Third Avenue Baptist Church

What Third Avenue Baptist Church does

Third Avenue Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist congregation headquartered at 1726 South 3rd Street in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, with Greg Gilbert serving as Senior Pastor since 2010. The church operates a multi-generational ministry stack including Sunday morning worship services (10:45 AM) preceded by Sunday School (9:30 AM), Sunday evening services, mid-week youth group, age-tiered children's programs under the 3ABC Kids brand (birth through 5th grade), a college ministry branded Across Campus located adjacent to the University of Louisville, a biblical counseling and care ministry, and a leadership development track that includes pastoral internships, preaching colloquiums, and small-group leader training. The church is governed by elders and led by three associate pastors (Discipleship, Administration, Counseling) and program directors covering children's ministry, youth ministry, communications, and training/sending.

Operationally the church runs on a donations-only revenue model: all worship services, classes, and counseling sessions are provided free of charge, and funding flows in via voluntary tithes and offerings processed through Pushpay. The technology layer is intentionally lightweight and entirely outsourced, comprising a Squarespace-hosted public website for information and sermon listings, Church Community Builder (CCB) for member and connect-card workflows, Pushpay for online giving, and Libsyn plus Spotify for global distribution of an archived sermon podcast exceeding 770 entries spanning book-by-book exposition. The church employs six full-time-equivalent staff and relies on member volunteers, elders, and deacons for the bulk of program delivery. Pricing is "free-to-attendee / voluntary-giver" with no paid tiers, no admission fees, and no program charges, making revenue visibility zero from the outside and tying financial trajectory directly to congregational generosity.

Third Avenue pursues a strategic posture centered on three reinforcing vectors: local community engagement in Old Louisville (neighborhood events, school partnerships, and partnerships with Scarlet Hope, Re:Center Ministries, Refuge International, Orphan Care Alliance, BSideU, and Speak For The Unborn); missionary sending internationally across Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the UAE; and domestic church planting in Richmond VA, Twin Falls ID, and the Washington D.C. suburbs, with a member-supported revitalization model. Ecologically the church is closely networked with Southern Baptist Theological Seminary alumni (notably staff members and the Director of Training and Sending, who doubles as managing editor of 9Marks) and the Reaching & Teaching International Missions agency, positioning it less as a standalone parish and more as a hub in a broader church-planting and missionary-sending network.

Name

Third Avenue Baptist Church

Legal name

Third Avenue Baptist Church

Website

https://thirdavenue.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Third Avenue Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist congregation in Old Louisville, Kentucky offering weekly worship, children's, youth, counseling, and university ministries, funded by voluntary tithes and operating a domestic and international church-planting network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Educational Services (611)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Campus Spiritual & Religious Life (EDALAHAI)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Church ministries
• Biblical teaching
• Youth programs
• Global missions

Headquarters

HQ city

Louisville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Members and visitors contribute financially through weekly offerings and online giving via Pushpay platform. The church relies on voluntary contributions from its congregation for operational funding and mission work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Third Avenue Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist congregation that delivers weekly worship services, age-appropriate biblical instruction, pastoral counseling, and community outreach programs. It operates children's, youth, and adult ministries, supports global missionaries, and provides leadership development, with all services offered free of charge and funded through voluntary tithes and offerings.

Product overview

Third Avenue Baptist Church offers a comprehensive suite of spiritual formation and community engagement programs centered on biblical teaching and worship. The core offerings include Sunday worship services (Morning and Evening), Sunday School classes for all ages, children's ministry (3ABC Kids), youth ministry, counseling services, global and local outreach programs, leadership development training, membership preparation, and sermon podcasts. The church operates as a unified ministry with programs supporting spiritual growth from infancy through adulthood, missionary sending, and church planting initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Worship Services
• Sunday School Program

