennessee. The church also operates a tuition-based Mother's Day Out preschool, a Ministry Residency leadership development program, structured Bible study groups, missions partnerships through the Southern Baptist Convention, and online streaming of services for remote participation.

Product overview

Forest Hills Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist congregation in Nashville, TN, offering a comprehensive portfolio of ministry programs rather than a commercial product. The church operates Sunday worship services (traditional choir-led and contemporary band-led), age-segmented ministries (Preschool, Kids, Students, College, Young Adults, Women, Men, Senior Adults), and specialized programs including Mother's Day Out & Preschool, Leadership Development (Ministry Residency and Internship programs), Enrichment Center library, GriefShare support, and Summer Missions with GO Teams. The church utilizes Church Center as its primary digital platform for directory, events, giving, and volunteer management, with supplementary platforms for streaming (Facebook Live, YouTube), childcare management (Brightwheel), and online giving (myamplify.io, NCSServices). The mission is to glorify God by making Gospel-centered disciples who love, grow, serve, and go.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ministry Residency Program: Ministry residency program developing next generation of Christian leaders through personal development, theological education, and supervised ministry over a 2-year period.
• Internship Program
• Enrichment Center

Products and services

• Mother's Day Out & Preschool A Christ-centered early childhood program for children ages 12 months through 5 years, meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30am-2:30pm following the Williamson County Schools calendar. Monthly tuition is $270 with a $100 non-refundable registration fee and $150 security fee.
• Ministry Residency Program
• Internship Program
• Enrichment Center
• GriefShare Program
• Summer Missions Program
• Bible Reading Plan
• Church Center Platform
• Live Streaming Services
• Worship Ministry

