Brown Missionary Baptist Church

What Brown Missionary Baptist Church does

Brown Missionary Baptist Church is a Christian non-profit religious organization founded in 1882 and headquartered in Southaven, Mississippi, operating three physical campuses (Main Campus at 980 Stateline Rd E, South Campus at 7200 Swinnea Road in Southaven MS, and Whitehaven Campus at 4800 Elvis Presley Blvd in Memphis TN) plus a virtual campus branded Brown Everywhere. The church serves congregants across the Memphis metropolitan area and Mid-South region, organized under a Connect / Grow / Serve / Go framework that segments its audience into children (AWANA, ages Pre-K through 6th grade), youth (middle and high school), young adults (PIVOT, ages 18-40), adults, men, women, couples, and seniors (55+).

Its core digital product is the MyBrownBaptist member portal, which consolidates event registration, online giving, Connect Group enrollment, AWANA registration, sports program sign-ups, and pastoral care requests including counseling and prayer requests. Supporting technology includes live streaming via brownbaptist.online.church, on-demand sermon archives, a daily devotional content engine ("Pain or Promise"), and integrations with Zoom, Facebook, Asana (Creative Services workflow), and VOMO (volunteer management). In-person programming includes weekend worship services across multiple time slots, Sunday School classes, 30+ Connect Groups, AWANA, youth basketball, golf tournaments, and a monthly 24-Hour Prayer Initiative.

The business model is voluntary contribution-based: revenue is generated through tithes and offerings, recurring online giving (one-time, weekly, bi-weekly, 1st-and-15th, and monthly cadences), vision/capital campaigns, missions giving, designated scholarship funds, the Greatest Gift annual offering, commemorative prayer-garden brick sales ($300-$500 units), and event/program sponsorships. Pricing for worship services and most ministry programs is free; ancillary revenue comes from event registration fees and product sales through the bookstore and Brown Marketplace. The church is led by Senior Pastor Bartholomew Orr with a paid staff of 11-50, supported by deacons and volunteer ministry leadership.

Name

Brown Missionary Baptist Church

Legal name

Brown Missionary Baptist Church

Website

https://brownbaptist.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1882

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brown Missionary Baptist Church is a non-profit Christian church founded in 1882, operating three physical campuses in Southaven MS and Memphis TN plus a virtual campus, serving Memphis metro congregants with worship, AWANA, Connect Groups, and the MyBrownBaptist digital member portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL), Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Worship programs
• Christian education
• Faith community
• Biblical teaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Southaven, Mississippi

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Traditional Sunday offerings and tithes collected during worship services, both in-person and online
2. Online Giving: Recurring giving options including one-time, weekly, bi-weekly, 1st and 15th, and monthly automated payments from checking/savings or credit/debit cards
3. Vision Giving: Capital campaigns and special giving initiatives for church vision and expansion projects
4. Missions Giving: Designated giving for local and global mission outreach programs
5. Scholarship Fund: Donations supporting educational scholarships, including Greek organization designated funds (Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, etc.)
6. Greatest Gift Offering: Annual special offering to honor Jesus, typically during Christmas season
7. Prayer Garden Bricks: Commemorative brick purchases ($300-$500) for campus prayer garden
8. Sponsorships: Event and program sponsorships including golf tournament, radio broadcast, Christmas production, and ministry events

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Brown Missionary Baptist Church is a Christian church delivering in-person and virtual worship services, Bible-based teaching, and faith formation programs across three physical campuses (Main, South, and Whitehaven) and a virtual Brown Everywhere campus. It runs age-stratified ministries (AWANA for children, PIVOT for young adults, seniors ministry, men's/women's ministries, youth sports) and a member portal (MyBrownBaptist) supporting online giving, registrations, and Connect Groups. The organization serves the Memphis and Mid-South region with pastoral care, missions outreach, and life-stage programming.

Product overview

Brown Missionary Baptist Church operates a multi-campus church with a unified product portfolio anchored by the MyBrownBaptist member portal, which serves as the central digital platform for all church operations. The offering comprises in-person and virtual ministry programs including Sunday School, Connect Groups, AWANA children's ministry, and youth sports. Supporting modules include online giving for tithes and donations, Creative Services for media production, and the 24 Hour Prayer Initiative for community prayer. The church serves multiple demographics through specialized ministries for young adults (PIVOT), seniors, men, and women, with three physical campuses in the Memphis area supplemented by virtual participation options via Zoom and Facebook.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Worship Services
• MyBrownBaptist Member Portal
• Online Giving
• Connect Groups
• Sunday School Classes
• AWANA Children's Program
• Sports Program
• PIVOT Young Adult Ministry
• 24 Hour Prayer Initiative
• Creative Services

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Life.Church: One of the largest multi-site churches in the U.S. (Edmond, OK) with a global digital footprint via the Church Online Platform. Broad incumbent peer demonstrating the scale ceiling for digitally-enabled multi-campus ministry models.
• Church of the Highlands: Large multi-campus church (Birmingham, AL) with extensive online presence, Connect Group model, and digital giving infrastructure. Broad incumbent peer for the Connect Group / small group ministry approach Brown employs.
• Elevation Church: Multi-site megachurch (Charlotte, NC) with strong digital content, online giving, and demographic breadth including PIVOT-style young adult ministry. Broad incumbent peer for digital-first multi-campus operations.
• North Point Ministries: Multi-campus Atlanta-area church network founded by Andy Stanley. Broad incumbent peer illustrating mature multi-campus operating model, central teaching broadcast, and digital strategy applicable at scale.

Direct peers

• Bellevue Baptist Church: Large Southern Baptist church in the Memphis metro (Cordova, TN), operating multiple campuses with extensive programming across age groups. Closest direct peer given shared geography, denomination, and multi-campus model serving overlapping communities.
• Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church: Historic Black Christian church in Memphis, TN with comparable multigenerational programming, online giving, and community outreach. Direct peer based on shared Memphis footprint, demographic focus, and ministry structure.
• Hope Church Memphis: Multi-campus Memphis-area church with contemporary worship and digital programming. Comparable peer in geography and hybrid in-person/virtual delivery model targeting the same regional congregant base.
• The Life Church of Memphis: Memphis-based non-denominational church with multi-site operations and digital giving platform. Direct peer competing for the same metropolitan member pool with overlapping programming.
• Longview Heights Baptist Church: Southaven, MS-based Baptist congregation serving the same Mid-South community as Brown's Main and South campuses. Direct local peer competing for congregants in the immediate Southaven submarket.

Regional players

• Greater Imani Church: Historic Black church in Memphis with comparable demographic focus and community programming. Regional peer with similar mission orientation serving the Mid-South African American community.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/brownbaptist
• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/Brown-Missionary-Baptist-Church/85483198949
• Instagraminstagram.com/brownbaptist
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brown-missionary-baptist-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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