Glass Canvas

What Glass Canvas does

Glass Canvas is a tech-enabled consultancy headquartered in Langley, British Columbia, that serves Catholic dioceses and parishes, Christian ministries, and faith-based non-profits across North America. Founded in 2012 by Jason Jensen, the company originally operated as a creative agency before repositioning into a strategy-and-accompaniment consultancy focused on helping ministry leaders clarify identity, discern charisms, and execute integrated evangelization and formation strategies. Its core product portfolio now spans Companion — a Formation Management System (FMS) and digital formation app with pathways, groups, goals, and reporting features currently in pre-launch with an early-access waitlist; Tilma Parish — a networked parish and school website CMS designed for diocesan-level deployment; Behold — a curated human and spiritual formation content library; and Proclaim — a parish transformation framework co-developed with the Archdiocese of Vancouver.

Glass Canvas generates revenue through a hybrid model combining professional services (consultancy engagements and one-on-one coaching, the latter delivered through CEO Jason Jensen's separate coaching site) with recurring subscription products (Tilma and, prospectively, Companion). Go-to-market is sales-led and partnership-driven: a discovery-call process leads to co-innovation of a roadmap before any commercial commitment, and diocese-level deployments act as channel mechanisms that distribute Tilma and Companion across multiple parishes. Thought leadership is delivered via the "This Strange Land" podcast, social media, conference participation (e.g., ASCEND), and referral networks from trusted ministry partners. Customer concentration is anchored by a small number of large institutional buyers, most notably the Archdiocese of Vancouver (flagship, multi-product deployment) and the Archdiocese of Detroit's Unleash the Gospel initiative.

Name

Glass Canvas

Legal name

Glass Canvas

Website

https://glasscanvas.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Glass Canvas is a tech-enabled consultancy that helps Catholic dioceses, parishes, and faith-based ministries clarify identity, deploy digital formation tools, and execute integrated evangelization strategies through consultancy, coaching, and software products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Ministry Technology & Consulting

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Church consulting services
• Faith formation software
• Parish website builder
• Ministry strategy consulting
• Discipleship platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Langley

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consultancy Services: Strategy and communications consulting for ministries and organizations, helping find clarity through thoughtful analysis
2. Coaching: One-on-one accompaniment for leaders and individuals navigating the hard, slow work of becoming
3. Companion App: Formation Management System with technology licensing for churches and ministries to provide discipleship app and formation content to their people
4. Tilma Parish Websites: Parish & School Website Builder as mission-first digital presence platform

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Glass Canvas is a tech-enabled consultancy serving the Church with a portfolio of integrated offerings: strategy and communications consultancy, one-on-one leadership coaching, the Companion digital formation app (Formation Management System), the Tilma Parish & School website platform, the Behold formation content library, and the Proclaim parish transformation framework. Their integrated approach combines ministry expertise with digital tools to equip dioceses, parishes, schools, and ministries for evangelization and discipleship.

Product overview

Glass Canvas is a tech-enabled consultancy serving the Church through a portfolio of integrated products and service offerings. Its core product suite includes: (1) Companion — a Formation Management System (FMS) and digital formation app for personalized discipleship; (2) Tilma Parish — a parish and school website builder with networked CMS for diocesan deployment; (3) Behold — a human and spiritual formation content library with curated pathways and articles; and (4) Proclaim — a parish transformation framework for evangelization. These products are complemented by consultancy services (strategy and communications), coaching (one-on-one leadership accompaniment), and the non-profit Glass Canvas Ministries branch. The company also produces the This Strange Land podcast as a content/media outreach. The integrated model is designed to help ministries move from strategy through technology to ongoing formation and evangelization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Companion: A digital formation platform, rooted in the local Church, designed as a Formation Management System to guide people through personalized discipleship. Currently launching soon with early access waitlist.
• Behold
• Tilma Parish
• This Strange Land

