Bedrock Church Franklin Co.

What Bedrock Church Franklin Co. does

Bedrock Church Franklin Co. operates as Journey Church, a Christian nonprofit church community based in Brentwood, Tennessee, with its sole campus at 1600 Wilson Pike. The organization delivers weekly worship gatherings on Sundays at 9am and 11am in both in-person and online formats, alongside mid-week student programming and dedicated children's ministry (JKids for birth through 5th grade, and Students for 6th through 12th grade). Pastoral care is delivered through a dedicated Care Pastor, supported by an executive team including a Lead Pastor, Teaching Pastor, Worship Pastor, and Communications lead. Community engagement is anchored in an ecosystem of nonprofit partnerships addressing homelessness (Room In The Inn), counseling (The Refuge Center), refugee services (Legacy Mission Village), racial equity (The Public), addiction recovery (IC13-related), and outreach to women in the adult entertainment industry (Scarlet Hope Nashville).

The organization's revenue model is built primarily on voluntary tithes and offerings from congregants, framed by the church as "an act of resistance against consumerism." Giving infrastructure accepts one-time and recurring donations, Venmo transfers, and stock donations, with contributions processed through the Church Center platform. Secondary revenue streams include transaction-based income from event registrations and space rental of the Brentwood facility for external community events. Distribution is multi-channel: in-person gatherings at the Brentwood campus, livestream via sermoncloud.com and YouTube, podcast syndication on Apple Podcasts and Spotify (Journey NOW, Journey on My Mind, and Journey Church feeds), and a weekly email newsletter.

Journey Church's underlying technology is entirely composed of off-the-shelf platforms — a Squarespace-hosted website, Church Center for community/registration/giving workflows, YouTube for video, and standard podcast hosting — with no proprietary software, no AI/ML capabilities, no API offerings, and no commercial technology products. The entity holds no patents or trademarks and operates as a private nonprofit with no external investors, parent company, funding rounds, or M&A activity.

Name

Bedrock Church Franklin Co.

Legal name

Journey Church

Website

https://journeytn.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bedrock Church Franklin Co. (dba Journey Church) is a Brentwood, Tennessee-based Christian nonprofit offering weekly worship gatherings, children's and student ministries, pastoral care, community service partnerships, and faith-focused podcasts to the greater Nashville community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Religious organization services
• Worship gatherings
• Community ministry programs
• Faith-based education
• Pastoral counseling services

Headquarters

HQ city

Brentwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary donations from congregants including one-time monetary gifts and recurring donations. The church practices generosity as a core value, encouraging financial giving as an act of resistance against consumerism.
2. Event Registration: Revenue from church events, student activities, and community gatherings.
3. Space Rental: Journey Church rents out its facility for events, generating revenue from external bookings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Bedrock Church Franklin Co., operating as Journey Church, is a Christian church based in Franklin, Tennessee that delivers weekly worship gatherings, age-specific ministries for children, students, and adults, small group discipleship programs, pastoral care, and community service initiatives. The organization supplements in-person ministry with digital content including podcasts and online giving, and additionally offers its physical facilities for third-party space rental.