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Scarlet HopecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry partner addressing adult entertainment industry and human trafficking in Louisville. Third Avenue members support Scarlet Hope's gospel-centered initiatives to share hope with women in the adult entertainment industry.
• Re:Center MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGospel-centered program preventing and responding to homelessness in Louisville and Southern Indiana. Third Avenue brings gospel hope to the poor and suffering through this partnership.
• Refuge InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization partnering with local churches to love refugees and immigrants. Provides housing, English classes, job assistance, and citizenship support. Third Avenue provides welcome teams and English mentors.
• Orphan Care Alliance (OCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry providing foster care and adoption information, training, and family support. Third Avenue mobilizes church members to care for children in need.
• BSideUminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCrisis pregnancy center supporting women and families. Offers pregnancy counseling and life skills training through faith-based approach.
• Speak For The UnbornminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEquips local churches with pro-life strategies including gospel-centered sidewalk counseling and formative discipleship.
• Old Louisville Neighborhood Council (OLNC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit advocacy organization for Old Louisville's historic architecture and community. Third Avenue supports neighborhood events including Mansions Tour and Central Park Improvement Day.
• Reaching & Teaching (RTIM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissions agency that serves local churches as they send missionaries. Ryan Robertson serves as President. Multiple Third Avenue members work with or support RTIM.
• 9MarkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChristian ministry focused on church health. Alex Duke serves as managing editor. Third Avenue is affiliated with this church health resource.
• University of LouisvillecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAcross Campus is a ministry of Third Avenue located next to the University of Louisville, reaching college students and building them up to be faithful representatives of Christ.
• Smethursts (Richmond, VA Church Plant)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird Avenue members relocating to Richmond, VA to plant a church. Church provides financial support and prayer support.
• Scotts (Twin Falls, Idaho Church Plant)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird Avenue partnered with the Scotts to support their church planting initiative in Twin Falls, Idaho. Support includes prayer, financial support, and visits.
• Washington D.C. Church RevitalizationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird Avenue partnered to support a church revitalization in the suburbs of Washington D.C.
• Matt and Emily (SE Asia Church Plant)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird Avenue members serving in Southeast Asia planting a local church in a large city. Former pastoral assistants at Third Avenue.
• Mark and Megan (SE Asia Church Plant)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird Avenue members who served in East Asia pastoring local churches and are now planting a church in SE Asia. Mark serves as pastor.
• Ryan and Kristin (East Asia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird Avenue supported workers in East Asia focusing on local university evangelism and discipleship. Ryan serves as pastor at an English-speaking church.
• Chris and Lisa (East Asia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird Avenue members involved in evangelism and discipleship among college students and church planting. Now serving with Reaching and Teaching (RTIM).
• K and M (Central Asia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird Avenue members serving in Central Asia since 2016. Serve in an international church, helping shepherd, investing in relationships, and pursuing business ventures.
• Josh and Jenny Manley (UAE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer Third Avenue members (2009-2012). Josh planted and pastors RAK Evangelical Church in Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Only the 8th time land was given for an evangelical church on the Arabian Peninsula.
• Cory and Adah (Middle East)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird Avenue members serving in an international church in the Middle East. Cory serves as senior pastor, Adah serves in the home. Discipling church members and training pastoral interns.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Acts 29: Church planting network emphasizing Reformed theology and church health, similar in ethos to Third Avenue's plant/revitalization efforts. Overlap in planting philosophy and partner-church identification.
• The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Louisville-based seminary that trains much of Third Avenue's staff (M.Div. candidates, PhD students). Functions as a feeder institution and ministry partner rather than a direct competitor.
• 9Marks: Church health ministry with which Third Avenue's Director of Training & Sending (Alex Duke) is affiliated as managing editor. Ecosystem partner that shapes Third Avenue's ecclesiology and peer network.
• RAK Evangelical Church: Evangelical church in Ras al Khaimah, UAE planted by former Third Avenue members (Josh & Jenny Manley). Direct offshoot that reflects Third Avenue's missionary sending capacity.

Direct peers

• The Church at Brook Hills: Large Southern Baptist-affiliated church in Birmingham, AL known for missions emphasis and church planting, paralleling Third Avenue's church-planting and global outreach focus. Comparable in theological alignment and ministry model.
• Capitol Hill Baptist Church: Reformed Baptist congregation in Washington, DC with a similar expository preaching model, 9Marks affiliation, and church-planting ethos. Highly comparable theologically and structurally; Third Avenue's Director of Training & Sending previously pastored in a similar network.

Regional players

• Highview Baptist Church: Large Southern Baptist congregation with multiple campuses in the Louisville metro area. Represents the dominant SBC model in the region against which Third Avenue's smaller-scale, more Reformed approach is differentiated.
• Sojourn Community Church: Multi-site church network based in Louisville, KY with similar Reformed Baptist/Acts 29 orientation. Operates in the same metro and competes for a similar demographic of younger, theology-focused Christians.
• North Shore Baptist Church: Reformed Baptist congregation in Bayside, Queens where Third Avenue's Alex Duke previously served as youth pastor. Similar expository preaching model and youth ministry focus.
• Southeast Christian Church: One of the largest churches in the Louisville metro and a leading non-denominational congregation. Represents the mega-church alternative to Third Avenue's smaller, program-dense model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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