Berean Baptist Church & Academy

What Berean Baptist Church & Academy does

Berean Baptist Church & Academy (legal entity: Berean Baptist Church Unaffiliated Inc) is a non-profit religious organization founded in 1967 and headquartered at 517 Glensford Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina, adjacent to Fort Bragg. The organization operates a single physical campus serving a congregation that includes a significant share of military families, and conducts expositional/exegetical preaching across multiple Sunday services (8:30 AM, 10:45 AM, 5:00 PM), Wednesday programs, and seasonal micro-group studies. The church explicitly differentiates itself from seeker-sensitive, purpose-driven, and convention-affiliated congregations, positioning on conservative theological distinctives and a blend of traditional hymns with semi-contemporary worship music.

The organization's core product surface comprises Sunday worship services, Sunday school, age-tiered discipleship ministries (AWANA for children, Crossfire Student Ministry for youth, dedicated men's, women's, and seniors programs), pastoral care, and a wholly-owned subsidiary — Berean Baptist Academy — providing Christian education from age 3 through high school. Supporting infrastructure includes online live streaming and on-demand sermon distribution via SermonAudio and YouTube, a multi-channel digital giving platform (web, text, and CashApp), and a content library of sermon slides and pastoral resources.

The business model is donation-based: the church does not charge for services and relies on voluntary tithes and offerings collected in person, online, and via mobile payment apps, supplemented by undisclosed tuition revenue from Berean Baptist Academy. Governance rests with a multi-tier pastoral staff (Senior, Executive, Associate, Worship, Youth, and Seniors Pastors) overseen by a board of elders and deacons. GTM is community-led, relying on local outreach, mission partnerships, word-of-mouth referral, and digital presence across Facebook, Twitter/X, and YouTube.

Name

Berean Baptist Church & Academy

Legal name

Berean Baptist Church Unaffiliated Inc

Website

https://bereanbaptistchurch.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Berean Baptist Church & Academy is a non-profit religious organization in Fayetteville, NC (near Fort Bragg) operating worship services, age-tiered ministries, and a Christian academy from age 3 through high school, funded by voluntary tithes and offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Childcare Centers (EDACAAAN)

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Christian education K-12
• Bible teaching ministry
• Community outreach programs
• Youth and children's ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Fayetteville

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: Voluntary donations from church members and attendees given during worship services, through online platforms, text giving, and CashApp. Donations support church operations, local community outreach, mission work, and the Berean Baptist Academy.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Berean Baptist Church & Academy provides Christ-centered worship services built on expositional/exegetical preaching of the Bible, alongside a full slate of age-segregated ministries (AWANA, Crossfire Student Ministry, adult and senior groups, summer micro groups and sizzlers). It also operates Berean Baptist Academy, a wholly-owned Christian school providing education from age 3 through high school. All worship services and ministries are offered free of charge, supported by voluntary tithes and offerings.

Product overview

Berean Baptist Church & Academy operates as a single unified ministry offering Christ-centered worship services centered on expositional Bible preaching and teaching. The organization provides a coordinated portfolio of programs including Sunday worship services, Sunday School education, youth and children's ministries (AWANA, Crossfire Student Ministry), and Berean Baptist Academy (a Christian school from age 3 through high school). Additional offerings include summer programs (Micro Groups, Summer Sizzlers), outreach initiatives, and an online sermon media platform. The church also provides digital giving options for tithes and donations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services Christ-centered worship services featuring expositional/exegetical preaching, congregational singing, reading of a Psalm, prayer, and a 40 to 45 minute message from God's Word; offered free to the public at the Fayetteville, NC campus.
• Sunday School Age-appropriate Bible education programs for children, youth, and adults held during Sunday mornings at 9:45 AM, offered free of charge to the congregation.
• Berean Baptist Academy Christian school operated as a ministry of Berean Baptist Church, providing Christian education from age 3 through high school; specific tuition details are not disclosed on the main church website.
• AWANA Children's Ministry Wednesday evening children's ministry program focused on Bible teaching and Scripture memorization for kids, offered free to the community.
• Crossfire Student Ministry Youth ministry program for junior and senior high students providing fellowship, discipleship, and Bible teaching, offered free to the community.
• Online Giving Digital donation platform supporting one-time and recurring tithes and offerings via the web, text giving, and CashApp, used to fund church operations, outreach, and the academy.
• Sermon Media Library Recorded and downloadable sermon audio, slides, and video content from worship services, available on-demand through the church website and SermonAudio platform.
• Wedding Services Pastoral wedding services for members and community, coordinated through the church's pastoral staff.
• Funeral Services Pastoral funeral services for members and community, coordinated through the church's pastoral staff.
• Pastoral Counseling and Care Pastoral counseling, benevolence support, and pastoral care services provided to members and the broader community.
• Mission Outreach Program Mission outreach program supporting local, national, and global partners, church plants, benevolence, and evangelism initiatives.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• McLean Bible Church: Mid-Atlantic large Bible-focused church with multiple campuses and a strong live-stream/online giving infrastructure analogous to Berean's SermonAudio setup. Comparable size band and digital outreach model.
• Summit Church: Large Bible-teaching, expositional church based in Durham, NC under Pastor J.D. Greear. Same state, same expositional teaching emphasis, and similar multi-generational ministry model that Berean uses to retain families.
• Elevation Church: Charlotte, NC-based large church with strong digital content distribution (sermon streaming, YouTube, online giving) comparable to Berean's SermonAudio/online infrastructure. Demonstrates the digital-reach expansion pathway available to a North Carolina church.
• Prestonwood Baptist Church: Large Southern Baptist church in Plano, TX that operates Prestonwood Christian Academy (PreK-12). Closest structural analogue to Berean Baptist Church & Academy: Bible-focused Baptist congregation plus a separately branded Christian school from early childhood through high school.
• Watermark Community Church: Dallas, TX Bible-focused, non-denominational church known for expositional teaching and extensive community ministry programs. Comparable operating philosophy to Berean's emphasis on Bible exposition over seeker-sensitive programming.
• First Baptist Church Jacksonville: Large historic Baptist church in Jacksonville, FL operating an affiliated K-12 Christian academy (Jacksonville Christian Academy). Highly comparable to Berean as a Southern Baptist church combining expositional preaching with a wholly-owned K-12 school ministry on a single campus.

Broad incumbents

• Church of the Highlands: Birmingham, AL-based multi-site, large non-denominational church. Representative of the mega-church operating model with which Berean competes locally and useful benchmark for ministry staffing scale at higher growth trajectories.
• North Point Community Church: Atlanta-based large multi-site church with an affiliated ministry ecosystem (including North Point Ministries). Larger and multi-site but instructive on how a Bible-teaching church can scale its operational footprint and digital content model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BereanBaptistCh
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/Bereanfayetteville
• Facebookfacebook.com/BBCFNC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/berean-baptist-church-&-academy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Berean Baptist Church & Academy