First Baptist East Church

What First Baptist East Church does

First Baptist Church of East Greenwich is a nonprofit religious organization founded in 1839 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and affiliated with the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island and the American Baptist Churches USA. The church serves a local congregation and the surrounding community through weekly Sunday worship services held at 9:30 a.m., Christian education programs spanning nursery through adult, a youth ministry, women's ministry, music ministry, pastoral care, and community/outreach missions. Its ministries include Christian Education, Deacons, Eldercare, Missions, Music, Outreach, a Pastoral Resident Program, and a Women's Alliance, supported by roughly 15 staff and lay leaders.

The church's core products are Sunday Worship Services, a comprehensive Christian Education curriculum (Sunday School for children age 4 through Jr. High plus adult Bible study and discussion groups), Youth Ministry programming (service projects, food pantry collections, mission trips, choir), and community outreach initiatives including monthly EG Food Pantry collections at St. Luke's, personal-care drives for the Sharing Locker, and support for La Romana Hospital in the Dominican Republic. Pastoral care is administered by the Board of Deacons under the Senior Minister. Digital extensions include live-streamed services via Facebook Live and recorded sermons on a dedicated YouTube channel, the weekly email newsletter "The Evangel," and a Squarespace-hosted website.

The business model is entirely donation-based: the church provides services free of charge and is funded through voluntary tithes, offerings, and contributions captured in-person during services and through a Vanco online donation portal. Governance is congregational, with voting rights vested in the membership; the church operates under by-laws last amended on June 13, 2021. It carries no commercial customers, contracts, or pricing tiers, and revenue concentration is in the voluntary contributions of its local East Greenwich congregation. (Note: the firmographic city field lists Lawton, Oklahoma, which conflicts with all primary sources — website, contact details, mailing address (30/35 Peirce Street, East Greenwich, RI 02818), and denominational affiliation — that consistently identify the organization as First Baptist Church of East Greenwich, Rhode Island; the Rhode Island location is treated as authoritative.)

Name

First Baptist East Church

Legal name

First Baptist Church of East Greenwich

Website

https://firstbaptisteg.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1839

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

First Baptist Church of East Greenwich is a nonprofit American Baptist congregation founded in 1839 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, serving a local congregation through Sunday worship, Christian education, youth programs, and community outreach missions, funded by voluntary tithes and offerings.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Educational Services (611)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAA

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

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

SECONDARYBPAGAJAD

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis)

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

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Christian education programs
• Youth ministry services
• Community outreach programs
• Pastoral care services

Headquarters

HQ city

East Greenwich

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary donations and tithes from congregation members during weekly worship services and through the online donation portal linked via Vanco.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

First Baptist East Church provides Sunday worship services at 9:30am, Christian education programs for all ages, youth ministry, women's alliance, music ministry, Bible study and book club, pastoral care, and community outreach to its congregation and the East Greenwich, RI community. The church is a historic American Baptist congregation founded in 1839 that combines traditional and contemporary styles of worship.

Product overview

First Baptist Church of East Greenwich is a religious institution offering a unified ministry focused on worship, Christian education, youth development, community outreach, and pastoral care. The core offering consists of Sunday Worship Services at 9:30am (in-person with live-streaming via Facebook Live and YouTube), supported by Christian Education programs for all ages from nursery through adults, Youth Ministry, Women's Alliance, Music Ministry, and Christian Outreach. The church's various ministry programs—including Deacons, Christian Education Board, Christian Outreach Board, and Women's Alliance—function as interconnected components under a unified mission to grow in faith and spread the Gospel. Digital extensions include live-streamed services and a newsletter called 'The Evangel.'

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services Weekly Sunday worship services held at 9:30am for the congregation and community, combining traditional and contemporary Christian worship styles.
• Christian Education Programs Religious education programs for all ages from infants through adults, including the WEE (Wee Evangel) program for young children, directed by Christian Education Director Ruth Burke.
• Youth Ministry Ministry programs designed for the youth and young members of the congregation, providing spiritual formation, fellowship, and community engagement.
• Women's Alliance Fellowship and ministry group for women of the congregation, fostering community, service, and spiritual growth.
• Music Ministry Music program supporting worship services and providing musical instruction, led by Music Teacher Mrs. Donna O'Brien.
• Bible Study and Book Club Scriptural study and book discussion groups led by Pastor Paul for congregants seeking deeper engagement with the Bible and Christian literature.
• Christian Outreach Community outreach and mission programs serving the East Greenwich, RI community and beyond as part of the church's Christian mission.
• Pastoral Care Pastoral counseling and support services for congregants and community members during life events, crises, and spiritual needs.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• American Baptist Churches of Rhode IslandcoreOthersAffiliated denomination providing theological guidance, ordination standards, and connection to the wider Baptist community. The church is a member of this regional Baptist convention.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• People's Baptist Church: Independent Baptist church in Warwick, RI, with comparable congregational size, Sunday School programming, and community outreach structure operating in the same Rhode Island market.
• North Kingstown Baptist Church: Baptist congregation in North Kingstown, RI, immediately adjacent to East Greenwich, offering Sunday School, youth ministry, and worship services to a substantially overlapping South County demographic.
• Quidnessett Baptist Church: American Baptist-affiliated congregation in North Kingstown, RI (neighboring East Greenwich), operating similar worship, education, and outreach ministries to a comparable suburban New England demographic.
• Barrington Baptist Church: Southern Baptist-affiliated congregation in Barrington, RI, serving a comparable East Bay suburban community with worship, Christian education, and youth ministry programs similar in scope.
• St. Luke's Episcopal Church: Episcopal congregation in East Greenwich that partners with First Baptist through the EG Food Pantry — comparable small-town Christian congregation serving an overlapping community with similar worship and outreach programming.

Emerging players

• CrossPoint Community Church: Non-denominational Christian church in the Rhode Island area using a contemporary worship model, representing a younger, faster-growing alternative that competes for the same East Greenwich-area families.

Direct peers

• First Baptist Church in America: Historic Baptist congregation in Providence, RI, founded in 1638 and affiliated with American Baptist Churches USA — sharing the same denomination, liturgical tradition, and Rhode Island footprint as First Baptist East Greenwich.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCrHF8p_4ZlTUN3zUXJMfF1A
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/first-baptist-east-church

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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