The Association of Related Churches (ARC)

Name

The Association of Related Churches (ARC)

Legal name

Association of Related Churches

Website

https://arcchurches.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Nonprofit / Church Planting Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

Keywords

• Church planting services
• Church planter training
• Ministry coaching
• Church network cooperative
• Non-denominational church support

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Tithes from Member Churches: ARC operates as a non-profit ministry funded primarily through donations from churches and individuals. The organization states that 100% of giving goes toward planting new churches, with overhead and administrative expenses covered by the generosity of the ARC Lead Team.
2. Church Planter Funding Matching: ARC matches dollar-for-dollar the first $50,000 raised by church planters toward their launch. This creates a cycle where planted churches reinvest funds back into ARC through their missions giving, supporting subsequent church planters.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ARC is a non-profit cooperative of independent churches that provides church planters with comprehensive support spanning in-person training events, online curriculum (All Access), one-on-one coaching from Launch Coaches, dollar-for-dollar funding matching up to $50,000, and a relational community across a network of 1,200+ planted churches in the U.S. and abroad. The organization also runs annual events (ARC Conference, regional Gather meetings), a global Serve Day outreach initiative, and curated partnerships with service providers for church planters.

Product overview

ARC operates as a cooperative church-planting organization offering a multi-layered portfolio centered on training, coaching, funding, and community for church planters. Its core offerings include the ARC Launch Event (in-person training), All Access by ARC (online training platform), ARC Conference (annual flagship event), Serve Day (global outreach initiative), UNSCRIPTED Podcast (media content), Find a Church Map (church discovery tool), and Global Networks (regional international hubs). Supplementary programs include The Next One Campaign (fundraising initiative) and ARC Resource Partners (recommended service providers). The ecosystem is designed to guide church planters from initial training through launch and ongoing support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Next One Campaign: A campaign to fund and support church planting initiatives globally, emphasizing relationship, generosity, and sustainability.
• Serve Day
• UNSCRIPTED
• ARC Launch
• All Access by ARC
• ARC Women
• ARC Conference

Products and services

• ARC Launch Event

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,214 churches planted since 2000
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

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 major, core and minor.

• Convoy of HopemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMomentum Partner that invests in ARC at a pivotal level to move the mission forward. Convoy of Hope focuses on global missions and outreach, providing resources and support for church planting efforts.
• Global Teen ChallengemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMomentum Partner supporting ARC's mission through global outreach programs and resources for church planting.
• OneHopemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMomentum Partner providing global missions and outreach resources in partnership with ARC.
• The Church LawyerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic Resource Partner providing legal services and expertise to ARC churches. Offers a special ARC discount on Client Membership Program.
• Goff CompaniescoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic Resource Partner in Architecture & Venues category, providing church design and construction services to ARC churches.
• Hand of HopecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic Resource Partner in Global Missions & Outreach category, supporting ARC's outreach efforts.
• Master's Plan Church Design & ConstructioncoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic Resource Partner providing architecture and venue services for church plants.
• Planning CentercoreTechnology or IntegrationPlanting Resource Partner providing planning and organizational technology tools for churches. Listed in Apps & Technology category with special offers for ARC members.
• Highlands CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Partner in Schools & Colleges category, providing educational resources for church leaders.
• ARC BrazilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal network partner operating independently in Brazil (arcchurches.com.br), establishing churches and supporting ARC's mission internationally.
• ARC CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal network partner operating independently in Canada (arcchurches.ca), establishing churches and supporting ARC's mission internationally.
• ARC EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal network partner operating independently in Europe (arcchurcheseurope.com), establishing churches and supporting ARC's mission internationally.
• ARC Southern AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal network partner operating independently in Southern Africa (arcchurches.co.za), establishing churches and supporting ARC's mission internationally.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Church Multiplication Network: Church Multiplication Network is a church planting cooperative focused on multiplying disciple-making churches through assessment, training, and coaching — closely aligned with ARC's Launch training and regional Gather events model. It serves a similar church planter persona in the US.
• Acts 29 Network: Acts 29 is a global church planting network that recruits, trains, assesses, and coaches church planters — directly mirroring ARC's core model of resourcing independent church planters with training, coaching, and community. It is one of the largest US-based church planting cooperatives and the closest functional peer to ARC.
• Multiply Vineyard: Multiply Vineyard is the church planting arm of Vineyard USA, providing assessment, training, coaching, and funding for planters within the Vineyard network. It is a denominational cooperative peer with a model that overlaps ARC's training-and-coaching-plus-matching approach.
• Converge: Converge is a Baptist Great Commission network of churches that plants and revitalizes churches through assessment, training, and financial support. It is structurally similar to ARC as a cooperative of independent churches that resources planters, though anchored in a single denominational heritage.
• NewThing Network: NewThing is a church planting and replanting network that catalyzes reproducing churches through coaching, conferences, and peer networks — directly comparable to ARC's coaching-led Launch Coach model and annual Conference. Both organizations emphasize relationships among planters as a core asset.
• Stadia Church Planting: Stadia is a church planting movement that comes alongside planters globally with training, assessment, coaching, and funding partnerships — overlapping with ARC's Launch training, All Access platform, and dollar-for-dollar matching. Both organizations focus on launching sustainable new churches across multiple denominations.
• Soma Communities: Soma is a church planting network that trains and supports church planters across multiple US regions with an emphasis on reproducing simple church structures — overlapping with ARC's training, coaching, and community-of-planters value proposition for independent, non-denominational planters.

Others

• Church of the Highlands: Church of the Highlands, pastored by Chris Hodges on ARC's Lead Team, is one of the largest US churches and a major ARC partner and donor. It is not a direct peer but represents the mega-church constituency whose financial support underwrites much of ARC's overhead and matching capacity.
• Wesleyan Investment Foundation: WIF is ARC's primary financial partner, providing direct investment capital and church facility financing. It is not a church planting network but is a comparable mission-aligned capital provider; other church planting cooperatives rely on similar faith-based financing partners, making WIF a thematically relevant ecosystem peer.

Broad incumbents

• North American Mission Board: NAMB is the Southern Baptist Convention's North American mission agency and runs a large-scale church planting pipeline with assessment, training, funding, and Send Network coaching. It is a much larger incumbent that operates in the same church planting space but as part of a broader denominational portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/arcchurchestv
• Facebookfacebook.com/weplantlife
• Instagraminstagram.com/arcchurches
• Xx.com/arcchurches
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/association-of-related-churches-arc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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