JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH

What JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH does

Jerusalem Baptist Church of Pumpkin Center (JBC, DBA: Jerusalem Baptist Church) is a Southern Baptist congregation founded on November 9, 1902, in Pumpkin Center, Louisiana, and incorporated on November 13, 1972. The church operates from a single campus at 11109 Jerusalem Baptist Church Road, Hammond, LA 70403 (Tangipahoa Parish), serving the local Pumpkin Center community with weekly Sunday School, morning and evening worship services, and Wednesday Bible study and prayer meetings. It is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Northshore Baptist Association. The organization is a private, independent nonprofit religious entity governed by its pastoral leadership and congregation, with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external shareholders.

The church's product portfolio is an integrated set of ministry programs rather than discrete commercial products. These include age-segmented ministries (Children's Ministry, Youth Ministry for 6th grade through high school seniors, and a College Ministry Sunday School class), women's programs (W.M.U., F.A.I.T.H., Happy Hearts, Ladies Tea Events), men's programs (Men on Missions), annual Vacation Bible School, and recurring community outreach events (Easter Egg Hunt, Fall Festival, Craft Fair, Water Wars, Homecoming). Supporting these is a media library of online sermon recordings (series on Matthew, Revelations, 2 John, Psalms, and Revival services) and a mobile app (JBCPC) for digital engagement, prayer requests, and giving.

The business model is donation-funded: revenue consists entirely of voluntary tithes and offerings collected in-person, through mail, or via an online giving portal on the church website. No fees or pricing apply to any ministry service. The congregation is staffed by a Senior Pastor (J.P. Handy, since December 22, 2024), a Youth Minister (Cody Salassi, since May 21, 2025), a Music Minister (Aaron Davis), a Financial Secretary (Valinda Koerin), and a Secretary (Kathleen Chambers, since October 2025), alongside volunteer directors for the various ministry groups and ordained deacons. The technology stack is minimal: a SnapPages-built website (jbcpc.org) and a custom mobile app, with no public APIs, integrations, or proprietary platforms.

Name

JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH

Legal name

Jerusalem Baptist Church of Pumpkin Center

Website

https://jbcpc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1902

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Jerusalem Baptist Church of Pumpkin Center is a Southern Baptist congregation founded in 1902 in Hammond, Louisiana, serving its local community with weekly worship services, age-segmented ministries, community events, and online sermon content, funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Baptist worship services
• Christian ministry programs
• Congregational religious education
• Community outreach events
• Sunday school classes

Headquarters

HQ city

Hammond

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: The church collects tithes and offerings from congregation members during services and through online giving. Members are encouraged to give generously as an act of worship, with online giving available through the church website and in-person donations accepted during office hours or by mail.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Jerusalem Baptist Church provides weekly Christian worship services and Bible study (Sunday School, Sunday morning/evening services, Wednesday Bible study), age-specific discipleship ministries for children, youth, college students, women, and men, and community outreach events such as Vacation Bible School, Easter Egg Hunt, Fall Festival, and Craft Fair. It also operates an online sermon/media library and an online giving portal for tithes and offerings.

Product overview

Jerusalem Baptist Church of Pumpkin Center is a Southern Baptist congregation founded in 1902 in Hammond, Louisiana. The church offers a portfolio of ministry services including weekly worship services (Sunday School, morning and evening services, Wednesday services), age-specific ministries (Children's Ministry, Youth Ministry, College Ministry), women's groups (W.M.U., F.A.I.T.H., Happy Hearts, Ladies Tea Events), Men's Missions, and community outreach events (VBS, Easter Egg Hunt, Fall Festival, Craft Fair). The church also provides an online media library for sermon videos and an online giving platform. These services are not separate product modules but rather integrated ministry programs designed to fulfill the church's mission of making disciples who live out the gospel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Worship Services

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered major denominational affiliation and regional association affiliation.

• Southern Baptist Conventionmajor denominational affiliationOthersJerusalem Baptist Church is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the United States, providing doctrinal alignment and connection to broader Baptist mission efforts.
• Northshore Baptist Associationregional association affiliationOthersMember of the Northshore Baptist Association, a regional network of Baptist churches in the Northshore area of Louisiana providing fellowship, training, and cooperative mission opportunities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bellevue Baptist Church: Long-standing SBC congregation (founded 1900) in Memphis, TN; comparable in traditional Southern Baptist identity, denominational alignment, and multigenerational ministry programming, though materially larger in scale.
• Cross Church: SBC congregation in Northwest Arkansas operating a campus-network model with multi-generational programming; comparable in denomination and traditional worship focus, with a comparable approach to distributed ministry.
• First Baptist Church of Hammond: Other Southern Baptist congregation in Hammond, Louisiana; competes for the same congregant base in the same city and denomination, making it the closest geographic and doctrinal peer to JBC.
• Travis Avenue Baptist Church: SBC congregation in Fort Worth, Texas comparable in denomination, traditional worship orientation, and structured mid-week Bible study programming; similar size and ministry breadth profile.
• Immanuel Baptist Church: Historic SBC congregation (commonly Little Rock, AR or Alexandria, LA) with traditional Southern Baptist identity, comparable ministry portfolio, and overlapping denominational infrastructure.
• Tallowood Baptist Church: Mid-sized SBC congregation in Houston, Texas; comparable in Southern Baptist affiliation, traditional worship style, and multi-generational ministry model, though serving a much larger urban market.

Broad incumbents

• Northshore Baptist Association: Regional Baptist association of which JBC is an explicit member, providing fellowship, training, and cooperative mission opportunities for SBC churches on Louisiana's Northshore. Directly comparable as a regional institutional Baptist body in the same market and denomination.
• Southern Baptist Convention: National Southern Baptist denomination of which JBC is a member congregation; provides doctrinal alignment, cooperative missions funding, and training infrastructure that individual member churches draw on. Directly relevant as the overarching institutional body of JBC's denomination.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jerusalem-baptist-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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Investments

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