Grove Avenue Baptist Church

What Grove Avenue Baptist Church does

Grove Avenue Baptist Church is a non-profit religious organization headquartered at 8701 Ridge Rd, Richmond, Virginia, with a history tracing to 1817 and formal organization in 1868. The church operates a single physical campus serving a local congregation through weekly Sunday worship at 11:00 AM, Life Groups at 9:30 AM, and an integrated portfolio of age-segmented ministries including Grove Kids (children), GRV YTH (middle and high school students), Men's Ministry, and Women's Ministry. The Women's Ministry explicitly references global missions outreach extending beyond the Richmond region.

The organization has built a digital engagement layer to extend its traditional in-person ministry model. This includes live streaming via groveave.online.church for remote worship attendance, an on-demand sermon library hosted on Vimeo, a website built on The Church Co platform, and an Instagram presence for youth ministry outreach. The giving infrastructure spans three channels: online donations through the Shelby Giving platform, text-to-give via short code 804-352-6009, and traditional mail-in contributions.

The revenue model is entirely voluntary, based on tithes and offerings from congregation members and attendees with no pricing for services. The church employs approximately 19 staff (per firmographic data) and operates as a private nonprofit organization under Virginia jurisdiction. Marketing is primarily organic, relying on the website as the central information hub, supplemented by email ([email protected]), phone ((804) 740-8888), and limited social media channels.

Name

Grove Avenue Baptist Church

Legal name

Grove Avenue Baptist Church

Website

https://groveave.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1868

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grove Avenue Baptist Church is a 200+ year-old non-profit Baptist church in Richmond, Virginia, serving a multigenerational congregation through Sunday worship, age-specific ministries, and digital streaming, funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE), Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Church worship services
• Religious education
• Youth ministry
• Community fellowship
• Bible study

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary contributions from congregation members collected through online giving, text-to-give, and mail-in donations to support church operations, community outreach, and global missions.

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Grove Avenue Baptist Church provides weekly Christian worship services and age-specific religious ministries (children, youth, men's, women's, and small group Bible study) to its congregation in Richmond, VA. The church delivers these services both in-person at its Ridge Road campus and virtually via live online streaming and on-demand video, with digital and mail-in donation channels to fund operations, local outreach, and global missions.

Product overview

Grove Avenue Baptist Church offers a traditional church experience with integrated digital engagement. Their core offering is the Sunday Worship Service (in-person at 11:00 AM with online streaming), supplemented by Life Groups for community Bible study. Ministry programs span all ages through Grove Kids, GRV YTH (youth), Men's Ministry, and Women's Ministry. Digital giving is supported via Online Giving through Shelby Giving and Text to Give. Video content (past messages) is distributed through Vimeo. The church is built on The Church Co platform and has been serving the Richmond community since 1817, formally organized in 1868.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Service
• Life Groups
• Grove Kids
• GRV YTH (Youth Ministry)
• Men's Ministry
• Women's Ministry
• Online Giving
• Text to Give
• Watch Online / Messages

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• North Point Community Church: Large multi-site evangelical church network with extensive online content, teaching platforms, and digital giving infrastructure — comparable in function (worship, digital reach, giving) though far larger and non-denominational.
• McLean Bible Church: Large Virginia-based multi-site church with online streaming, global missions, and a wide age-segmented ministry ecosystem; comparable in ministry structure to Grove though operating at substantially larger scale.
• Saddleback Church: Well-known Southern Baptist-affiliated multi-site church with comprehensive age-segmented ministries (kids, youth, men's, women's, missions); comparable as a same-denomination broad incumbent operating at much greater scale.

Direct peers

• Bon Air Baptist Church: Another long-established Southern Baptist congregation in the Richmond, VA metro with comparable age-segmented ministries (kids, youth, adults) and weekly worship services, making it a direct peer in size, denomination, and geography.
• First Baptist Church of Richmond: Historic downtown Richmond Baptist church with traditional worship and a full ministry ecosystem; directly comparable as a same-denomination, same-market congregation with deep local roots.
• River Road Church, Baptist: Large Baptist church in the Richmond suburb of Henrico County with multi-generational programming and digital outreach, closely comparable to Grove's ministry structure and geographic footprint.

Others

• The Church Co: Church website and digital platform provider that powers groveave.com and many similar congregations; an ecosystem enabler rather than competitor, but highly comparable as a technology stack used by peer churches.
• Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia: State convention of Southern Baptist churches in Virginia providing missions, church planting, and cooperative program support; comparable as the broader Baptist ecosystem within which Grove operates and receives resources.

Regional players

• Forest Hill Church: Richmond-area congregation offering family-focused ministries; comparable as a mid-size local church competing for similar families in the same regional market.
• Lifepoint Church: Non-denominational church with multiple Virginia locations and modern digital engagement including online giving; comparable to Grove as a regional player using similar technology platforms to reach families.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/grv_yth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grove-avenue-baptist-church

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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