West Florida Baptist Church

What West Florida Baptist Church does

West Florida Baptist Church (WFBC) is a non-profit Baptist church headquartered in Milton, Florida, founded as Stewart Street Baptist Church on July 8, 1973, with ten charter members. Relocated to its current Highway 90 campus in 1987 and operating under Senior Pastor Mike Brown since 2016, the church delivers a multi-generational ministry ecosystem spanning nursery through senior adults, including age-segmented programs (Children's Ministry, Awana clubs, Inspired Teen Ministry, Young Adults, Adult Connect Groups), specialized support ministries (Coming Clean Recovery faith-based 12-step addiction program, GriefShare 13-week grief support, Covenant Tactics for military and first responders), and a wholly-owned K3-12 private school, West Florida Baptist Academy. The church also supports 62 missionaries across 6 continents through prayer and financial partnership under a Faith Promise Giving model.

The organization distributes its services through three Sunday services and Wednesday evening programming at its Milton campus, supplemented by digital channels including a YouTube sermon archive, a mobile app (WFBC App) for community and giving, weekly email newsletter, and an Instagram presence for the teen ministry. The church does not operate a proprietary technology platform; its website is built on SnapPages and its mobile app is third-party-hosted. The Coming Clean 5K annual fundraiser at Riverwalk Park and the Coming Clean Recovery program serve as the principal community engagement and outreach vehicles.

WFBC is funded principally through voluntary tithes and offerings (online, in-person, and mail), supplemented by event fundraising such as the Coming Clean 5K (sponsorship tiers ranging from $100 Vendor to $1,000 Platinum) and donations to support the Coming Clean Recovery program. Most programs are free to participants. The church is privately governed by pastoral leadership and a deacon/board structure; there are no external investors, private equity, or public shareholders. Record high church attendance and school enrollment are reported under current leadership, with major campus improvement projects described as underway for future expansion.

Name

West Florida Baptist Church

Legal name

West Florida Baptist Church

Website

https://westfloridabaptist.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

West Florida Baptist Church is a non-profit Baptist church in Milton, Florida, founded 1973, serving a multi-generational congregation through worship, age-specific ministries, recovery and grief support, and a K3-12 academy, funded primarily by voluntary tithes and offerings.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Milton

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: The primary revenue stream for the church comes from voluntary tithes and offerings from church members and attendees. Members are encouraged to give financially as an act of worship, with the church emphasizing that 'God is generous and so he calls us to be as well.'
2. Coming Clean Recovery Program Donations: The 6th Annual Coming Clean 5K event raises funds to support the church's faith-based addiction recovery program, with 100% of race profits going to support the Coming Clean Recovery Program.
3. Special Event Fundraising: The church conducts occasional fundraising events and accepts sponsorship for events like the Coming Clean 5K, which offers various sponsorship tiers from $100 (Vendor) to $1,000 (Platinum).

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Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

West Florida Baptist Church is an independent Baptist church that provides weekly worship services, age-specific ministry programs (children, teens, young adults, adults, seniors), faith-based support ministries including addiction recovery and grief counseling, global missions support, and digital engagement tools (mobile app, online giving, sermon streaming). The church is supported by voluntary tithes and offerings from members and attendees and operates a Christian academy as an adjacent subsidiary.

Product overview

West Florida Baptist Church offers a multi-platform ministry ecosystem centered on in-person worship services and digital engagement tools. The core digital product is the WFBC App for mobile community connectivity and giving, supplemented by online sermon streaming via YouTube and an online giving portal. The church's programmatic offerings are organized into distinct ministry tracks: Children's Ministry (nursery through 5th grade with Children's Church and Awana clubs), Inspired Teen Ministry (grades 6-12 with Wednesday programming and D-Groups), Young Adults Ministry (college/career), and Adult Connect Groups (divided by life stage and interest). The small group system includes Connect Groups, Discipleship Groups (D-Groups), Serve Groups, and Prayer Groups. Specialized support ministries encompass Coming Clean Recovery (faith-based addiction program), GriefShare (grief support), and World Missions (supporting 62 missionaries globally). New member onboarding is facilitated through the Starting Point three-week course. Annual events like the Coming Clean 5K provide community outreach and fundraising.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Inspired Teen Ministry: Youth ministry program for middle school and high school students focusing on helping teenagers own their faith
• Coming Clean Recovery
• GriefShare
• Awana
• Men in the Gap Men's Ministry
• Walk Worthy Women's Ministry
• WFBC App

