Twin Lakes Baptist Church

What Twin Lakes Baptist Church does

Twin Lakes Baptist Church (operating as Twin Lakes Church) is a nonprofit religious organization based in Aptos, California, founded in 1891. The church operates multiple weekly worship services, including a Spanish-language service branded "TLC en Español," and runs an extensive ministry portfolio spanning children's programs, student ministries, men's and women's groups, recovery groups, and a preschool. It also operates a food pantry as a community outreach function.

The church's core "products" are religious content and community programming — including recurring sermon series (e.g., "Fully Alive"), small-group Bible studies (e.g., "Flawed Follower"), daily devotionals ("Great Start"), and video devotionals distributed via digital and SMS channels. Content distribution is augmented through a partnership with RightNow Media, providing on-demand video library access to congregants. The underlying technology stack is standard church-website and content-delivery infrastructure; there is no proprietary platform or disclosed technical architecture.

The business model is donation-based: revenue is generated through congregational tithes and offerings, supplemented by limited earned income from preschool operations and any facility-related activities. There is no commercial pricing model, no external customer segment, and no disclosed earned-income diversification beyond the preschool. The go-to-market is local and relational, with outreach concentrated in the Aptos and broader Santa Cruz County market.

Name

Twin Lakes Baptist Church

Legal name

Twin Lakes Church

Website

https://www.tlc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1891

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Twin Lakes Baptist Church is a nonprofit religious organization in Aptos, California, founded in 1891, offering multi-service worship programming, children's and student ministries, Bible studies, a preschool, and community outreach to local congregants and families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311)

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 & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI)

Keywords

• Worship services
• Bible study programs
• Small group ministry
• Pastoral care
• Spiritual community

Headquarters

HQ city

Aptos

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Tithes: Twin Lakes Church is entirely supported by member generosity through donations and tithes. The church offers multiple giving options including online giving through their website.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Twin Lakes Church is a nonprofit Christian church providing weekly worship services, biblical teaching, small group community, pastoral care, and outreach programs. Core offerings include in-person and livestreamed weekend services (Saturdays at 5pm, Sundays at 9am and 11am), Spanish-language services, a Small Groups ministry, daily video devotionals, a catalog of original Bible study series with companion books, and an extensive Care Ministry covering grief, cancer, divorce, mental health, benevolence, and senior support.

