Durham Memorial Baptist Church

What Durham Memorial Baptist Church does

Durham Memorial Baptist Church (DMBC) is a private, non-profit Baptist religious organization founded in 1853 and located at 133 Robbins Road, Durham, North Carolina. It serves the East Durham community through Sunday worship services at 10:30am and Wednesday services at 6:30pm, with core programming that includes gospel-centered preaching, corporate worship with liturgy and music, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and discipleship activities. The congregation is supplemented by a Women's Ministry (Monday evening fellowship), a staffed Childcare Ministry for children ages 0-4, and seasonal programs such as Summer Family Mornings, a free weekly family gathering running June through July 2026.

DMBC operates without proprietary technology, relying instead on a Squarespace-hosted website (durhammemorial.org), a YouTube channel for livestream and archived sermons, and the Church Center SaaS platform for online giving. It maintains a social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, and Nextdoor for community engagement. The church is formally affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and affirms the Baptist Faith & Message 2000, which connects it to broader church planting, revitalization, and global missions networks.

The business model is entirely donation-based: revenue consists of voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members and visitors, supplemented by an online giving platform. There are no fees, tuition, or commercial revenue streams. The organization employs 8 staff and operates from a single campus that includes a Family Life Center (gym) used for ministry activities. Financial figures are not publicly disclosed, and customer concentration is distributed across the unstated membership base, with no anchor donor concentration evident in available data.

Name

Durham Memorial Baptist Church

Legal name

Durham Memorial Baptist Church

Website

https://durhammemorial.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1853

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Durham Memorial Baptist Church is a historic non-profit Baptist church founded in 1853 in East Durham, NC, serving its local community through weekly worship services, childcare, women's ministry, and seasonal family programs funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings.

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Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Christian worship services
• Religious community ministry
• Discipleship programs
• Women's ministry
• Online tithing platform

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. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary contributions from church members and attendees. The church encourages generous and sacrificial giving as part of Christian worship, with online giving platform available.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Durham Memorial Baptist Church delivers weekly Christian worship services and discipleship ministries to its congregation and the wider East Durham community. Core offerings include Sunday morning and Wednesday evening worship gatherings with Christ-centered preaching, music, prayer, and the Lord's Supper, supplemented by livestream access, staffed childcare, a Women's Ministry, online giving, and seasonal family programs.

Product overview

Durham Memorial Baptist Church offers a unified portfolio of worship and community programs centered on Christian discipleship. The core offering consists of Sunday (10:30am) and Wednesday (6:30pm) worship services featuring gospel-centered preaching, music, prayer, and liturgical practices including the Lord's Supper. The church provides ancillary support services including childcare ministry (ages 0-4 on Sundays, age 2+ on Wednesdays), a Women's Ministry with weekly Monday evening gatherings, and livestream capabilities via YouTube for remote participation. Additional offerings include an online giving platform and seasonal programs such as Summer Family Mornings, a free weekly family event. The church also maintains facilities accessible through an online calendar system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weekly Worship Services Sunday morning and Wednesday evening worship gatherings featuring Christ-centered preaching, music, prayer, and liturgy including the Lord's Supper, offered to the Durham community and congregation.
• Livestream Services Online streaming of worship services via YouTube, enabling remote participation in live services and access to archived sermons on demand.
• Childcare Ministry Staffed childcare for children ages 0-4 during Sunday services and age 2+ during Wednesday services, provided by background-checked volunteers to enable parents to attend worship.
• Women's Ministry Monday evening women's fellowship featuring devotion, prayer, and hands-on service projects including missionary support, community outreach, and global missions participation, for women of all ages.
• Online Giving Platform Digital tithing and donation platform via Church Center, enabling members and visitors to make voluntary financial contributions online to support the church.
• Summer Family Mornings Free weekly summer event offering open gym play, games, coffee, and conversation for families, with Wi-Fi access for parents; registration required due to limited space.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Southern Baptist ConventioncoreOthersFormal partnership with Southern Baptist Convention entities. DMBC affirms the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 as their statement of faith. This partnership enables participation in church planting, local church revitalization, and global missions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• The Summit Church: Large Southern Baptist multi-campus church based in the Durham-Raleigh area. Comparable as a fellow SBC-affiliated congregation serving the Triangle with worship services, digital streaming, and family ministries, but operates at materially larger scale with multiple campuses.
• Elevation Church: Large Charlotte, NC-based Southern Baptist church with multiple campuses and prominent digital presence. Comparable as an SBC-affiliated congregation leveraging livestream and contemporary worship, but operates at vastly larger scale with megachurch resources.

Regional players

• Immanuel Baptist Church: Southern Baptist-affiliated congregation in the region. Comparable as a Baptist church with worship services, children's ministry, and community engagement, operating at similar congregational scale in the Southeastern US.
• Colonial Baptist Church: Southern Baptist church in Cary, NC (nearby Triangle market). Comparable as an SBC-affiliated congregation with family-focused programming, but serves a different but adjacent suburb rather than Durham proper.
• Hayes Barton Baptist Church: Historic Southern Baptist church in Raleigh, NC. Comparable as an established SBC congregation in the broader Triangle region with traditional worship, family programming, and community outreach, though serving a different city.
• Vintage Church (Raleigh): Southern Baptist church plant in Raleigh, NC area. Comparable as an SBC-affiliated congregation with modern digital outreach and family ministries, serving the broader Triangle region.

Direct peers

• First Baptist Church of Durham: Long-established Baptist church in downtown Durham. Comparable as a fellow Baptist congregation serving the Durham community with worship services, outreach, and educational ministries, competing for the same local congregant base.
• Watts Street Baptist Church: Historic Baptist congregation in Durham, NC. Directly comparable as another established Baptist church in the same city, offering worship services and community ministries to overlapping Durham-area congregants.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCNlHs_d0LDw8onuT7-L369g
• Facebookfacebook.com/DurhamMemorial
• Instagraminstagram.com/durhammemorial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/durham-memorial-baptist-church

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