Bonsack Baptist Church

What Bonsack Baptist Church does

Bonsack Baptist Church is a private, nonprofit religious organization founded in 1884 and headquartered at 4845 Cloverdale Road in Roanoke, Virginia. The church operates approximately 120,000 square feet of facilities including a Sanctuary, Community Life Center (CLC), preschool, and adjacent Recreation Center, serving a multi-generational congregation in the Roanoke Valley for over 140 years. Its core offerings include Sunday worship services, age-segmented LIFE Groups (small groups), children's and youth ministries, women's and men's ministries, senior adult programs, music ministry, a food pantry, and a Weekday Early Education Center (WEEC) preschool serving ages 2 through Pre-K.

The church's technology stack centers on standard church management and digital engagement tools: a live streaming platform at bbroanoke.online.church, a custom mobile app for iOS and Android providing worship resources and communications, email newsletters (Midweek Update, Prayer Concerns), an online giving portal, and active social media presence on Facebook and Instagram. Its two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries are the Bonsack Preschool (WEEC) and the Bonsack Rec Center, which functions as a fitness facility with gym, walking track, and exercise equipment.

Bonsack Baptist's revenue is generated through four primary streams: voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members (collected both in-person and via online giving), tuition and fees from the WEEC preschool and afterschool programs, facility rental income from weddings and external building use, and time-limited capital campaign contributions under the United for Impact initiative (October 2023 - October 2026, $2.5M goal). The organization employs 22 staff members and operates with a community-embedded ministry model combining in-person worship with digital engagement and local mission partnerships.

Name

Bonsack Baptist Church

Legal name

Bonsack Baptist Church

Website

https://bonsackbaptist.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1884

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bonsack Baptist Church is a 140-year-old nonprofit Baptist church in Roanoke, Virginia, serving a multi-generational congregation with worship services, age-segmented ministries, a preschool (WEEC), and a recreation center across 120,000 square feet of facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and faith-based community services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (813110), Child and Youth Services (62411)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAA

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

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYEDACACAK

Faith-Based Nursery & Playgroups

Education/Early Childhood Education/Nursery Schools & Playgroups

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Biblical community ministry
• Faith-based programming
• Preschool early education
• Community outreach services

Headquarters

HQ city

Roanoke

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 congregation members during worship services and through online giving platform
2. Preschool and Afterschool Fees: Fees for Weekday Early Education Center (WEEC) preschool and afterschool programs
3. Capital Campaign Contributions: United for Impact campaign raising funds for debt reduction and youth ministry renovation
4. Facility Rental: Rental fees for weddings and building use by outside groups

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Bonsack Baptist Church is a Baptist congregation that delivers in-person and live-streamed worship services, LIFE Group Bible studies, and age-segmented ministry programming (children, youth, women, men, seniors). It also operates a Weekday Early Education Center (WEEC) preschool, a Rec Center, a weekly food pantry, and music ministry, supported by digital channels including a mobile app, email newsletters, and online giving.

Product overview

Bonsack Baptist Church is a traditional brick-and-mortar church organization offering in-person and live-streamed worship services, small group Bible studies (LIFE Groups), and age-segmented ministries for children, youth, women, men, and seniors. The church operates a Weekday Early Education Center (WEEC) preschool, a Recreation Center, and a Food Pantry. Digital offerings include live streaming, email newsletters (Midweek Update, Prayer Concerns), online giving, and a blog with spiritual content. The church recently completed a youth ministry relocation project (April 2025) as part of its three-year United for Impact capital campaign (2023-2026) to raise $2.5 million for debt reduction and facility improvements. The organization has approximately 120,000 square feet of usable space including the Community Life Center (CLC) and Sanctuary.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• In-Person Worship Services Traditional worship services held Sunday mornings at 9:45am in the Community Life Center (CLC) and Sanctuary, with LIFE Groups meeting at 8:30am and 11am. Open to the local congregation and visitors in the Roanoke Valley.
• Live Stream Services Online worship services streamed via bbroanoke.online.church for remote attendance by congregants and visitors who cannot attend in person.

