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Central Church of Christ (legal name: Central Church of Christ; DBA: Central Church of Christ Dalton GA) is an independent, privately held, non-profit religious congregation of the Churches of Christ (Restoration Movement) tradition, headquartered at 515 N. Tibbs Road, Dalton, Georgia 30720. The organization operates a single physical campus in Dalton — located near Civitan Park, just off I-75 and adjacent to Dalton State College — and serves local community members in Dalton and Whitfield County. Its core programming consists of Sunday worship services at 9:30am (with a cappella singing, weekly Lord's Supper, and Scripture-based preaching) and Wednesday evening Bible study at 6:30pm, with services offered in both English and Spanish. Around these anchors, the church runs a multi-generational ministry portfolio: Central Kids (elementary), Central Youth (teens, including EYC, mission trips, Lads2Leaders, Camp Wetoga, and a youth internship), WayFinders (college ministry targeting Dalton State College), Men's and Women's Ministries, and a Life Group small-group program with seven groups meeting at varied times throughout the week. The church also operates a community outreach program distributing food boxes via a local food bank partnership and a free clothing room, open Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am–12pm.

Revenue mechanics are entirely donation-based: voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members, accepted in person, online through ChurchTeams (with text-to-give at 706-278-8051), or by mail. The church employs approximately 39 staff and lay leaders across ministerial, programmatic, and administrative roles, led by Preaching Minister Shane Robinson, with a governance structure of elders (including Bob Lee, Frank Brown, George Brock, Steve Griggs, and Dean Baker) and supporting deacons and ministers including Joshua Holloway (Youth/Family Minister), Mendy Goble (Central Kids), Ross Jordan (Outreach Minister, since 1987), Kelly Cherry (Involvement Minister, since 2009), Reed Richards (College Ministry Preaching Minister), and Sue Richards (College Deacon). The organization's digital infrastructure consists of off-the-shelf SaaS: a SnapPages-hosted website (currently being rebuilt), Vimeo for sermon archive and on-demand video, MailChimp for the weekly "First Step" newsletter, Facebook and Instagram accounts (including ministry-specific handles), and ChurchTeams for online/text giving. The operating geography is explicitly the Dalton / Whitfield County / Dalton State College area within the Southeastern United States; no expansion beyond a single domestic site is indicated. No founding date, audited financials, or external ownership structure is disclosed in the source material, and the entity carries no patents, regulatory actions, M&A activity, or funding rounds.

Name

Churches Of Christ

Legal name

Central Church of Christ

Website

https://ccocdalton.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Central Church of Christ is an independent, non-profit Churches of Christ congregation in Dalton, Georgia, serving local community members through Sunday and Wednesday worship and Bible study (in English and Spanish), children's, youth, and college ministries, Life Groups, and community food and clothing assistance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Bible study programs
• Youth ministry services
• Community outreach programs
• Small group fellowship

Headquarters

HQ city

Dalton

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: The church relies on voluntary financial contributions from congregation members during worship services. Members can give online, in person during services, or by mail. This is the primary revenue stream supporting church operations and community outreach programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Central Church of Christ is a non-profit Church of Christ congregation that provides weekly Christian worship services (Sunday mornings) and Bible study (Wednesday evenings), complemented by age-based ministry programs for children (Central Kids), teenagers (Central Youth), college-age young adults (WayFinders), men, and women, as well as Life Groups small groups and a community food and clothing assistance outreach in Dalton, Georgia.

Product overview

Central Church of Christ is a traditional Church of Christ congregation offering a unified ministry centered on Sunday worship services and Wednesday Bible study as the core programming. The church provides additional ministry programs including children's (Central Kids), youth (Central Youth), and college (WayFinders) ministries, along with men's and women's ministries and Life Groups small group gatherings. The church also offers community outreach services including food and clothing assistance, and maintains a digital presence through its sermon media library and online giving platform. All programs support the church's mission of glorifying God, loving one another, and serving the community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Central Youth: Youth ministry program for teenagers focusing on Christ-centered teaching, meaningful fellowship, and hands-on service opportunities.
• Central Kids
• Women's Ministry
• Men's Ministry
• WayFinders