Product overview

Bedrock Church Franklin Co. (operating as Journey Church) is a religious organization that provides spiritual community services, including weekly worship gatherings, children's and student ministries, pastoral care, community service programs, and multimedia content through podcasts and online message archives. The organization does not offer commercial technology products or software services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Gatherings Weekly in-person Christian worship services held at Journey Church's campus locations in Franklin and surrounding Middle Tennessee communities. Designed for individuals and families seeking corporate worship and biblical teaching.
• Journey Kids (JKids) Children's Ministry Age-specific children's ministry program for kids, led by Claire McCann (Journey Kids Pastor), designed to provide faith formation and age-appropriate biblical teaching for children of church attendees.
• Student Ministry Youth ministry program for middle and high school students, led by Robert Gonzalez (Student Pastor), focused on adolescent spiritual formation and discipleship.
• Pastoral Care and Counseling Pastoral care and counseling services led by Sam Barnhart (Care Pastor), providing spiritual guidance, support during life crises, and counseling to church members and attendees.
• Journey NOW Podcast Digital podcast offering produced by Journey Church, distributing ministry content and teachings to a broader audience beyond the in-person congregation.
• Journey on My Mind Podcast Second podcast offering from Journey Church, providing additional faith-based content and teaching for online listeners.
• Space Rental Rental of Journey Church's physical facilities to third-party event organizers for weddings, conferences, and community gatherings, providing a venue-based revenue stream outside congregational giving.
• Small Groups Small group discipleship and community formation programs designed for members to engage in deeper relational ministry and Bible study outside of Sunday gatherings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Weekly gatherings at 9am and 11am with both in-person and online attendance options
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Legacy Mission VillagecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Founded by Rwandan refugees for refugees from around the world, Legacy Mission Village provides education and skills training including English language, citizenship, life skills classes, homework help, college planning and social activities for youth. Journey volunteers teach classes and beginning in mid-2025 will provide financial support.
• Room In The InncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoom In The Inn helps those who call the streets of Nashville home with programs for shelter, recovery, self-help, work and human development. Journey currently donates $500 each month towards Room In The Inn's programs and volunteers in the Winter Shelter program during cold months.
• The Refuge CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Refuge Center for Counseling offers affordable, professional counseling services to empower, educate and support individuals, couples and families in need. Journey currently provides $500 of support per month and hosts community events focusing on teen and child mental health.
• IC13coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIC13 brings clean water, sanitation, housing, food, clothing, medical care, education and micro enterprise through mission trips throughout Europe, Africa, North America and Central America. Founded and run by Ty Hasty, a Journey community member and former Elder. In 2022, Journey's combined donations to IC13 and missionary Jen Radler amounted to $7,000.
• The PubliccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Public provides education, interaction, advocacy and action so that Middle Tennessee communities experience racial healing, equity and justice. Journey attends monthly events, serves at local events like Porch Talks and the Annual Juneteenth Festival. In 2022, Journey had $5,000 allocated in support of The Public's programs.
• Scarlet Hope NashvilleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerScarlet Hope exists to share the love of Jesus with women in the adult entertainment industry. Teams serve dinner and build emotionally safe relationships on Thursday nights. Journey helps bless mothers with gift cards, meals and pantry items for Mother's Day.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cross Point Church: Nashville-area non-denominational church with multiple campuses, contemporary teaching, and digital media presence. Comparable in theological posture, programming structure, and target demographic to Journey Church.
• The Belonging Co: Non-denominational Christian church based in Nashville with a similar contemporary worship style, multi-generational programming, and digital content footprint. Operates in the same Brentwood/Nashville market and targets a comparable demographic.
• Brentwood Baptist Church: Large Southern Baptist church headquartered in Brentwood, TN — the immediate local peer. Offers comparable children's, student, and adult ministries, multiple Sunday gatherings, and community-service partnerships.
• Ethos Church: Nashville-based non-denominational church with a center-set, grace-oriented theology similar to Journey's positioning. Operates community-focused ministries and contemporary worship in the same metro market.

Others

• Church Center: SaaS platform Journey Church already uses for events, groups, giving, and serving registrations. Comparable only as an enabling technology provider in the church operations stack — useful peer for understanding Journey's distribution infrastructure rather than as a ministry competitor.

Regional players

• Church of the Highlands: Large multi-campus non-denominational church based in Birmingham, AL. Operates a similar contemporary, multi-generational model with strong digital content and community-service programs; comparable structure but different geography.
• Elevation Church: Steven Furtick-led multi-site non-denominational church originally based in Charlotte, NC. Comparable contemporary worship, podcast/media output, and student/youth ministry emphasis; serves a different primary geography.
• North Point Church: Andy Stanley-led multi-campus non-denominational church in metro Atlanta. Comparable in teaching-driven contemporary model, digital media investment, and multi-generational ministry programming, though at significantly larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Vineyard Church: Network of Vineyard congregations with shared theology, contemporary worship, and emphasis on community and service. Comparable in non-denominational identity, communal practices, and small-group-driven ministry model.
• Saddleback Church: Large established Southern California-based non-denominational church with extensive small-groups, global missions, and pastoral-care programming. Comparable in scale of ministry portfolio and community-service orientation, though multi-site and more established.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@JourneyChurchTN
• Instagraminstagram.com/journey_yth
• Facebookfacebook.com/journeychurchtn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/journey-church-franklin

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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