Product overview

Twin Lakes Church offers a multi-layered ministry portfolio centered on in-person worship services (Saturdays 5pm, Sundays 9am & 11am) supplemented by digital products. Core offerings include weekly sermon messages (available via livestream and on-demand), the Video Devotionals series (daily short videos with text subscription), and Small Groups Ministry (in-person and online Bible study groups). The church publishes Bible Study Series with accompanying books dating back to 2009 (The Hope Experience) through 2025 (Fully Alive), including signature studies like God Is, Flawed Follower, and Chasing David. Supporting services include Care Ministry Programs (cancer support, grief support, benevolence), Prayer Ministry, and Volunteer Opportunities spanning local outreach, global missions, and community care. Bilingual offerings include Spanish-language services and full Spanish website at /es.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weekend Worship Services In-person Christian worship services held weekly on Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am at the Aptos, CA campus; includes Spanish-language services on Sundays at 11am. Services are open to the general community and families at no charge.
• Sermons (Livestream and On-Demand Video) Weekly sermon messages delivered during weekend services, available as livestream and on-demand video recordings covering various Bible study series. Accessed by congregants and the broader community via the church website.
• Video Devotionals (Video Devos) Daily short-form video devotional content published on weekdays, featuring church staff providing spiritual encouragement and Bible reflections. Available via text subscription (Text TLC to 833-568-8069) and through the online video devotionals archive.
• Small Groups Ministry Community groups of 8-12 people meeting in homes, online, or on campus for Bible study, fellowship, and mutual support. Led by trained facilitators with various Bible studies available.
• Bible Study Series and Books Curated sermon-based study series with accompanying devotional books and study guides, sold via Amazon. Historical series include God Is (2011), Grace Immersion (2010), The Hope Experience (2009), Jesus Journey (2012), Faith Building (2013), Acts Odyssey (2016), Richer Life (2017), Miracle Grow (2018), Chasing David (2019), Faith Forward (2021), You'll Get Through This (2022), Explore God (2023), Flawed Follower (2024), Great Start (2025), and Fully Alive (2025).
• Care Ministry Programs Pastoral care programs including ADHD Support Group, Benevolence (emergency financial assistance), Cancer Support Group, Divorce Care, Driving Angels (medical appointment transportation), Family Grace Group (family member support), GriefShare, HomeAid, Living Grace Group, Prayer Ministry, Sonshine Meals, Stephen Ministry, Through It All (grief support), Together: Caregivers in Community, and Visitation.
• Prayer Ministry Prayer request submission system with weekly prayer sheet distributed to the congregation, supported by a dedicated prayer team for spiritual support.
• Volunteer Programs Volunteer opportunities including Adult Ministry-Hospitality, Care Team, Emergency Response Team, First Impressions Team, Local Outreach (People's Pantry, Showers for the Unhoused), Small Group Facilitators, Special Events, and Global Outreach mission trips.
• TLC en Español (Spanish-Language Ministry) Spanish-language worship services on Sundays at 11am, full Spanish-language website navigation at tlc.org/es, and Spanish-language volunteer opportunities for Spanish-speaking congregants.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bayside Church: Large multi-campus evangelical church headquartered in Granite Bay, California, with comparable worship-service cadence, small-groups model, and multi-channel digital content distribution. Operates in the same California regional market with a similar comprehensive care-and-discipleship ministry portfolio.
• North Coast Church: Southern California evangelical multi-campus church with similar Saturday-evening/Sunday-morning service cadence, online sermon library, small-groups ministry, and care/support programs. Closely comparable in ministry structure, scale, and regional California context.
• Watermark Community Church: Large Texas-based non-denominational church known for an unusually broad care ministry portfolio (re:covery, re:gen, re|engage) that closely parallels Twin Lakes' Divorce Care, GriefShare, and benevolence programs. Comparable in offering depth rather than regional geography.
• Cross Point Church: Nashville-area evangelical church with comparable multi-site worship cadence, small-groups ministry, care programs, and digital devotional content distribution. Closely aligned in ministry breadth, scale, and operational model.

Broad incumbents

• North Point Community Church: Atlanta-area evangelical church (Andy Stanley) recognized for pioneering small-groups strategy, sermon-based digital content distribution, and ministry resources distributed externally. Represents a scaled-up version of Twin Lakes' ministry model with broader brand reach.
• Saddleback Church: Historically prominent Southern Baptist-affiliated church in Lake Forest, California, with extensive care ministries, global mission programs, and Spanish-language services. Comparable denomination-adjacent positioning and California footprint, though at significantly larger scale.
• Church of the Highlands: One of the largest churches in the US, operating a multi-site model with comprehensive care ministries, video-driven teaching distribution, and small-groups programs. Provides a scaled blueprint of Twin Lakes' ministry architecture and digital strategy.
• Elevation Church: Charlotte, NC-based evangelical church that built a national brand primarily through digital sermon and devotional content distribution. Closely analogous to Twin Lakes' YouTube/text-message devotional strategy but at a national media-ministry scale.

Others

• People's Pantry / Showers of Hope (Salvation Army): Faith-based nonprofit operator of community food-pantry and shower services for the unhoused — categories Twin Lakes also operates through its Local Outreach team. Relevant ecosystem peer for the social-service adjacency rather than direct worship competition.
• RightNow Media: Video-based Bible study streaming platform that Twin Lakes integrates with for member Bible study content. Functions as an enabling infrastructure peer rather than a competitor, but illustrates the broader digital-ministry ecosystem Twin Lakes participates in.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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