Ridgedale Baptist Church

What Ridgedale Baptist Church does

Ridgedale Baptist Church is a non-profit Baptist congregation located at 1831 Hickory Valley Road in Chattanooga, Tennessee, operating as a 501(c)(3) religious organization affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The church offers a multi-generational ministry portfolio organized around a Discipleship Pathway framework spanning worship services, small groups, age-specific ministries, and mission outreach. Its core programming includes two Sunday worship formats (Traditional Sanctuary at 8:30a and 11a; Contemporary Encounter at 11a in the gym), a Wednesday MidWeek program with age-tiered Bible studies, gender-specific Discipleship Groups (D-Groups) of 3-5 members, Community Groups meeting in homes, and dedicated ministries for Kids (birth-5th grade), Students (6th-12th), College, Young Adults, Adults, and Senior Adults. The church also runs seasonal events such as VBX Family Edition and DNOW, plus short-term mission trips to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Venezuela.

The underlying technology stack is conventional and non-differentiated: a WordPress website (ridgedalebaptist.org) providing service information, online giving, and digital content; live and archived sermons streamed via Vimeo and Facebook Live; and the Church Center platform for event registration and program management. There is no proprietary technology, no mobile application beyond the Church Center integration, and no AI/ML components. Operational communications are distributed across Instagram accounts (including @rbcyoungpro, @rbcyoungmarried_, @rbc_college), Facebook, and email.

The business model is donor-funded: primary revenue is voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members, supplemented by nominal fees of $10 for some Bible study materials (e.g., The Armor of God, Ten Women of the Bible). All worship services, small groups, and most programs are provided free of charge. The customer base is a horizontal demographic segmentation (Kids, Students, College, Young Adults, Adults, Senior Adults), with age-specific programming serving each life stage. Funding and operational support are bolstered by 13+ mission partnerships, including the International Mission Board and North American Mission Board (SBC entities), local non-profits (Choices, Volunteers in Medicine Chattanooga, Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes), and the Hamilton County Baptist Association, a network of 107 partnering churches.

Name

Ridgedale Baptist Church

Legal name

Ridgedale Baptist Church

Website

https://ridgedalebaptist.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ridgedale Baptist Church is a mid-sized Southern Baptist congregation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, offering dual traditional and contemporary worship services, a multi-generational Discipleship Pathway across all life stages, small groups, and local and global mission partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Religious services
• Bible study programs
• Worship services
• Community outreach
• Faith-based ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Chattanooga

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: The primary revenue stream for the church comes from voluntary contributions by congregation members during weekly worship services and through online giving options.
2. Program Fees: Some Bible study programs charge a nominal fee (e.g., $10 for The Armor of God and Ten Women of the Bible studies) to cover materials costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ridgedale Baptist Church is a Baptist congregation that delivers weekly worship services in both traditional and contemporary formats, age-specific Bible study programs, small group ministry, and mission outreach. The church operates an integrated Discipleship Pathway serving congregants from birth through senior adulthood, with digital worship streaming for remote participation.