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Southern Baptist Convention - Cooperative ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner10% of church's gross receipts are sent directly to the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program to further missions across Tennessee, North America, and globally. This represents the primary missions partnership and giving vehicle.
• International Mission Board (IMB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLargest missionary sending agency in the world with over 3,800 missionaries serving abroad. FHBC receives 80% of GO Missions Offering. IMB fully funds missionary positions eliminating personal fundraising.
• North American Mission Board (NAMB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobilizes churches and church planters for gospel spread in under-reached metropolitan areas of North America, with 32 identified church planting initiative cities. FHBC receives 10% of GO Missions Offering.
• Tennessee Baptist Children's HomesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerShares love of Jesus Christ with children and families from hard places through residential care, foster care, counseling, and family care programs. Receives 2% of GO Missions Offering. Has Middle Tennessee Campus location.
• Begin AnewminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmpowers individuals to overcome poverty obstacles by providing education, mentoring, and resources through three curriculum tracks: High School Equivalency preparation, Computer and Job Skills, and Life Skill English. Serves Middle Tennessee at five locations.
• Hope Clinic for WomenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHas served Nashville for 40 years caring for women, men, and families dealing with unplanned pregnancy, pregnancy loss, or postpartum depression from a Christian perspective. Also offers healthy relationship counseling, medical care, and STD testing.
• Legacy Mission VillageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgents of hope for refugees by feeding the hungry, providing care and counsel, education and training, and assisting refugees in adapting to new culture.
• Youth For ChristminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReaches young people working with local churches to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus. FHBC youth leaders currently lead Campus Life at Grassland Middle School.
• BrightStoneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExpands potential of adults with special needs by providing work, social support, and residential community, helping them develop mentally, physically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTouches millions of lives challenging coaches and athletes to impact the world for Jesus Christ through athletics ministry.
• CarePortalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConnects local churches directly with real-time needs in the community including beds for children, car seats, diapers, meals, and transportation assistance to strengthen families and prevent children entering foster care.
• Tennessee Baptist Disaster ReliefminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFHBC volunteers work with TBMB Disaster Relief team to help families in natural disaster areas rebuild and renovate homes while ministering to them.
• Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Vanderbilt PlaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the earliest campus ministries at Vanderbilt serving as outreach to college students, with students serving, loving, and discipling fellow students.
• Oak Cottage for WomenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmerging ministry to women transitioning from the correctional system back into civilian life with Gospel-centered approach for spiritual, emotional, relational, and occupational healing and restoration.
• Portrait Church - Los Angeles, CAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch planted by Jay and Tiffany Stovall in North Redlands, CA (2023). Has seen 103 baptisms, ~140 professions of faith, and 510 weekly attendees. Recently multiplied sending another church plant to Beaumont.
• Iglesia Bautista Gracia Infinita - Bakersfield, CAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch planting work led by Jorge and Kenia Ramirez since summer 2024. Jorge completed church planting residency through NAMB and Send Network. Growing with emerging leaders called to plant future churches.
• Redeeming Life Church - Salt Lake City, UTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegacy partner committed to making, maturing, and mobilizing disciples in working-class neighborhood where only 2.2% are evangelical, dealing with Mormon influence.
• Chiesa Cristiana Biblica - Assisi, ItalyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership began in 2017 with Federico and Elisabetta Francini's church, the only evangelical church within a three-town region of 80,000 people, committed to sharing the Gospel and discipling new believers.
• Nathan & Joanna Michael - Wycliffe Bible TranslatorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNathan serves as translation consultant helping God's people gain access to the Bible in their own language. Previously served in Cameroon and Spain. Bella translation project nearly complete.
• Evie Tucker - Central EuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSent out by FHBC 9 years ago. After 7 years in Central Asia, now serves as Team Leader of NAME Diaspora work in Europe, bringing the gospel to refugees, immigrants, and students.
• Ralph & Sunita Hardowar - GuyanaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRalph has served 46 years in ministry with many church plants across Guyana. International ministry focusing on missions, discipleship, and leadership training in partnership with Great Commission churches.
• Nico & Molly - Western EuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerServing in Western Europe for over a decade with desire for university students from every nation to hear the Gospel. Ministry is relational including meals, gatherings, and Bible discovery groups.
• Charlotte Jones - Florence, ItalyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSent out after 2016 FHBC choir tour to Italy. Appointed through Pioneers in 2019. Serving first term beginning fall 2024, learning language and forming relationships.
• Luke & Melissa - Vancouver, CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerServed with IMB for over 12 years, most recently in South Asia developing national leadership team for church planting. Now in Vancouver equipping local churches to engage communities with the Gospel.
• SEND CA - NAMB Church Planting InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorth American Mission Board's church planting initiative supporting church planters across California.
• Raymond James & Associates, Inc.minorOthersBroker through which FHBC accepts stock gifts, enabling donors to make tax-efficient contributions of appreciated securities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Highland Park Baptist Church: Nashville-area SBC church with a comparable congregation size, conventional worship services, children's programs, and outreach model. Closely comparable on community congregation structure and SBC alignment.
• Brentwood Baptist Church: Large SBC-affiliated church in the Nashville metro area (Brentwood, TN) offering similar multi-style worship, age-segmented ministries, Mother's Day Out-equivalent preschool, missions partnerships, and online streaming. The most direct local comparable in terms of size, denominational affiliation, and ministry scope.
• Grace Community Church (Nashville): Nashville-area church serving similar family demographics with comparable scope of children's, youth, and adult ministries. Operates as a direct peer for community-level engagement and Sunday attendance.
• CrossTimbers Church (Nashville): Nashville-area church with a similar community-led, multigenerational ministry approach and comparable scale. Competitor for member families in the same geographic market.
• Christ Community Church (Nashville): Multigenerational Nashville-area church with comparable age-segmented ministries (children, students, adults), volunteer-driven programs, and a similar community-congregation model. Direct local competitor for member households.

Regional players

• Watermark Church (Nashville): Mid-sized Nashville-area church with comparable family-focused ministry structure. Operates in the same local market but with a different (non-SBC) denominational affiliation.

Broad incumbents

• Bellevue Baptist Church (Memphis, TN): Large, established SBC church in the broader Tennessee region with a much larger footprint (multi-thousand attendance) and broader programmatic depth. Comparable in denominational affiliation and missions giving structure, but operates at a significantly larger scale.
• Church of the Highlands (Birmingham, AL): One of the largest SBC-affiliated churches in the U.S., serving as a benchmark for multi-style worship, online streaming, age-segmented ministries, and Residency-style leadership development. Comparable structurally though materially larger.
• Mt. Bethel Church (Marietta, GA): Large suburban SBC-affiliated congregation with age-segmented ministries, online streaming, missions partnerships, and a preschool-equivalent program. Comparable in scope and operational structure though larger in scale.

Others

• Brightwheel: FHBC uses Brightwheel as its Mother's Day Out management platform for registration, billing, and parent communication. Relevant as a technology enablement peer (rather than congregation peer) for the preschool business line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCesV7PIfv3zwdlUC7tDchRg
• Facebookfacebook.com/FHBCNashville
• Instagraminstagram.com/fhbcwomen
• Xx.com/fhbcnashville
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fhbcnashville

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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