Quantifiable outcome

• Youth ministry returned to pre-pandemic participation levels first among ministries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Blue Ridge Women's CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBonsack supports the Blue Ridge Women's Center through diaper drives and partnerships, celebrating the sanctity of life by providing tangible resources to help create an environment where every child and family can get help and support.
• Sodzo InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMission partnership with Sodzo International working with boys and young men living on the streets in Kenya. Bonsack sends mission teams to provide housing, education, job training, and family strengthening programs.
• Keystone Community CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing after school care, Bible study, camps, VBS, and backyard garden program for families in the community.
• Friday Night FriendsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry to those with disabilities meeting monthly at Cave Spring Baptist Church, led by Larry and Carol McCulloch.
• Friendship House RoanokecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfter school care for children and refugee services, helping refugees understand the Gospel and come to know Jesus as Lord and Savior.
• Roanoke Valley Baptist AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociational partnership including participation in the Annie Mae Broyles Mission Offering, supporting Baptist Mission Centers serving Southeast and Southwest Roanoke communities.
• World ChangersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSummer youth mission program for housing renovations and gospel sharing in local communities.
• Bonsack Rec CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdjacent recreation center operated separately but linked to church, providing fitness facilities, gym, walking track, and exercise equipment. Joint promotional relationship.
• Addy Grace FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWomen's ministry fundraiser partnership for the All-Abilities Playground project. Bonsack Women's Ministry hosted Barn Dance events raising over $53,000 across multiple years.
• Southwest Virginia PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissions outreach sponsored by Baptist General Association of Virginia with local Baptist associations. Bonsack has commissioned mission teams to serve there.
• Colonial ElementaryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal school partnership for community involvement and support programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Huntington Avenue Baptist Church: Roanoke-area Baptist congregation with similar traditional worship model and community-outreach orientation, competing for the same regional donor and volunteer base.
• North Roanoke Baptist Church: Baptist church in the Roanoke Valley serving a similar suburban family demographic, with comparable children's, youth, and adult ministries competing for the same regional membership pool.
• Williams Memorial Baptist Church: Historic Roanoke Valley Baptist church with comparable multi-generational ministry footprint and denominational alignment, serving an overlapping geographic catchment.
• First Baptist Church of Roanoke: Historic downtown Roanoke Baptist church with similar multi-generational programming, downtown-adjacent congregation, and comparable Southern Baptist identity and worship style.
• Vinton Baptist Church: Nearby Baptist congregation in the Town of Vinton (Roanoke County) with overlapping service area, comparable small-to-mid size, and similar worship and education programming.
• Raleigh Court Baptist Church: Long-standing Baptist congregation in Roanoke with comparable community-engaged ministry, faith-based preschool, and similar Sunday programming targeting families across multiple age groups.
• Cave Spring Baptist Church: Another established Southern Baptist congregation in the Roanoke Valley, referenced directly in Bonsack's partnership data (Friday Night Friends meets there). Same denomination, similar community-embedded ministry model and regional donor base.

Broad incumbents

• Lifeway Christian Resources: The publishing and resources arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, operating at denominational scale across all SBC churches including Bonsack; comparable in mission alignment but orders of magnitude larger.

Others

• Roanoke Valley Baptist Association: Regional Baptist associational body (mentioned as a Bonsack partner) that coordinates missionary giving and cooperative ministry across local SBC churches; an ecosystem/network counterpart rather than a direct competitor.
• Blue Ridge Women's Center: Roanoke-area faith-based nonprofit supported by Bonsack through diaper drives and partnerships; comparable in faith-aligned community-services orientation though operating a different primary service line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/bonsackbaptist
• Instagraminstagram.com/bonsackbaptist
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bonsack-baptist-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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