Fellowship Baptist Church

What Fellowship Baptist Church does

Fellowship Baptist Church (operating as FBC Church) is a regional Baptist congregation and nonprofit religious organization headquartered at 469 Elgin Street West, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. The church serves the Cobourg, Port Hope, and Northumberland County communities, providing weekly Sunday worship services at 10:00am both in person and via online livestream. Beyond the core service, FBC operates an extensive multi-generational ministry portfolio: FBC Kids (Nursery through Grade 6 with child check-in), Awana Wednesday-evening children's clubs, Jr. High and Sr. High youth groups, Young Adults gatherings, Men's and Ladies Bible studies, FBC Seniors, corporate Prayer Meeting, and a Serenity addiction recovery support group. Newcomers enter through an FBC 101 orientation course, with baptism and membership pathways thereafter.

The church's digital infrastructure runs on Church Center by Planning Center Online, a commercial church management SaaS that powers online giving, member directory access, child check-in, event registration, and sermon notes — available on web and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Sermons are also archived on a dedicated YouTube playlist, and the church maintains an active Instagram account and email newsletter. Other engagement channels include a Squarespace-hosted website and in-person community events such as Night of Worship, summer VBS and Junglesport camps, youth summer events, and picnics.

FBC's revenue model is purely donation-based: the church charges no fees for any service, program, or ministry, relying on voluntary tithes and offerings from congregants through in-person collection and online giving. The organization is privately held with no parent company, no subsidiaries, no outside investors, and no public financial disclosures. Pastoral leadership comprises Pastor Jon (FBC 101 and baptism), Pastor Nathan (Youth and Young Adults), and Pastor Erisa (Kids), with Deaconess Debbie Devitt leading Life Groups and Krista Hinton directing Awana.

Name

Fellowship Baptist Church

Legal name

Fellowship Baptist Church

Website

https://cobourgfellowship.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fellowship Baptist Church is a regional Baptist congregation in Cobourg, Ontario, offering Sunday worship, children's and youth programs, Life Groups, Bible studies, and addiction recovery, funded by voluntary tithes and online giving.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services and Church Ministries

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Christian ministry programs
• Bible study groups
• Youth children ministry
• Community church services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cobourg

HQ country

Canada

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 accepts financial donations and tithes from congregants through in-person and online channels. No fees are charged for any church services or programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fellowship Baptist Church provides weekly Christian worship services both in-person and online, alongside a full portfolio of age-segregated ministry programs including children's ministry, youth programs, young adult gatherings, seniors fellowship, Bible studies, Life Groups, summer camps, and membership pathways. All services and programs are offered free of charge to participants, supported by voluntary tithes and offerings from the congregation.

Product overview

Fellowship Baptist Church (FBC) operates as a regional church in Cobourg, Ontario offering a comprehensive portfolio of ministry programs and services. The church provides weekly Sunday worship services (in-person and online via livestream), with sermon archives available on YouTube. Children's ministry includes FBC Kids (Nursery through Grade 6 with check-in system), Awana clubs (Wednesday evenings September-May), and summer programs (Junglesport Summer Camp, VBS). Youth ministry offers Jr. High (Thursdays) and Sr. High (Fridays) programs with summer events. Adult programs include Young Adults (Monday evenings), Life Groups, Ladies Bible Study, Men's Bible Study, FBC Seniors, Prayer Meeting, and Serenity Addiction Support Group. New member development is facilitated through FBC 101 courses, baptism, and membership programs. Digital engagement is supported through Church Center by Planning Center Online for online giving, directory access, event registration, and child check-in.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Services
• Livestream
• FBC Kids Program
• Awana
• FBC Youth Ministry
• Junglesport Summer Camp
• VBS Summer Camp
• FBC Young Adults
• Life Groups
• Online Giving
• FBC 101 Course
• Serenity Addiction Support Group

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Planning Center (Church Center): The SaaS vendor whose Church Center platform powers FBC's online giving, directory, event registration, and kid check-in — a key ecosystem dependency rather than a direct competitor.
• Awana: Curriculum and program provider behind FBC's Wednesday evening children's ministry, illustrating the kind of faith-based nonprofit program partner that supports regional church operations.

Broad incumbents

• Canadian Baptist Ministries: National Baptist denominational network providing broader institutional context, resources, and affiliation for regional Baptist congregations like FBC, while operating at a much larger scale across Canada.

Direct peers

• Bethel Pentecostal Church: Pentecostal congregation operating in the Cobourg/Northumberland County area, directly competing with FBC for the same local pool of Christian churchgoers and donors through Sunday services and community programs.
• Trinity United Church Cobourg: Mainline Protestant congregation in Cobourg offering Sunday worship, life-stage programming, and community outreach — competing with FBC for the same Northumberland County demographic.
• St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cobourg: Historic Presbyterian church serving the Cobourg community with weekly worship, faith-based programming, and community outreach — directly overlapping FBC's regional congregation model.
• Salvation Army Cobourg Community Church: Local Salvation Army congregation serving Cobourg with worship services and faith-based community/social services — directly comparable regional church model with overlapping community outreach mission.
• Port Hope United Church: United Church of Canada congregation in Port Hope, the second town in FBC's stated service area, offering comparable worship, youth, and community programming.

Regional players

• Northumberland Hills Baptist Church: Another regional Baptist congregation in the broader Northumberland region offering similar worship, children's, and youth programming — a denomination-aligned peer rather than direct local competitor.

Emerging players

• The Meeting House: Canadian non-denominational church network that, like FBC, blends modern worship, livestream, kids and youth programs, and a multi-site community model — though at a substantially larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PL2OzFVBjnRq83CZEMg2obQ73D8mxoKwD9
• Instagraminstagram.com/fbcchurch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fellowship-baptist-church

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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