Case Study: Hermitage Hills Baptist Church boosts community engagement and streamlines ministry with Realm

Hermitage Hills Sees Life Change With Community Engagement Tool

Hermitage Hills, a two‑campus Baptist church in Hermitage, TN (about 700 weekly attendees and 65 staff), needed a way to keep people connected outside Sunday services and to manage events, visitor follow‑up, and discipleship without distracting from ministry. To meet that challenge they adopted Realm’s community engagement tools to help coordinate groups, communications, and outreach.

Realm enabled Hermitage Hills’ LIFE Group Ministry to use Groups for messaging, prayer requests, and event planning, while providing event management and discipleship tracking in one place. The impact has been measurable: 89% of attendees use Realm, the church now runs 427 community groups and has hosted 1,180 events since launch, saving staff time and giving leaders a single dashboard to monitor church health and advance their mission.

Hermitage Hills

Poly Rouse

Senior Pastor