Woodbury First United Methodist Church

What Woodbury First United Methodist Church does

First United Methodist Church of Woodbury is a non-profit religious organization affiliated with the United Methodist Church denomination, headquartered at 502 West High Street in Woodbury, Tennessee. Founded in 1814 when the first log church house was built in Cannon County, with regular Methodist services held on the present site from 1820 and the current brick building constructed in 1845, the church has sustained continuous ministry in the same location for over 200 years. It operates under the pastoral leadership of Reverend David Lilley with a staff of approximately 28 employees.

The church delivers a core portfolio of faith-based programs anchored by weekly Sunday Morning Worship at 10:57 am (blending traditional and modern elements) and Sunday School classes running from 9:45 am to 10:30 am for all ages from Pre-K through Seniors. Additional core offerings include Wednesday evening youth programs (5:00–6:30 pm), a not-for-profit Cannon Outreach & Thrift Store at 214 S. McCrary St., and Compassionate Ministries encompassing nursing home visits, the Blessings in a Backpack food program for school children, the Prayer Shawl Ministry, and short-term mission projects. Its technology footprint is minimal and consumer-facing only: an E-zekiel-powered website with a multimedia collection, a Facebook presence (including a dedicated youth page), embedded Google Maps, and the Vanco e-Service Payments platform for secure online giving.

The operating model is a traditional donation-funded non-profit: revenue is generated through in-person tithes, online giving via Vanco, and proceeds from the thrift store (all of which are directed to S.A.V.E., a domestic-abuse support organization, and the Cannon Food Backpack Program). The church serves a single geographic customer segment — individuals and families in Woodbury and Cannon County — and channels activity through the United Methodist Church network, the Cannon County School System, and local community organizations. No revenue figures, memberships, or institutional financial details are publicly disclosed.

Name

Woodbury First United Methodist Church

Legal name

First United Methodist Church of Woodbury

Website

https://woodburyumctn.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1814

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Woodbury First United Methodist Church is a 200-plus-year-old non-profit United Methodist congregation in Woodbury, Tennessee, serving local community members through Sunday worship, Sunday School, youth programs, and the Cannon Outreach & Thrift Store, funded by tithes, online donations, and thrift store proceeds directed to local social-service partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Community Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Educational Services (61)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Christian education programs
• Community outreach ministries
• Youth ministry programs
• Thrift store operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodbury

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

First United Methodist Church of Woodbury provides weekly Christian worship services, Sunday School classes for all ages from Pre-K to Seniors, youth programs, and various community outreach ministries. The church operates a thrift store whose proceeds support domestic abuse victims and food backpack programs for school children. It also offers online tithes and donations through a secure giving platform.

Product overview

First United Methodist Church of Woodbury offers a unified set of faith-based programs and community services centered around weekly worship and Christian education. The core offerings include Sunday Morning Worship Services at 10:57 am (traditional with blended modern worship) and Sunday School Classes for all ages from Pre-K to Seniors. The church operates Youth Programs on Wednesday evenings and the Cannon Outreach & Thrift Store as a not-for-profit benefitting domestic abuse victims and food programs. Additional Compassionate Ministries include nursing home visits, food bank work, backpack programs, prayer shawl ministry, and mission projects. Digital services include Multi-Media Collection for sermons and events, and Online Giving through Vanco e-Service Payments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Morning Worship Service
• Sunday School Classes
• Youth Programs
• Cannon Outreach & Thrift Store
• Compassionate Ministries

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• S.A.V.E. (Victims of Domestic Abuse)coreOthersAll proceeds from the Cannon Outreach & Thrift Store benefit S.A.V.E., an organization supporting victims of domestic abuse in the community.
• Cannon Food Backpack ProgramcoreOthersAll proceeds from the Cannon Outreach & Thrift Store support the Cannon Food Backpack Program, which provides food bags for school children.
• Community Food BankminorOthersThe church participates in rotating volunteer work at the Community Food Bank as part of its compassionate ministry outreach.
• United Methodist CommunicationsminorOthersProvides the UpperRoom Daily Devotional resource for church members as part of the United Methodist Church network.
• Rethink ChurchminorOthersAn initiative of United Methodist Communications encouraging fresh expressions of church and missional engagement.
• Cannon County School SystemminorOthersChurch youth programs coordinate with the school schedule, and the Blessings in a Backpack program serves school children.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Habitat for Humanity International: A faith-based community nonprofit with comparable roots in compassionate ministry and community-driven service delivery. Shares the model of donor-supported outreach programs, though focused on housing rather than food/clothing assistance.
• Catholic Charities USA: A national faith-based social services network delivering food, shelter, and family support. Directly comparable to the church's Compassionate Ministries (food bank, backpack programs, domestic abuse support via S.A.V.E.), though at network scale.
• Goodwill Industries International: The dominant nonprofit thrift-store operator in the U.S. Directly comparable to the Cannon Outreach & Thrift Store operating model, with proceeds funding community programs. Occupies the same nonprofit-retail category at massive scale.
• Salvation Army: A national faith-based nonprofit that operates thrift stores (directly analogous to the Cannon Outreach & Thrift Store) and runs community programs such as food assistance and disaster relief. Comparable in the thrift-store-funded social services model, though far larger geographically.

Others

• United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR): The United Methodist Church's global humanitarian aid and disaster relief agency. A direct denominational sibling and resource provider that shares the same UMC governance structure and mission orientation, though operating at a relief/grantmaking scale.
• United Methodist Church (General): The overarching UMC denomination that provides governance, credentialing, and resource infrastructure to local congregations like Woodbury First UMC. Functions as the umbrel

Direct peers

• Presbyterian Church (USA): A Mainline Protestant denomination with a comparable worship and education model, similar congregational autonomy, and overlapping social-justice orientation. Congregations serve comparable demographics and face similar opportunity/threat profiles in small-town America.
• Church of the Nazarene: A Wesleyan-Holiness denomination sharing theological roots with Methodism. Comparable in mainstream Protestant worship model, congregational structure, and emphasis on compassionate ministry, though organized as a separate denomination.
• Episcopal Church: Another Mainline Protestant denomination offering a structured liturgical worship model that directly competes for the same congregations seeking traditional but blended services. Comparable in community-outreach orientation and denominational resource structures.
• First United Methodist Church Nashville: Tennessee's flagship United Methodist congregation operating under the same UMC denomination with a similar mission of worship, Christian education, and community outreach. Comparable in faith tradition, Methodist governance, and denominational resource access, though significantly larger in scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/144521088959715
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/woodbury-first-united-methodist-church

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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