Product overview

Ridgedale Baptist Church offers a comprehensive ministry portfolio organized around the Discipleship Pathway framework: Encounter Christ (worship services), Equip Disciples (Community Groups, D-Groups, MidWeek), and Engage the Nations (missions). The church provides dual worship service styles (Sanctuary/Traditional and Encounter/Contemporary), age-specific ministries from birth through senior adults, small group programs, and digital resources including online streaming and sermon archives. The ministry structure is designed as an integrated pathway where congregants progress from worship attendance through community involvement to active mission participation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ChoicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChoices protects and cares for those most vulnerable in the face of unplanned pregnancy. The Center provides free, confidential services including pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, and counseling, saving lives by protecting the unborn and sharing the good news of Christ's love.
• Volunteers in Medicine (VIM Chattanooga)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA private, non-profit 501(c)(3) primary care clinic where volunteer physicians and nurses provide free medical services to financially eligible adults who are uninsured. Operates in a faith-based caring environment.
• Tennessee Baptist Children's HomescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides Christ-centered, nurturing homes for children in hard places across Tennessee through compassionate on-campus homes and foster families.
• Hamilton County Baptist AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsists of 107 partnering churches working together to reach people with the Gospel and build up the church. Coordinates ministry and missions including WMU, HaCoBa Care, Disaster Relief, and ESL programs.
• Bible in the SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides Bible History elective classes in public schools as a viewpoint-neutral, foundational study at no cost to taxpayers, helping students become culturally literate.
• FCA Chattanooga (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeeks to see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes, with a mission to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church.
• The Pray for Me CampaignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreates intergenerational relationships for young people and equips adult believers to pass on a sustainable faith to the next generation through prayer teams.
• Quilts of Valor FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCovers service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor, caring for veterans and showing them Christ's love.
• International Mission Board (IMB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with churches to empower missionary teams making disciples and planting churches among unreached people groups worldwide. An entity of the Southern Baptist Convention.
• North American Mission Board (NAMB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHas identified strategic cities across North America for church planting. Ridgedale partners with the Send Denver network to support new churches being planted.
• Favor City Church (Las Vegas)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA church plant in Las Vegas that Ridgedale supports in partnership with NAMB. Teams from Ridgedale serve there on mission trips.
• The Abiding (Los Angeles)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA church plant in Los Angeles that Ridgedale supports. Teams serve there annually during Christmas outreach.
• Iglesia Bautista La Santa Biblia (Venezuela)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA church plant in Cabudare, Venezuela started by the Arce Family, supported through the International Mission Board partnership.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bellevue Baptist Church: Large historic SBC church in Memphis, TN with multi-generational ministry, traditional and contemporary services, and extensive global mission partnerships. Comparable denominational alignment and ministry structure at larger scale.
• Church of the Highlands: One of the largest Southern Baptist-affiliated churches in the U.S., based in Birmingham, AL. Operates a multi-site contemporary worship model with extensive small group and global missions programs — a scaled-up version of Ridgedale's ministry framework.
• The Summit Church: Large SBC-affiliated church in Durham, NC with multi-site operations, contemporary worship, robust discipleship pathway, and global missions sending — comparable in theological alignment and ministry structure, though at significantly larger scale.
• Watermark Church (Dallas): Large non-denominational evangelical church in Dallas with structured discipleship pathways, community groups, and global mission engagement — comparable in operating model and ministry depth, though larger and non-SBC.

Regional players

• Signal Mountain Baptist Church: SBC-affiliated Baptist church in the greater Chattanooga area (Signal Mountain suburb) offering similar multi-generational ministry and traditional worship. Comparable in denomination and theology, serves an overlapping but suburban demographic.

Others

• Hamilton County Baptist Association network churches: Cooperative network of 107 SBC-affiliated churches in the Chattanooga region that Ridgedale actively partners with. These churches share cooperative mission infrastructure, disaster relief, and ministry resources with Ridgedale.

Direct peers

• Northside Baptist Church (Chattanooga): Chattanooga-area Baptist church with traditional worship services, age-segregated ministry programs, and SBC affiliation, competing for the same local congregant pool.
• First Baptist Church Chattanooga: Historic downtown Chattanooga Baptist church with comparable traditional and contemporary worship formats, similar SBC affiliation, and an overlapping Chattanooga member base. Most direct local peer given shared city, denomination, and ministry structure.
• Brainerd Baptist Church: Baptist church located in the Brainerd area of Chattanooga, providing comparable SBC-aligned traditional worship, Bible study, and small group ministry in the same metropolitan market.

Emerging players

• Favor City Church (Las Vegas): NAMB-affiliated church plant in Las Vegas that Ridgedale directly supports through mission trips. Comparable in SBC alignment and missional focus, but at a much earlier stage of development — illustrates the church-plant model Ridgedale helps fund.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/rbc_college
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ridgedale-baptist-church

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