Birmingham Metro Baptist Association

What Birmingham Metro Baptist Association does

Birmingham Metro Baptist Association (BMBA) is a voluntary, non-profit cooperative association of 180 Southern Baptist churches serving the Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area. Founded in 1833 as the Canaan Association of United Baptists, the organization coordinates mission work, shared resources, and support services that exceed the capacity of individual member churches. BMBA operates from a single headquarters at 1449 Medical Park Drive, Birmingham, AL, with 11-50 staff members.

The association delivers a portfolio of ministry programs and support services across multiple categories. Core ministry programs include Church Planting & Revitalization, Disaster Relief, Discovery Clubs (children's ministry), Baptist Campus Ministries, Vacation Bible School (Alabama VBS reports ~7,000 annual decisions for Christ), Women's Ministry Network, Food Distribution Ministry, ReMedy (recovery ministry), and the Woman's Missionary Union. Support services include Church Administration Services Help (CASH) — a church bookkeeping and financial management team with seven dedicated staff — Secret Guest Church Consultations, and clergy search committee tools. Digital infrastructure includes an E-GIVING donation platform, podcast, email newsletter, and content resources such as the Acts 1:8 Missions Resource and Church Revitalization Pathway.

BMBA is funded through voluntary cooperative contributions from its 180 member churches and operates as a hub connecting churches with denominational and mission partners including Ministry Safe, Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, Lifeline Children's Services, Sav-A-Life, WorkFaith, and others. The organization has no disclosed revenue, no funding rounds, and no parent company — it is governed collectively by its member churches under the leadership of Executive Director Dr. Chris Crain. There are no proprietary technology products; the association's "technology" layer is limited to its website (bmbaonline.org), digital giving platform, and content distribution channels.

Name

Birmingham Metro Baptist Association

Legal name

Birmingham Metro Baptist Association

Website

https://bmbaonline.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1833

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Birmingham Metro Baptist Association is a non-profit cooperative of 180 Southern Baptist churches in the Birmingham, Alabama metro area, coordinating mission work, administrative support, leadership training, and shared ministry resources since 1833.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Association Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB)

Keywords

• Church association services
• Ministry coordination
• Church administration
• Church revitalization
• Religious nonprofit services

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Member Church Contributions: BMBA is funded through voluntary cooperative contributions from its 180 member Southern Baptist churches. Member churches contribute financially to support the association's operations, mission programs, and staff.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Birmingham Metro Baptist Association is a voluntary cooperative association of 180 Southern Baptist churches in the Birmingham, Alabama metro area that coordinates shared ministry programs, administrative support, and training resources for its members. It delivers church administration services (CASH), church planting and revitalization support, disaster relief coordination, women's and children's ministry networks, food distribution, campus ministry, Vacation Bible School, and consultation/training resources so that individual churches can pursue mission work that exceeds their individual capacity.

