Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church

What Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church does

Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church is a private, nonprofit Presbyterian congregation (PCUSA) founded in 1902 and headquartered at 1902 Perry Street, Durham, North Carolina. The church delivers a traditional Sunday worship program with two in-person services (8:30 and 11 a.m.) featuring weekly communion by intinction, alongside a global livestream and an archived YouTube catalog. Its core products are ministry programs rather than technology: children's worship and Sunday School, youth, young adult, men's, women's, and seniors' ministries, small groups, pastoral counseling, prayer ministry, and the Blacknall Arts music program that produces original worship recordings such as the album 'From the Dead.'

The church operates within an unusually broad ministry ecosystem. It actively partners with approximately 20 local Durham organizations — including Families Moving Forward, Housing for New Hope, World Relief, StepUp Durham, Reality Ministries, Walltown Neighborhood Ministries, the Samaritan Health Center, Habitat for Humanity, Iglesia Emanuel's food pantry, and the Mt. Level Community Partnership for Racial Justice — and with international mission partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo Initiative, the Kasalis), Cameroon (Hollingsworths / Mofu Bible translation), and the Middle East/North Africa (Young Life). It also supports campus ministry at Duke University through CCS, InterVarsity, and ISI.

The business model is a voluntary-contribution nonprofit: revenue consists of member tithes and offerings, with 53% of the operating budget committed to staff salaries and benefits. The organization is governed autonomously by an elected session of elders and deacons, is led by Senior Pastor Goodie Bell following a transition completed in January 2023, and has no parent entity, subsidiaries, or earned-income diversification disclosed.

Name

Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church

Legal name

Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church

Website

https://blacknall.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1902

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church is a nonprofit PCUSA congregation founded in 1902 in Durham, NC, offering traditional Sunday worship, multi-generational ministry programs, and an ecosystem of roughly 20 local and international mission partnerships supported by member tithes and offerings.

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Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Religious services
• Pastoral care
• Community outreach
• Christian education
• Worship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Member Tithes and Offerings: The primary revenue source is voluntary donations from congregation members. 53% of the church budget supports staff salaries and benefits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church provides traditional Presbyterian worship services (in-person and livestream), weekly communion, and Christian education programs for all ages. It supports pastoral counseling, small groups, prayer ministry, and extensive community outreach through approximately 20 local Durham ministry partnerships and international missions in the DRC, Cameroon, and the Middle East/North Africa.

Product overview

Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church is a religious organization offering faith-based ministry programs and community services rather than a technology product. The church provides various ministry offerings including Sunday worship services (in-person and livestream), children's, youth, young adult, women's, and men's ministries, small groups, counseling, prayer ministry, and outreach programs serving Durham, NC and international communities. The church also hosts Blacknall Arts, a music and worship program that produces original songs and albums such as 'From the Dead.'

