Evangelical Free Church of Amercia

Name

Evangelical Free Church of Amercia

Legal name

Evangelical Free Church of America

Website

https://efca.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Evangelical Free Church of America is a religious denomination founded in 1950, functioning as an association of 1,600+ autonomous U.S. congregations organized into 17 regional districts, with 2,500+ credentialed ministers, 550+ missionaries in 40+ countries, and programmatic ministries spanning church planting, child sponsorship, theological training, and disaster response.

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Product category

Religious Denomination Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB)

Keywords

• Church denomination services
• Theological education programs
• International missionary support
• Church planting networks
• Ministerial credentialing programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Partnership Fund: Voluntary financial contributions from local EFCA churches, recommended at 1% of annual church budget. Currently 60% of churches contribute. Funds support national office operations, ReachGlobal international missions, and ReachNational domestic ministries.
2. Child Sponsorship (GlobalFingerprints): Monthly sponsorship program at $39/month supporting children in 12 countries through churches, addressing spiritual, nutritional, medical and educational needs.
3. Individual Donations: Donations from individuals through the EFCA Fund (areas of greatest need), missionary support, project-specific giving, and planned giving through the EFCA Foundation.
4. Missionary Support Raising: EFCA missionaries raise their own support from churches and individuals, which covers salary, benefits, ministry expenses, and administrative services provided by the national office.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) is an association of 1,600+ autonomous congregations united around a shared Statement of Faith. It provides ministerial credentialing, church planting support, international missionary coordination, theological training, child sponsorship, and disaster response ministries through two main divisions (ReachGlobal and ReachNational) and 17 regional districts, with a national office in Minneapolis.

Product overview

The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) is a church denomination organization, not a technology product company. It operates as an association of autonomous churches united around shared theological convictions. The EFCA's ministry portfolio includes two primary divisions—ReachGlobal (international missions) and ReachNational (U.S. ministries)—along with numerous programmatic offerings including GlobalFingerprints (child sponsorship), Crisis Response (disaster relief), ReachNetwork (church planting), ReachStudents (youth ministry), All People Initiative (multicultural ministry), Apex (youth missions), Credentialing (ministerial credentials), EFCA GATEWAY (theological training), Prepared (women's leadership development), Pastoral Care (pastor support), and Global Freedom (anti-human trafficking). The organization also provides communication resources (EFCA Update newsletter, EFCA Blog), event programming (EFCA One Conference, Challenge Conference), job placement services (EFCA Jobs, EFCA Pastor Search), and a resource library (EFCA Helps). The EFCA supports 1,600 congregations across 17 regional districts with a national office in Minneapolis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ReachGlobal: International ministries that recruits, trains, sends and supports missionaries who invest in disciplemakers to establish the Church where the gospel isn't known.
• ReachNational
• GlobalFingerprints
• Crisis Response
• ReachNetwork
• ReachStudents
• All People Initiative
• Apex
• Prepared
• EFCA GATEWAY

Products and services

• ReachGlobal

Quantifiable outcome

• 265+ churches planted in past decade
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Christian Investors FinancialminorOthersProvides loans for EFCA churches and related ministries, investment opportunities, capital campaigns and various consulting services.
• FCMM Benefits and RetirementminorOthersEnables pastors, staff members, and missionaries to serve Christ throughout their lives by assisting employing ministry organizations in providing retirement and other benefits.
• Trinity International University / Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe only school affiliated with the EFCA. Trinity was established in 1897 to train ministry leaders for what would become the EFCA. Deep historical and ongoing partnership for theological education and leader development. Kevin Kompelien, former EFCA President, became TIU President in 2024.
• Immigrant HopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides low cost, reliable immigration help in a church setting, offering immigrants the hope of the gospel and help finding a pathway to legal residency.
• NextStep ResourcesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupplies ministry resources to pastors, churches, and individuals; publishes and distributes books of interest to the EFCA.
• CassiaminorOthersProvides quality, compassionate, and innovative senior housing and healthcare in the spirit of Christ's love.
• Trinity Western UniversityminorOthersWhole-person, Christ-centred education with undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs that equip leaders of character and competence.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Converge: Converge (formerly Baptist General Conference) shares Scandinavian immigrant roots with the EFCA and operates as a similarly sized evangelical denomination with comparable church-planting emphasis, district structure, and missions focus.
• Evangelical Covenant Church: The ECC is the closest peer to EFCA — Swedish-heritage evangelical denomination with a similar congregational structure, regional conferences (districts), credentialing model, and emphasis on both church planting and global missions.
• Christian and Missionary Alliance: C&MA is a mission-focused evangelical denomination with comparable church-planting and international missions infrastructure, including a similar credentialing structure for pastors and overseas workers.
• Church of the Nazarene: The Church of the Nazarene operates a comparably scaled evangelical denomination with district governance, Global Missions program, ministerial credentialing, and educational institutions — overlapping significantly with EFCA's structure.
• Free Methodist Church: The Free Methodist Church is a similarly sized evangelical holiness denomination with comparable regional conference structure, ministerial credentialing, and emphasis on both domestic church planting and global missions.

Broad incumbents

• Southern Baptist Convention: The SBC is the largest U.S. evangelical denomination and the dominant incumbent in the same theological and missional space as EFCA, with vastly greater resources, seminary infrastructure, and missionary sending capacity through the IMB.
• Assemblies of God: The Assemblies of God is one of the largest U.S. Pentecostal-evangelical denominations, with a comparable district model and global missions apparatus through AG World Missions that competes with EFCA's ReachGlobal for missionary recruits.
• Presbyterian Church in America: The PCA is a comparably scaled evangelical denomination with a strong missions program (Mission to the World), theological credentialing, and similar church-planting emphasis — competing for the same pool of evangelical pastors.

Emerging players

• Acts 29: Acts 29 is a fast-growing church-planting network that competes directly with EFCA's ReachNetwork for church planters and congregational affiliations, particularly among younger evangelical leaders.
• Vineyard Churches: Vineyard USA is a nondenominational evangelical movement with an emphasis on church planting, global missions, and student/young adult engagement — competing with EFCA for the same donor and congregant base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TheEFCA
• YouTubevimeo.com/efcavideos
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheEFCA
• Instagraminstagram.com/theefca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/efca

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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