Product overview

Birmingham Metro Baptist Association is a voluntary cooperative of 180 Southern Baptist churches providing year-round ministry programs and support services. The association offers a diverse portfolio of church ministry programs including Adopt-A-Station, Discovery Clubs, Vacation Bible School, Disaster Relief, and Women's Ministry Network. Support services include Church Administration Services Help (CASH) for bookkeeping, Church Planting & Revitalization, Secret Guest Church Consultations, and various training resources including Pastors Cohort with Mark Clifton and Church Revitalization Resources. Digital services include E-GIVING, Podcast, and Newsletter. The association also provides downloadable resources like ACTS 1:8 Missions Resource and partners with organizations including Ministry Safe for child protection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adopt-A-Station
• Baptist Campus Ministries
• BMBA Women's Ministry Network
• Church Administration Services Help (CASH)
• Church Planting & Revitalization
• Consultations
• Disaster Relief
• Discovery Clubs
• Food Distribution Ministry
• Mission Dignity
• ReMedy BMBA-affiliated ministry program focused on recovery and restoration.
• Season of Our Savior BMBA seasonal ministry program focused on celebrating and sharing the message of Christ.
• Secret Guest Church Consultation Consultation service in which trained visitors evaluate a member church on guest-friendliness, including website, parking, signage, safety, family ministry, facility navigation, and follow-up processes, and provide recommendations.
• Vacation Bible School (VBS) Annual Vacation Bible School program described as the largest evangelistic effort for Southern Baptists, with approximately 7,000 decisions for Christ reported annually in Alabama.
• Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) BMBA-coordinated missions organization with groups including Women on Mission, Adults on Mission, MyMission, Acteens, Youth on Mission, GA's, RA's, Children in Action, and Mission Friends.
• E-GIVING Electronic giving platform for member churches and supporters to submit donations to BMBA and its ministries.
• Acts 1:8 Missions Resource for Churches Comprehensive downloadable missions resource guide based on Acts 1:8, providing pathways for individual believers, small groups, and congregations to engage in local, regional, and global missions.
• Church Revitalization Resources Downloadable resources including the Church Revitalization Pathway and How to Prepare a Church for Replanting guides for member churches.
• Pastors Search Committee Tools Tools and resources to assist member churches in searching for and selecting new pastors.
• Pastors Cohort with Mark Clifton Training Videos Training videos for pastors through the Pastors Cohort program led by Mark Clifton.
• JobLinks Job searching and employment assistance resources provided through BMBA.
• Helping Churches Be Safer Places Resources to help churches create safer environments, including child protection training delivered in partnership with Ministry Safe.
• Don Barger AI Resources AI-related resources curated and provided through Don Barger to support church ministry work.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ministry SafecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBMBA partners with Ministry Safe, a child protection organization, to reduce the risk of sexual abuse in member churches. BMBA staff are trained through Ministry Safe, and the association helps connect churches with grants for utilizing Ministry Safe services through the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
• Discovery ClubscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiscovery Clubs is an affiliated ministry operating under BMBA's network, providing after-school and summer programs for children. Bill Sears serves as Executive Director, Rachel Moore as Director of Operations, and Carol Gargus as Ministry Coordinator, all connected to BMBA.
• Alabama Baptist State Board of MissionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBMBA works with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, which provides grants for Ministry Safe implementation in member churches. The State Board is the parent denominational entity supporting BMBA's cooperative mission efforts.
• Hope HouseminorOthersPartner organization listed in the BMBA Partner Center, providing services related to the association's mission support network.
• Lifeline Children's ServicesminorOthersPartner organization listed in the BMBA Partner Center, providing adoption and family services within the mission network.
• Sav-A-LifeminorOthersPartner organization listed in the BMBA Partner Center, providing pregnancy support services.
• WorkFaithminorOthersPartner organization listed in the BMBA Partner Center, providing workforce development and faith-based job training.
• PathwaysminorOthersPartner organization listed in the BMBA Partner Center.
• Workers for Christ UnitedminorOthersPartner organization listed in the BMBA Partner Center, providing mission workforce support.
• UnforsakenminorOthersPartner organization listed in the BMBA Partner Center, supporting those affected by trafficking or exploitation.
• Derry R. Johnson Law OfficesminorOthersLegal services partner listed in the BMBA Partner Center, providing consultation services to member churches.
• Woman's Missionary Union (WMU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWMU is a 130+ year-old organization dedicated to making disciples of Jesus who live on mission. BMBA's WMU Director (Pam Thompson) coordinates WMU organizations including Women on Mission, Adults on Mission, Acteens, Youth on Mission, GA's, RA's, Children in Action, and Mission Friends. National WMU headquarters is at 100 Missionary Ridge Drive, Birmingham, AL 35283.
• Alabama WMUcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlabama WMU is an auxiliary to the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions with offices in Prattville, AL. Responsible for Women's Ministry and works cooperatively with other state entities on evangelism for women and ministry to ministers' wives.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Baptist State Convention of North Carolina: State-level Baptist convention in North Carolina operating cooperative church ministries and missions support. Comparable structural role to BMBA's state-level peer in a different geography.
• Kentucky Baptist Convention: State Baptist convention coordinating churches across Kentucky with missions, church planting, and revitalization services. Functional parallel to a state-level peer of BMBA in another geography.

Direct peers

• Atlanta Baptist Association: Regional Southern Baptist association serving the Atlanta metro area with cooperative ministry programs for member churches — the closest functional analog to BMBA in another major Southeastern city.
• Tarrant Baptist Association: Regional Southern Baptist association serving the Fort Worth/Tarrant County area with church planting, revitalization, and cooperative ministry services — directly comparable in mission and structure to BMBA.
• Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions: The state-level Southern Baptist coordinating body in Alabama. Functions as a higher-tier parallel to BMBA, coordinating churches and ministries at the state level; BMBA already partners with this entity.
• Woman's Missionary Union: National auxiliary organization of the Southern Baptist Convention focused on missions education and discipleship. BMBA coordinates WMU activities locally and shares the same denominational mission framework.

Broad incumbents

• North American Mission Board: The Southern Baptist Convention's North American mission agency. Operates broadly across the U.S. and Canada in church planting and missions, providing national-level missional coordination similar to BMBA's regional coordination role.
• Southern Baptist Convention: National denominational body to which BMBA's 180 member churches belong. Provides the broader doctrinal and cooperative framework within which BMBA operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Birmingham.Metro.Baptist.Association
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/birmingham-baptist-association

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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