TABERNACLE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

What TABERNACLE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH does

Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church (TMBC) is an independent religious organization founded in 1892 in Tallahassee, Florida, by Reverend I.G. Hendley and Reverend John Fitzgerald after they departed Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. It is led by Reverend Stanley L. Walker, Sr., who has served as its first full-time pastor since 1980 and concurrently serves as President of the Tallahassee Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance. The church operates from a sanctuary at 615 Tuskegee Street, dedicated in 2006, where it holds three Sunday worship services at 7:30, 9:30, and 11:00 AM, weekly Sunday School, and a Wednesday evening virtual Bible Study. It serves its congregation and the broader Tallahassee community through more than 30 ministries addressing singles, youth, collegiate, senior citizens, prison outreach, women's ministry, health, couples, and other demographic and community needs.

The church's digital infrastructure is centered on a WordPress website (tmbconline.com) supporting online tithes and offerings via a Church Tithe WP plugin with Stripe processing for one-time and recurring (weekly, monthly, yearly) donations, plus Cash App, mail-in, and in-person donation channels. Live streaming of services is delivered via the website and the church's Facebook page, and a dial-in conference call hosts the virtual Bible Study. Additional digital products include an online prayer request submission form, an event calendar, a password-protected member downloads portal, and a weekly announcements bulletin archive. A dedicated youth ministry site (tmbcyouth.com) extends engagement to younger members.

The organization's revenue model is voluntary tithes and offerings from individual congregants, with no commercial pricing, enterprise customers, sponsorships, or external funding rounds disclosed. It has 46 employees per firmographic data and operates as a nonprofit religious institution with no parent entity or external investors identified. The church's growth history reflects service cadence expansion from bi-weekly services in 1940 to three weekly Sunday services by 1999, plus the construction of the new sanctuary in 2006, and a modernization push in the 2020-era into live streaming and online giving channels.

Name

TABERNACLE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

Legal name

Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church

Website

https://tmbconline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1892

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church is a Tallahassee, Florida congregation founded in 1892 that delivers weekly worship, Bible study, and 30+ community ministries to its members and the surrounding area. It sustains operations through voluntary tithes, online donations, and live-streamed services.

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 Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG), Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Biblical education ministry
• Community outreach programs
• Youth development ministry
• Online tithing donations

Headquarters

HQ city

Slidell, Louisiana

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 donations collected from congregation members during worship services and through electronic means. Members can give one-time or set up recurring donations (weekly, monthly, yearly). Accepts credit/debit cards, Cash App ($tmbcdeposit), mail-in payments, and in-person drop-off at the church.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church provides Christian worship services, biblical education, and community ministry programs to its congregation and the broader Tallahassee community from its sanctuary at 615 Tuskegee Street. The church delivers in-person and live-streamed Sunday School and worship services, weekly virtual Bible Study, an Intercessory Prayer Team, online tithing via a Stripe-powered donation platform, and more than 30 demographic-specific ministries including Youth, Collegiate, Singles, Women's, Prison, and Health ministries.

Product overview

Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church offers a unified set of religious and community services centered around its physical worship location at 615 Tuskegee Street in Tallahassee, Florida. The church's digital presence provides virtual access to its core offerings: live-streamed Sunday School and Worship Services (Sundays at 9:30 AM), online giving through a Stripe-powered donation platform, Bible Study sessions (Wednesdays at 7:00 PM), prayer request submission to an Intercessory Prayer Team, and an extensive calendar of church events. The church supports its congregation through more than 30 distinct ministries including Youth, Collegiate, Singles, Women's, and Prison Ministry programs. Additional digital services include a password-protected member downloads portal and weekly announcements bulletins.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services Weekly Christian worship services held in-person at the 615 Tuskegee Street sanctuary and broadcast live via the website and Facebook page for remote attendees. Open to congregation members and visitors seeking worship and spiritual fellowship.
• Bible Study Program Virtual weekly Bible Study sessions conducted via conference call (access code 110782, 667-770-1523, Wednesdays at 7:00 PM) and in-person, teaching all age levels. Open to members and visitors seeking biblical instruction.
• Online Giving/Tithes Platform Digital donation platform allowing congregation members to contribute tithes and offerings via credit/debit card (processed by Stripe), Cash App ($tmbcdeposit), mail-in payments, or in-person drop-off, with support for one-time and recurring gifts.
• Prayer Request Service Online submission form for prayer requests handled confidentially by the church's Intercessory Prayer Team, which prays over each request throughout the week. Open to congregation members and community visitors.
• Church Ministries Program A network of more than 30 active ministries serving specific demographics and needs including Youth Department, Singles Ministry, Missionary Society, Deacons, Sunday School, Music, Dance, Prison Ministry, Women's Ministry, Health Ministry, Brotherhood, Couples Ministry, Outreach Ministry, and Collegiate Ministry.
• Youth Ministry

Quantifiable outcome

• Expanded from 1st and 3rd Sunday services in 1940 to multiple weekly services
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• First Baptist Church of Tallahassee: A large, established Baptist congregation in Tallahassee offering Sunday worship, Bible study, and a wide ministry portfolio, directly competing with TMBC for congregants in the same geography. Comparable in scale and program breadth.
• Bethel Missionary Baptist Church (Tallahassee): The mother church from which TMBC's founders departed in 1892; a fellow Missionary Baptist congregation in Tallahassee serving the same African American community with overlapping worship and ministry offerings. Direct historical and operational peer.
• Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church (Tallahassee): Formed in 1939 by members who left TMBC; a similarly named Missionary Baptist congregation operating in the same Tallahassee market with comparable ministry structures and demographics. Most direct local peer.

Regional players

• New Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church: A historic African American Missionary Baptist church in the Tallahassee/North Florida region with comparable worship services, youth and collegiate ministries, and community outreach programs. Regional peer serving an adjacent but overlapping congregation.
• Beulah Missionary Baptist Church: Another Missionary Baptist congregation in the regional Tallahassee/Southeast US footprint with similar conventions, governance, and ministry offerings — useful comparable for benchmarking attendance, giving, and program scale.
• Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church: A Missionary Baptist congregation in the broader North Florida/South Georgia region with comparable worship programming, choir/music focus, and historically Black community engagement. Comparable denomination and ministry structure outside TMBC's immediate city.
• St. Peter Primitive Baptist Church: A historically Black Baptist congregation in North Florida with a similar worship cadence, choir/music emphasis, and community footprint. Comparable denomination, audience, and ministry model in the same regional market.

Emerging players

• Greater Bethel AME Church: An African Methodist Episcopal congregation in the Tallahassee/Leon County area serving a similar demographic with comparable Sunday worship, youth ministry, and community outreach — useful for benchmarking inter-denominational competition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TMBCONLINE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tabernacle-missionary-baptist-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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