First Baptist Church The Colony

What First Baptist Church The Colony does

First Baptist Church of The Colony (FBC The Colony) is an independent, elder-led, non-denominational Baptist church headquartered at 4800 S. Colony Blvd., The Colony, Texas, operating as a private nonprofit religious organization with a staff of 12. The church is governed by a board of elders led by Lead Pastor Dr. Mark L. Richardson, who has served since 2009 and holds a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies and a D.Min. in Expository Preaching from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Three additional elders (Carel Bekker, James Adams, Terry Maley) were affirmed by the congregation in March 2023.

The church's core offerings center on weekly Sunday morning worship (10:30am) featuring expository preaching and a mix of contemporary and traditional music, Wednesday evening Bible study (7:15pm), and a layered small-group system including Community Groups (Sunday 9am on campus) and Home Groups (weekday meetings in member homes). Additional ministries include preschool, children (K-5), youth (6-12 grade), a Hispanic ministry track, and a formal membership process. Supporting infrastructure consists of a SnapPages-hosted website (fbcthecolony.org) and a mobile application (FBCTC) for digital giving, sermon access, and event engagement; an online media library hosts sermon series and clips.

The revenue model is exclusively voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members, collected via online giving, automatic bank payments, in-person collection, and mailed checks. There are no products or services sold. The church operates a mission program featuring the Kenya Pastors Partnership (supporting Kenyan pastors at $50/month), and conducts mission activities in Kenya, Uganda, Cuba, and Belize. A $1.3 million building renovation was completed in 2017.

Name

First Baptist Church The Colony

Legal name

First Baptist Church of The Colony

Website

https://fbcthecolony.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

First Baptist Church of The Colony is an elder-led, non-denominational Baptist church in The Colony, Texas, led by Dr. Mark L. Richardson since 2009. It serves local residents through Sunday worship, Bible study, and small groups, supported by voluntary tithes and offerings, with a digital presence and an international mission program.

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Religious Services

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Religious Organizations (8131)

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

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

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Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International)

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

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Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/International Service Learning, Volunteering & Gap Year Programs

Keywords

• Religious services
• Biblical teaching
• Community worship
• Small groups
• Pastoral care

Headquarters

HQ city

The Colony

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary financial contributions from congregation members including online giving via website or app, automatic bank payments, in-person collection, and mail-in check donations.

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

First Baptist Church The Colony is a Christian church that provides weekly Sunday worship services, Wednesday evening Bible study, and a network of small/community groups. It also offers age-graded ministries (children, students, college, adults) and runs a missions program with domestic outreach and a Kenya partnership, all supported by an in-house sermon library and a mobile app.

Product overview

First Baptist Church of The Colony offers a unified set of faith-based programs and services centered on biblical teaching and community fellowship. The core offerings include Sunday morning worship services and Wednesday evening Bible study, supplemented by Community Groups and Home Groups for small group Bible study and fellowship. The church maintains a Media Library with sermon series and message clips accessible online, along with an Online Giving Platform and FBCTC Mobile App for digital engagement. Additional ministries include Preschool and Children's Ministry, Youth Ministry, a Missions Program (featuring the Kenya Pastors Partnership), and a structured Membership Program. The church operates on an elder-led, Word-based governance model with expository preaching.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Kenya Pastors PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinancial partnership supporting Kenyan pastors with $50 per month to feed a pastor's family so they can focus on ministry. This partnership has resulted in thousands of baptized conversions, planting of 28 churches, and building of over 20 widow shelters. The partnership led to more baptisms in 9 months than FBC's first 43 years of existence.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Gateway Church: Large DFW-area multi-site Southern Baptist-affiliated church. Functions as a broad incumbent peer: overlapping evangelical audience and Baptist heritage, but operating at megachurch scale with multiple campuses rather than a single local congregation.
• Church of the Highlands: Large multi-site evangelical church in Birmingham, AL, with a strong small-groups model, missions focus, and digital media presence. Comparable to FBC The Colony in missional orientation and small-group DNA, though at significantly greater scale.
• Southern Baptist Convention: Largest Protestant denomination in the United States and the broader cooperative network to which most Southern Baptist churches, including FBC The Colony, belong. Functions as a broad incumbent peer for governance alignment, missions partnerships, and ministerial pipeline.

Direct peers

• Elevation Church: Charlotte, NC-based church led by Steven Furtick known for combining contemporary worship, expository teaching, and small groups alongside digital media outreach. Comparable to FBC The Colony in biblical teaching focus and digital engagement strategy, though at multi-site scale.
• Watermark Community Church: Large DFW-area evangelical church with expository preaching, plural-eldership governance, and a strong focus on biblical community and mercy ministries. Directly comparable in theological model and Texas regional footprint to FBC The Colony, though materially larger in scale.
• The Village Church: Denton County / DFW-area evangelical church historically led by Matt Chandler, known for expository preaching through books of the Bible and church-planting. Shares FBC The Colony's commitment to verse-by-verse teaching and Great Commission focus, and operates in the same North Texas geography.
• The Church of Eleven22: Jacksonville, FL-based church plant that has grown into a multi-site congregation emphasizing expository teaching and disciple-making. Comparable to FBC The Colony in its elder-led, expository DNA and Great Commission orientation, and a useful trajectory analog for a small congregation scaling.
• North Point Community Church: Andy Stanley-led evangelical church in the Atlanta area known for strategic teaching, small groups, and leadership development. Comparable to FBC The Colony in commitment to expository/biblical teaching and structured small-group ministry, though operating in a different region.

Others

• 9Marks: Washington, D.C.-based ministry that promotes the same elder-led, expository, Word-centered church model that FBC The Colony adopts. An 'others' peer — adjacent rather than competitive — that shapes the theological framework and resources the church and its peer congregations draw on.

Regional players

• McLean Bible Church: Washington, D.C.-area evangelical church with a similar mix of expository preaching, multiple small groups, and missions programming. A regional player peer — comparable in program structure and congregation size but operating in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles1 record

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