TMS Global

What TMS Global does

TMS Global is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit organization founded in 1984 in Georgia (originally as The Mission Society, rebranded to TMS Global in 2017) that recruits, trains, and deploys cross-cultural workers to serve in ministries across 39 countries. Its core offering is the Cross-Cultural Worker Program, which prepares individuals through assessment, orientation, and holistic pre-field training covering spiritual, relational, emotional, and physical needs before deployment in roles such as church planting, discipleship, education, medical work, ESL, and relief. Workers raise their own financial support, and the organization provides centralized back-office services including health insurance, pension plans, and international fund transfers.

The organization also operates a portfolio of church-equipping programs targeting US congregations, including Activate Training & Coaching, TMS Thrive (a two-year pastoral development program with a 2024-26 cohort pairing African American and Kenyan pastors), The Immerse Project (a six-month church mission alignment journey), and the Pastors' Vision Cohort (a 14-month senior pastor program including an overseas immersion at ~$3,700 per participant). Supporting resources include a Short Term Team Training Manual priced at $14.00, free leader guides, free core training videos, the Transformed newsletter, the Thy Kingdom Pod and Kingdom Journeys podcasts, and Unfinished magazine (an EPA Award of Merit recipient).

Revenue is generated entirely through charitable giving, with 76% of gifts from individuals and foundations and 24% from churches, and no denominational funding. The organization is governed as an independent nonprofit under a board of directors, accredited by ECFA, and audited annually by Windham Brannon. It operates from Norcross in the Atlanta metro area and reaches donors and partners through digital content, podcasts, newsletters, and field-story marketing.

Name

TMS Global

Legal name

TMS Global, Inc.

Website

https://tms-global.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

TMS Global is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit founded in 1984 that recruits, trains, and deploys cross-cultural workers in 39 countries and equips US churches for global mission through donor-funded programs and pastoral development cohorts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Norcross

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual and Foundation Donations: 76 percent of all gifts come from individuals and foundations. Donors can give to the Global Mission Fund or to specific cross-cultural workers of their choice.
2. Church Contributions: Remaining 24 percent of funding comes from churches around the United States. Churches support the Global Fund or individual workers.
3. Program Revenue: Revenue from training programs and materials such as the Short Term Team Training Manual ($14.00 per copy) and the Pastors' Vision Cohort (participants cover travel costs, approximately $3,700).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

TMS Global is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit that recruits, trains, mobilizes, and serves cross-cultural workers (missionaries) deployed across 39 countries to share Christian faith through evangelism, church planting, discipleship, and humanitarian service. The organization also equips US churches with training programs (Activate Training, TMS Thrive, The Immerse Project, Pastors' Vision Cohort, Short Term Team Training Manual) and provides back-office support including health insurance, pension plans, and international fund transfers for its workers. It is funded entirely through charitable donations from individuals, churches, and foundations.

Product overview

TMS Global is a Christian nonprofit organization that operates as a single unified mission platform rather than a modular software product. The core offering is its cross-cultural worker program that sends missionaries globally to share the love and message of Jesus. The organization provides a portfolio of integrated church equipping programs including TMS Thrive (pastoral development), The Immerse Project (church mission alignment), Short Term Team Training Manual and Leader Guide (mission trip preparation), and the Pastors' Vision Cohort (senior pastor peer development). Communications and engagement products include the Thy Kingdom Pod and Kingdom Journeys podcasts, Transformed newsletter, Unfinished magazine, and cross-cultural worker blogs. Impact is measured through annual Impact Reports. The organization functions as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded entirely through individual, church, and foundation gifts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cross-Cultural Worker Program (Go Program) Core program that recruits, trains, assesses, and deploys cross-cultural workers (missionaries) to serve in ministries worldwide, including evangelism, church planting, discipleship, leadership development, teaching, medical work, and humanitarian services.
• Give / Donation Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 140+ workers serving in 39 countries
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Mission NextminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Mission Next, an organization dedicated to matching workers and ministries. Helps connect cross-cultural workers with appropriate ministry opportunities.
• NextMovecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of mission organizations committed to helping mission agencies engage with the global diaspora. TMS Global was a charter mission organization in NextMove's formation and has contributed findings related to diaspora ministry while learning from other member agencies.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Pioneers: Orlando-based evangelical mission-sending agency mobilizing cross-cultural church planters and disciple-makers among least-reached peoples — closely matching TMS Global's mission, model, and target donor base.
• SEND International: Evangelical mission agency recruiting, training, and sending missionaries globally with similar support-raising and church partnership models; comparable size and missiology.
• Operation Mobilisation (OM): Global evangelical mission organization with similar mobilization, training, and cross-cultural sending programs operating in 100+ countries — a larger-scale analog of TMS Global.
• Avant Ministries: Evangelical mission-sending agency with comparable church mobilization and cross-cultural worker deployment programs targeting least-reached peoples.
• Christar: Mission agency focused on sending workers among least-reached peoples in Asia and the Middle East; closely aligned with TMS Global's unreached peoples mission and church equipping programs.
• SIM (Serving In Mission): Interdenominational evangelical mission with global field presence and church mobilization work — directly comparable operating model and scale.
• Wycliffe Global Alliance: Global alliance of organizations engaged in Bible translation and language-based mission work; comparable member-driven, donation-funded model with field deployment in dozens of countries.
• Frontiers: Mission sending agency with a focused mandate among least-reached Muslim people groups — directly comparable to TMS Global's unreached-peoples emphasis and field-deployment model.

Broad incumbents

• Youth With A Mission (YWAM): Large global missionary movement with cross-cultural training and sending programs. Significantly larger than TMS Global but overlapping in training/discipleship and short-term mission offerings.
• Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ): Major evangelical parachurch organization with extensive missionary sending and church mobilization infrastructure. Operates at much greater scale across overlapping missional territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLuYI0lxZKHDtL5-bCOIa24OX5i2i8qqCQ&si=mr9QepULNVzxvKJB
• Xx.com/tms_world

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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