The Life Center Church

What The Life Center Church does

The Life Center Church is a multi-campus Apostolic Christian congregation headquartered in Eatonville, Florida, operating worship, education, broadcast media, and community development ministries. Originally founded in 1957 as Mt. Carmel Institutional Missionary Baptist Church and incorporated in 1976, the organization has been led by Bishop Ronald F. Kimble, Sr. for more than 47 years and now operates four campuses across Central Florida (Eatonville, Ocala, Titusville) and Monrovia, Liberia, supported by a 45,000 sq ft main complex housing a worship center, educational facilities, administrative offices, a multi-purpose facility, a bookstore, and a prayer chapel.

Its core programmatic offerings include weekly in-person worship services, Bible studies, prayer meetings, and small-group ministries, augmented by a digital distribution stack comprising a YouTube broadcast channel, Boxcast live streaming, conference-call ministry, a TLC Mobile App, and an online giving platform. Ancillary operating subsidiaries include The Life Academy (a K4-9th grade Christian school using the A Beka Book curriculum established in 1982), H.E.L.P. Community Development Corporation, The Healing Touch television ministry, RFK Ministries, Glorious Harvest Life Center, and The Soup Factory.

The organization is a Florida-incorporated, privately-held religious non-profit (The Life Center Church, Inc.). Its revenue model is donation-driven: voluntary tithes and offerings collected during services and via the online giving platform, supplemented by nominal one-time sales of sermon recordings. There is no commercial product pricing, no parent company, no external institutional investment, and no disclosed audited financials; pricing models and publicly disclosed pricing data are absent by design for a contribution-based entity.

Name

The Life Center Church

Legal name

The Life Center Church, Inc.

Website

https://thelifecenter.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Life Center Church is a multi-campus Apostolic congregation headquartered in Eatonville, Florida, operating worship, K4-9th grade education, broadcast media, and community development ministries across three Florida campuses and a Liberian campus under Bishop Ronald F. Kimble, Sr.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

Keywords

• Christian worship services
• Biblical discipleship programs
• Christian education K-9
• Religious broadcasting ministry
• Community development outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Eatonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary financial contributions from congregation members during worship services, both in-person and online.
2. Online Donations: Digital giving through the church's online giving platform for tithes, offerings, and special donations.
3. Sermon and Message Sales: Bishop Kimble's video sermons and messages may be purchased by calling the church office.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

The Life Center Church provides Christian worship services, Bible-based teaching, pastoral counseling, prayer support, and discipleship programming at four campuses (Eatonville, Ocala, and Titusville, FL, plus Monrovia, Liberia). It also operates The Life Academy (K4–9th grade Christian school), a weekly television/podcast broadcast (The Healing Touch), community-development initiatives (H.E.L.P. CDC), and an online giving platform — all sustained by voluntary donations from congregants.

Product overview

The Life Center Church offers a comprehensive suite of ministry products and services centered on Christian worship, education, and community outreach. The core offerings include weekly worship services and Bible studies across multiple campuses (Eatonville, Titusville, Ocala, and Monrovia, Liberia), complemented by The Life Academy (K4-9th grade educational program using A Beka Book curriculum). Digital products include the TLC Mobile App, The Healing Touch podcast (a weekly broadcast by Bishop Kimble), the TLC Prayer Guide, and Online Giving platform. Subsidiary ministries include RFK Ministries, H.E.L.P. Community Development Corporation, and various service ministries (Couples, Disciples Service, Education, Life Care, Media, Music, Outreach, Prayer, and Seniors). The church also operates The Life Center complex featuring worship center, educational facilities, administrative offices, multi-purpose facility, bookstore, and prayer chapel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weekly Worship Services In-person Sunday worship services held at 10:30 AM at the Eatonville, Ocala, and Titusville, FL campuses for congregants and visitors seeking Christian worship, preaching, and corporate fellowship.
• The Life Academy K4-9th grade Christian school located at 107 Wymore Rd., Eatonville, FL, using the A Beka Book curriculum across all grade levels. Serves students and families seeking faith-based K-9 education.
• The Healing Touch (Weekly Broadcast)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RFK MinistriescoreOthersRFK Ministries is the personal ministry of Bishop Ronald F. Kimble, Sr., Overseer & Presiding Bishop of The Life Center Churches. The ministry supports the church's mission of outreach, discipleship, and community service through additional programming and resources.
• H.E.L.P. Community Development CorporationcoreOthersA community development initiative birthed under Bishop Kimble's leadership as part of The Life Center Church's commitment to community outreach and social impact.
• Help CDCminorOthersCommunity development organization linked through the church's Explore section for community outreach resources.
• The Life AcademycoreOthersK4-9th grade Christian school established in 1982, formerly known as Eatonville Christian Academy. Located at 107 Wymore Rd., Eatonville, FL. Uses A Beka Book curriculum for all grade levels.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Bethel Church (Redding, CA): Multi-campus charismatic/Apostolic church with a globally distributed online broadcast and a school of ministry; comparable in apostolic leadership model and digital reach, though in a different region.

Broad incumbents

• The Potter's House (T.D. Jakes): Multi-campus, bishop-led church with national TV broadcast, K-12 school, and international humanitarian outreach; closely mirrors The Life Center Church's integrated broadcast + education + community development model.
• Church of the Highlands: One of the largest multi-campus churches in the US with a strong broadcast, online giving, and small-group model; a relevant structural peer for the multi-campus replication strategy.
• Christ Fellowship Church: Multi-campus Florida megachurch with a strong online broadcast and digital giving infrastructure, plus extensive community outreach; directly comparable in Florida footprint and modern digital ministry model.
• First Baptist Church of Orlando: Large, multi-campus Baptist church headquartered in Central Florida with extensive broadcast, education, and community outreach programming — directly comparable geography and ministry portfolio to The Life Center Church but materially larger.
• New Birth Missionary Baptist Church: Multi-site, predominantly African American Baptist megachurch in the Southeast with a prominent bishop/pastor, broadcast ministry, K-12 school, and community development corporation — directly comparable in structure and ministry mix, but at significantly larger scale.
• Lakewood Church: Houston-based megachurch with national television broadcast, K-12 school, and international humanitarian outreach; structurally parallel to The Life Center Church across broadcast, education, and missions.

Direct peers

• Word of Faith International Christian Center:
• Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church: Historic African American Baptist congregation in Florida with comparable denominational lineage, community-development emphasis, and educational ministries — a strong demographic and missional peer.
• Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church: Long-established African American Baptist church in the southeastern US with educational and outreach ministries; shares faith tradition, congregational demographics, and faith-based K-12 school model with The Life Center Church.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tlcEatonville
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCtfrfwvTxb4U5AWJmDkUYMQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/thelifecenter.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-life-center-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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