Ministry Brands, the church software and payments firm that works with tens of thousands of congregations and nonprofits, is packing up its headquarters from Knoxville and setting up shop in Milton in metro Atlanta. The company plans to open a new 6,200-square-foot office at One Deerfield Centre on June 23 and says it will keep operations running in Tennessee while it builds out a larger Atlanta team.
As reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ministry Brands has been based in Knoxville since its founding and will keep a presence there. CEO Chris Bacon told the paper, "At some point, it became obvious that we're all driving three hours to get to Knoxville ... so it just made sense." He framed the shift as a practical response to the company’s growing cluster of executive and technical talent in metro Atlanta.
Why Atlanta?
Atlanta’s long-standing reputation as a payments hub, often nicknamed "Transaction Alley," is a big draw for companies that move large volumes of digital dollars and need specialized fintech talent. According to Georgia.org, the region’s deep fintech ecosystem and talent pipeline have turned metro Atlanta into a go-to base for firms that handle payments at scale.
New Office, New Jobs, Tight Timeline
The Milton location will function as a regional headquarters about three miles north of the Avalon shopping center, with doors set to officially open on June 23. Ministry Brands already has more than 50 employees in the Atlanta area and, according to Bacon, expects to add roughly 50 to 100 jobs in metro Atlanta over the next three to four years, per The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
On its corporate site, Ministry Brands notes that it serves more than 90,000 mission-driven organizations and manages about $6.5 billion in giving each year. The company points to a broad product lineup, including church management software, online giving tools, background checks and web services, all designed to support the financial and operational backbone of congregations and nonprofits. These figures and offerings are outlined on the company’s own materials.
The relocation adds another marker to metro Atlanta’s growing map of payments and fintech employers. As the Milton office comes online, the next few weeks will show how aggressively the company recruits locally. For job seekers and church-tech watchers alike, the smart move might be to keep an eye on Ministry Brands’ postings and any new partnerships that emerge as it expands its Atlanta footprint.
