GOLDEN TRIANGLE BAPTIST NETWORK

What GOLDEN TRIANGLE BAPTIST NETWORK does

Golden Triangle Baptist Network (GTBN) is an independent nonprofit religious association of approximately 100 Baptist churches in southeast Texas, headquartered in Beaumont, TX. Its mission is to foster connections that empower the disciple-making potential of every member church. GTBN provides a cooperative platform of ministry support services, including church revitalization consultation (via the ReNew Team), leadership development cohorts (e.g., 'The Flourishing Pastor'), demographic reports, congregational assessments, pastor coaching, church planting support, and youth evangelism events (Hot Hearts, Purpose Week). The organization also partners with external entities such as the North American Mission Board for leadership pipeline training and Bill Glass Behind the Walls for prison ministry.

The organization is structured as a board-led nonprofit overseen by a moderator (Eric House) with Executive Director Jim Turnbo as the primary operational leader. Blake Alling serves as Catalyst for Leadership and Planter Development, and the network employs 1-10 staff supporting 100 member churches through in-person meetings, phone, email, and regional gatherings. Technology footprint is minimal, comprising a website, a YouTube channel, a blog authored by the Executive Director, and a third-party donation portal. Recent strategic activity has centered on church replanting (Central City Baptist Church to Alianza En Marcha, a Spanish-language congregation), Hispanic ministry expansion, and leadership pipeline development.

GTBN's revenue model is based on cooperative giving and voluntary donations from member churches and individuals. All services are provided free of charge to participating churches, including resources that would otherwise retail for $300 (demographic reports, assessments) to $2,000-$8,000 (ReNew Team revitalization consultations). The organization does not publicly disclose revenue, operates from a single office in Beaumont, TX (PO Box 7300, Beaumont, TX 77726), and is governed independently without parent company, private equity, or institutional investor involvement.

Name

GOLDEN TRIANGLE BAPTIST NETWORK

Legal name

Golden Triangle Baptist Network

Website

https://gtbn.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Golden Triangle Baptist Network is a nonprofit association of approximately 100 Baptist churches in southeast Texas that provides free church revitalization, leadership development, church planting support, and youth evangelism programs to its member congregations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Organization Services / Church Network Ministry

NAICS

Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Baptist church network
• Church revitalization consulting
• Leadership development training
• Church planting support
• Pastoral coaching services

Headquarters

HQ city

Beaumont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Cooperative Giving/Donations: GTBN is funded through cooperative contributions and donations from member churches and individuals. The organization provides services free of charge to participating churches, including tools that normally retail for $300 and revitalization consultations valued at $2,000-$8,000.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Golden Triangle Baptist Network (GTBN) is an associational network of approximately 100 Baptist churches in southeast Texas that provides cooperative ministry support services including church revitalization consultation, leadership development cohorts, pastor coaching, demographic reports, congregational assessments, church planting support, and collaborative evangelism events. Services are offered free to participating member churches through cooperative funding from member contributions and donations.

Product overview

The Golden Triangle Baptist Network (GTBN) is not a technology company but rather a cooperative fellowship of approximately 100 Baptist churches in southeast Texas. GTBN provides a unified platform of ministry support services including church revitalization consulting, leadership development training, pastoral coaching, demographic research reports, congregational assessments, youth evangelism programs (Hot Hearts, Purpose Week), prison ministry (Bill Glass Behind the Walls), Disciple Makers University, pastors' cohorts, and church planting support. These services are offered free or at reduced cost to member churches to empower the disciple-making potential of every church.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hot Hearts: Youth ministry event where 430 teens confessed their faith in Christ, with another 25 doing so at Purpose Week.
• Disciple Makers University (DMU)
• Purpose Week
• ReNew Team
• Leadership Pipeline
• Bill Glass Behind the Walls
• Pastors' Cohort

Quantifiable outcome

• 175 persons trained from 17 churches for Sunday School/Small Group ministry
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bill Glass Behind the WallscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 November 2023Annual prison evangelism partnership where GTBN coordinates volunteers from member churches to participate in Day of Champions events at local state prison units. About 170 volunteers gather to share the gospel with inmates through athlete/entertainer testimonies and personal witness. GTBN helps equip Christians for evangelism through hands-on gospel presentation experience.
• North American Mission Board (NAMB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 March 2023GTBN partners with NAMB for the Leadership Development Pipeline to help churches raise the next round of church leaders. Blake Alling serves as GTBN Catalyst for Leadership and Planter Development through this partnership. NAMB provides resources and training for church planters and pastors.
• Westgate Memorial Baptist ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting partner for Central City Replant (Alianza En Marcha) church replanting initiative. Provided ongoing support during facility challenges and replant preparation.
• Rosedale Baptist ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting partner for Central City Replant (Alianza En Marcha) church replanting initiative in Beaumont.
• River City Church, Vancouver WAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew church plant in shared partnership with North End Baptist Church mission team. GTBN supports this cross-regional church planting partnership, learning from their innovative ministry approaches.
• North End Baptist ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost church for Bill Glass Behind the Walls volunteer preparation. Also part of mission team partnership with River City Church, Vancouver WA.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Church Answers: Resource platform providing church consulting, training, and assessment tools to pastors and churches. Adjacent to GTBN's demographic reports and assessment offerings but delivered through a digital/scalable model rather than cooperative giving.

Broad incumbents

• Baptist General Convention of Texas: Another Texas-wide Baptist cooperative organization providing church planting, missions, and ministry support to affiliated churches. Comparable to GTBN in mission focus but operating at state-wide scale with much larger staff and budget.
• North American Mission Board (NAMB): National SBC missions entity that funds and coordinates church planting across North America. GTBN's strategic partner but also a broader incumbent providing similar leadership pipeline and planter development services at national scale.
• Southern Baptists of Texas Convention: State-level Southern Baptist cooperative body serving Texas Baptist churches with missions, church planting, and ministry support. Operates one tier above GTBN in the SBC structure and provides overlapping church planting and revitalization services at greater scale and across more regions.

Direct peers

• Association of Related Churches (ARC): Cooperative association of independent churches providing church planting, revitalization, and peer support. Operates a comparable associational network model with shared services for member congregations.
• Converge: Baptist-rooted church planting movement that organizes networks of affiliated churches for cooperative missions, church planting, and leadership development. Closest structural analogue to GTBN at a national scale, with similar 'network of churches' cooperative model.
• Acts 29: International network of evangelical churches focused on church planting, church health, and leadership development. Operates as a membership association of churches with cooperative resourcing, paralleling GTBN's associational network model.
• SEND Network: Church planting network affiliated with the North American Mission Board that catalyzes and resources church plants through regional coordinators. Direct strategic analogue to GTBN's role as a regional implementation node.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@goldentrianglebaptistnetwo609
• Facebookfacebook.com/goldentrianglebaptistnetwork
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/golden-triangle-baptist-network

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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