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DurhamCarescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 March 2026DurhamCares organizes the Durham to Alabama Pilgrimage, a five-day spiritual journey focused on racial justice. The partnership also includes collaboration on other community events and the annual CROP Hunger Walk.
• Mt. Level Community Partnership for Racial JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 March 2026Blacknall is one of four Durham-based churches in this partnership dedicated to bringing about racial justice through community organizing, education, and advocacy.
• Young Life (Middle East/North Africa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlacknall supports Young Life ministries in the Middle East and North Africa, including summer camps that have hosted nearly 2,000 young people at 22 camps across the region.
• Ken and Judy HollingsworthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRetired ministry partners who worked on Bible translation in Cameroon. Blacknall supported their ministry for nearly 40 years, culminating in the printing of the Mofu Bible (3,000 copies).
• Noé and Bethany KasalicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry partners working with those in need in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Visited Blacknall to share about their work and prayer needs.
• Samaritan Health CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA faith-based free and charitable health clinic in Durham. Blacknall supports through volunteering, hosting fundraisers, and community awareness.
• StepUp DurhamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with adults seeking to transform their lives through employment and life skills training, specifically for individuals with criminal backgrounds or employment gaps.
• Durham Habitat for HumanityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlacknall volunteers participate in home-building projects to help provide affordable housing in Durham.
• Reality MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through fellowship, worship, and community programs. Blacknall participates in their annual talent show.
• Families Moving ForwardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides services to people experiencing homelessness and works to expand affordable housing. Blacknall volunteers support through meal provision and apartment setups.
• Iglesia Emanuel (Emanuel Food Pantry)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner church with a food pantry serving the Durham community. Blacknall collects food items and supports their Learning Center for children.
• Housing for New HopecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry partner providing services to people experiencing homelessness and working to expand affordable housing in Durham.
• World ReliefcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with refugees in Durham, helping with apartment setups and integration support. Blacknall volunteers assist with these efforts.
• Center for Christianity and Scholarship (CCS) at DukecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampus ministry partner at Duke University that hosts weekly dinners for students and provides internship opportunities for recent graduates.
• InterVarsity Christian FellowshipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampus ministry partnership. Blacknall member Daniel Ho serves as campus minister for Duke undergraduate students through InterVarsity.
• Bible Study Fellowship (BSF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Bible study organization that holds weekly men's Bible studies at Blacknall. Group studies various books of the Bible on Monday evenings.
• Jubilee HomeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosts annual 'Better Together' events focused on themes of healing and connection.
• Walltown Neighborhood MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity organization in Durham. Blacknall hosts fundraisers and supports their work in the community.
• Pregnancy Support Services (PSS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMission partner offering post-abortion Bible study for women seeking healing and forgiveness using the 'Forgiven and Set Free' curriculum.
• Abundant Joy Women's CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerServes women experiencing difficult times with free counseling, support groups, and Bible studies. Blacknall promotes their programs.
• Congo InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep Common Journey partner working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Blacknall celebrated 20 years of partnership with the organization.
• ISI (International Student Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupports newly arrived international students in Durham through Supper Clubs, housewares giveaways, and Christmas events to help students feel at home.
• Duke Memorial United Methodist ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of Durham to Alabama Pilgrimage and partner in various community events.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• First Presbyterian Church of Durham: Same denomination (PCUSA) in the same city; the most direct local head-to-head for Presbyterian members, donors, and pastoral talent in Durham.
• Highland Park Presbyterian Church (Dallas): Established PCUSA congregation in an affluent urban setting with strong emphasis on traditional worship, Christian education, and community programs — providing a comparable denominational and demographic benchmark.
• Church of the Apostles (Atlanta): Mid-sized historic downtown/Buckhead congregation with similar traditional liturgical emphasis, robust community outreach, and small-group-driven model — closely comparable in size, programming, and operating philosophy.
• Duke Memorial United Methodist Church: Durham-based mainline church and co-organizer with Blacknall of the Durham to Alabama Pilgrimage, reflecting similar theological and outreach orientation in the same operating geography.
• North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta): PCUSA church in midtown Atlanta with similar traditional worship style, multi-generational ministry programming, and active community engagement — comparable on denomination, urban setting, and program mix.

Broad incumbents

• Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago): Large, well-established PCUSA congregation on Chicago's Michigan Avenue — a broad benchmark for traditional Presbyterian programming, scale, and community impact nationwide.
• Church of the Resurrection (Leawood, KS): One of the largest United Methodist congregations in the U.S., frequently cited as a benchmark for program breadth, multi-generational engagement, and contemporary mainline programming scale.

Regional players

• Christ Community Church (Franklin, TN): Mid-sized congregation in an affluent-suburban/college-town context with emphasis on small groups and outreach — comparable operating profile to Blacknall in a different geography and stylistic tradition.
• Redeemer Presbyterian Church (New York City): Urban PCUSA congregation known for city-focused ministry and intellectual engagement; comparable denomination and theological tradition but distinct urban-delivery model and geography.

Others

• Reality Ministries (Durham, NC): Durham faith-rooted nonprofit supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities; comparable as a community-facing faith organization in the same operating geography, though not a direct congregational competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@blacknallmemorial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/blacknall

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

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