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services Weekly Sunday morning worship gatherings at 9:30am featuring a cappella singing, Lord's Supper communion, and Scripture-based preaching, followed by Bible classes for all ages; offered in English and Spanish for the Dalton, GA community.
• Wednesday Bible Study Weekly Wednesday evening Bible study at 6:30pm with classes for all ages including nursery, Central Kids (elementary), Central Youth (teens), College & Young Adults (WayFinders), and adult topical/textual studies.
• Central Kids Children's ministry program for elementary-age children featuring Sunday worship at 9:45am, Bible class, songs of praise, prayer, age-appropriate lessons and activities, plus Wednesday classes, VBS, and camps.
• Central Youth Youth ministry for teenagers featuring Wednesday night Bible class, EYC, mission trips, VBS volunteer opportunities, Lads2Leaders, Camp Wetoga, and a youth internship, focused on Christ-centered teaching, fellowship, and service.
• WayFinders College Ministry College ministry designed to equip college-age young adults with biblical wisdom and tools to navigate life with integrity and honesty; includes Sunday morning worship and Bible class, Wednesday night Bible class, and WayFinders classroom gatherings near Dalton State College.
• Life Groups Small group ministry offering opportunities for closer relationships outside normal worship assemblies, with seven Life Groups meeting at various times (Saturdays 10:30am and 5:30pm, Sundays 12:00pm, 12:15pm, 12:30pm, and 5:00pm) at different locations throughout the community.
• Women's Ministry Ministry program focused on women's spiritual growth and fellowship at Central Church of Christ.
• Men's Ministry Ministry program focused on men's spiritual growth and fellowship at Central Church of Christ.
• Food and Clothing Assistance Community outreach program providing food boxes through a local food bank partnership and a clothing room with gently used items for all ages; open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM with no appointment necessary.

Quantifiable outcome

• Food boxes distributed through local food bank partnership
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Local Food BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentral Church of Christ partners with a local food bank to distribute food boxes to families facing financial hardship in the Dalton, GA community. The church's food assistance program is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM with no appointment necessary.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Pushpay: A leading digital giving and engagement platform for churches and faith-based nonprofits. An enabling technology peer in the same church-operations ecosystem as Central's existing ChurchTeams integration, competing for the same congregation-level software budget.
• Abilene Christian University: A Churches of Christ-affiliated university in Abilene, TX. Sister institution within the Restoration Movement tradition; provides theological training, curriculum resources, and leadership pipelines that influence member congregations like Central.
• Lipscomb University: A Churches of Christ-affiliated university in Nashville, TN. While an educational institution rather than a congregation, it is a flagship institution of the same Restoration Movement tradition and serves as a feeder and ideological reference point for Church of Christ ministry practices.
• Harding University: A Churches of Christ-affiliated university in Searcy, AR. Provides biblical education and ministry training aligned with the same Restoration Movement theology practiced at Central, functioning as an upstream talent and curricular source for member congregations.
• Faulkner University: A Churches of Christ-affiliated university in Montgomery, AL. Geographically proximate to Dalton and historically connected to the same Restoration Movement tradition, supplying a regional pipeline of biblically-trained members and ministerial candidates.
• Planning Center (by Church Center): A widely-used church management software suite (check-ins, groups, registrations, giving) serving tens of thousands of congregations. An enabling technology peer and substitute for Central's current SnapPages / MailChimp / ChurchTeams stack.

Direct peers

• Otter Creek Church of Christ: A well-known Churches of Christ congregation in the Nashville, TN area. Same denomination, similar a cappella worship tradition and ministry programming, comparable Sunday/Wednesday gathering cadence — a direct peer in faith tradition and church structure.
• Brentwood Hills Church of Christ: A large Churches of Christ congregation in Nashville, TN. Operates the same Restoration Movement worship model (a cappella, weekly communion) with similar age-segmented ministry programs, making it a directly comparable peer in denomination and operating approach, though at materially larger scale.

Regional players

• Pleasant Valley Church of Christ: A Churches of Christ congregation in the broader North Georgia region. Same denomination, similar congregational scale, and overlapping geographic market — a regional peer competing for Restoration Movement adherents in the Dalton-area footprint.
• First Baptist Church of Dalton: A Protestant congregation in Dalton, GA offering similar Sunday worship, Bible study, and community ministry programming in the same local market. Different denomination (Southern Baptist) but directly competes for the same Dalton-area households and donors.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/centralcocdalton
• Instagraminstagram.com/cyg_dalton
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/churches-of-christ

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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