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services Three Sunday morning worship services at 8:00am, 9:30am, and 11:00am, plus Wednesday evening services at 6:00pm at the Milton, FL campus. Open to all community members regardless of background.
• Children's Ministry Age-appropriate spiritual development program for children from nursery through 5th grade, including nursery services, Children's Church, and Awana clubs on Wednesday evenings.
• Inspired Teen Ministry Middle and high school ministry (grades 6-12) featuring Wednesday evening programs at The AUX and The Loft, plus D-Groups for discipleship and seasonal missions trips.
• Young Adults Ministry College and career-age ministry with Connect Groups meeting on Wednesdays and Sundays, focused on authentic Christian living grounded in biblical truth.
• Adult Connect Groups Small group ministry divided by life stage and interest (Senior Adults, Married, Men, Women, Young Married, GriefShare, etc.) meeting at various times to build Christian community through fellowship and Bible study.
• Coming Clean Recovery (CCR) Free, faith-based 12-step addiction recovery and discipleship program meeting Fridays at 7pm, combining biblical truth with practical life tools and supportive community for lasting transformation.
• GriefShare 13-week Christ-centered grief recovery program offered spring and fall on Wednesday evenings, providing fellowship and support for adults dealing with loss of a loved one.
• Awana Clubs Wednesday evening discipleship program for children ages 0-5th grade featuring Puggles, Cubbies, Sparks, and Truth & Training tracks with games, Bible teaching, and small group handbook work.
• Starting Point Three-week introductory course taught by Pastor Mike and Alana Brown covering church history, values, core beliefs, and next steps for new members considering church membership.
• World Missions Global missions program supporting 62 missionaries across 6 continents through prayer and financial giving, with Faith Promise Giving practices for mission partnership.
• WFBC App Mobile application enabling church members to connect with groups and leaders, share prayer requests, and manage one-time or recurring giving directly from their devices.
• Online Giving Digital tithes and offerings platform providing online giving, in-person giving stations, and mail-in check options for church members to support ministry operations.
• Sermon Streaming YouTube-based video streaming of weekly worship services, making all sermons available for on-demand viewing by church members and the public.
• Coming Clean 5K Annual fundraising race held at Riverwalk Park in Milton to raise awareness and support for the Coming Clean Recovery program, featuring multiple sponsorship tiers and race-day activities.
• West Florida Baptist Academy Christian school offering K3 through high school education as an adjacent operating subsidiary of West Florida Baptist Church.

Quantifiable outcome

• 62 missionaries supported globally
• +1 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• North Point Community Church: Evangelical church in Alpharetta, GA founded by Andy Stanley built around a small-groups strategy and modern digital engagement. Directly analogous to WFBC's Connect Groups architecture and sermon-streaming approach, useful as a model for programmatic expansion.
• Bellevue Baptist Church: Historic Southern Baptist megachurch in Memphis, TN with an affiliated K-12 Christian school and extensive missions footprint. Compares closely to WFBC along SBC heritage, academy ownership, and missions emphasis, although at a far larger congregational scale.
• Watermark Community Church: Non-denominational evangelical church in Plano, TX renowned for its small-group (D-Groups) discipleship model. Directly comparable to WFBC's Connect Groups, D-Groups, Serve Groups, and Prayer Groups structure, offering a benchmark for how that small-group system can scale disciple-making engagement.
• Cross Church: Southern Baptist multisite church based in Northwest Arkansas with a network of campuses and strong discipleship/small-group focus. Comparable as a multisite SBC congregation building programming around small groups and missions — a relevant peer for what WFBC could evolve into if expanding beyond the Milton campus.
• Saddleback Church: Southern Baptist-aligned megachurch in Lake Forest, CA known for extensive small-group, recovery, and community ministry programs. Directly comparable denominationally and programmatically, though at substantially larger scale, providing a benchmark for how WFBC's programmatic mix (recovery, life-stage groups, missions) could mature.
• Prestonwood Baptist Church: Large SBC church in Plano, TX with extensive children's, youth, recovery, and missions programming. Comparable SBC denomination, life-stage ministry breadth, and global missions support — though at a much larger congregational scale.
• Elevation Church: SBC-affiliated multisite church founded by Steven Furtick in Charlotte, NC with strong digital content, music, and youth programming. Compares along SBC-affiliated heritage, digital-first content strategy, and youth ministry emphasis (paralleling WFBC's Inspired Teen Ministry).
• Church of the Highlands: Large evangelical multisite church in Birmingham, AL with an emphasis on small groups, outreach, and missions support. Comparable evangelical programming model and life-stage ministry structure, though at materially larger scale than WFBC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@WestFloridaBaptistChurch
• Instagraminstagram.com/inspiredteenministry
• Facebookfacebook.com/westfloridabaptistchurch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/west-florida-baptist-church

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Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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