Products and services

• Companion app A Formation Management System (FMS) and digital formation app that guides people through personalized discipleship pathways, integrating with local church leadership to provide accompaniment, group functionality, goal and intent tracking, and reporting/insights for pastors. Designed for Catholic dioceses, parishes, and ministry organizations.
• Tilma Parish websites A parish and school website builder providing mission-first digital presence with custom parish websites built around baked-in strategy and communications best practices, and a networked CMS enabling diocesan-level support while preserving local parish autonomy.
• Behold formation library A human and spiritual formation resource library providing curated formation journeys, Step Pathways, and articles addressing areas such as hearing God's voice, identity, marriage, parenting, healing, and evangelization, for use by parishes, ministries, and individuals.
• Consultancy Ministry-focused strategy and communications consulting helping ministries, dioceses, and faith-based organizations find clarity on identity, charisms, and mission through strategic sprints and advisory engagements.
• Coaching One-on-one accompaniment for leaders and individuals navigating the slow work of personal, leadership, and spiritual growth, delivered personally by CEO Jason Jensen.
• Proclaim parish transformation framework A parish transformation framework and evangelization program providing a structured step-by-step model for renewal covering prayer and discernment, mission and values, leadership and operations, spiritual gifts discernment, accompaniment, and evangelization.

Quantifiable outcome

• Parishes equipped with digital infrastructure for effective communication and ministry
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Content Creators & Writers Partner CommunitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrowing community of Spirit-led creators who contribute content to formation libraries (Explore, Build/Send) helping shape future of ministry content. Partners share existing content in innovative ways or collaborate on new resources for real people and their needs.
• Archdiocese of VancouverflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerComprehensive partnership for parish renewal including implementation of Tilma digital infrastructure, Behold formation content, Proclaim transformation framework, and Resource Center collaboration hub.
• Proclaim MovementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of Parish Transformation Framework with Archdiocese of Vancouver for systematic parish renewal and evangelization.
• Village ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvangelical Protestant church partnership demonstrating ecumenical reach. Lead Pastor Victor Maynard featured in testimonial praising Companion platform development.
• Life Restoration MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founded by Jake Khym, partnership for identity and healing ministry content, featured on podcast for Kingdom builder audience.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Pushpay: Pushpay is a leading church engagement and giving SaaS platform serving thousands of churches and parishes with mobile apps, giving, and congregational tools. It competes most directly with the Tilma Parish and Companion offerings for the same diocese/parish IT budget, though Glass Canvas bundles consulting and formation content alongside the software.
• Hallow: Hallow is a Catholic prayer and formation app that provides personalized spiritual content, daily meditations, and liturgical resources directly to consumers and parishes. It is the closest direct competitor to the Companion Formation Management System and overlaps with Behold content library use cases.
• Subsplash: Subsplash is a church engagement platform providing mobile apps, websites, giving, and media tools to churches and ministries. It targets the same parish CIO/Ministry Leader buyer as Glass Canvas and offers competing website and app infrastructure to Tilma and Companion.
• Tithe.ly: Tithe.ly is a church giving and engagement platform offering mobile apps, online giving, websites, and church management tools. It is a direct competitor to the Tilma Parish offering and competes for the same parish-level technology contract used by Catholic dioceses.
• Gloo: Gloo is a church engagement and content platform providing personal development, messaging, and member engagement tools for faith-based organizations. It competes with Glass Canvas's Companion app and Behold content library in the congregant engagement and formation use cases.
• Auxano Consulting: Auxano is a church consulting firm that partners with pastors and ministry leaders on vision, strategy, brand, and capital campaigns. It competes for the same strategy and communications consulting engagements that Glass Canvas sells to dioceses and ministries.
• The Unstuck Group: The Unstuck Group is a church consulting firm focused on helping congregations move from stagnation to health through strategic planning, leadership, and disciple-making. It is highly comparable on the consultancy side and increasingly overlaps on the digital transformation/formation content side.
• RightNow Media: RightNow Media is a Christian video streaming and curriculum library used extensively by churches for discipleship and formation. It is the dominant scale player in the Christian content library space where Behold operates and competes for the same discipleship content budget.

Broad incumbents

• Ministry Brands: Ministry Brands is a large church software suite offering giving, church management, background checks, and communications tools to tens of thousands of churches. It is a broad incumbent that competes for the same parish/diocese software wallet but as part of a wider portfolio rather than a focused ministry-formation suite.

Regional players

• Vanderbloemen Search Group: Vanderbloemen is a U.S.-focused church staffing and executive search firm that has expanded into church consulting and assessment services. It overlaps with Glass Canvas on the strategy/consulting arm for denominations and faith-based organizations, though it operates primarily in the U.S. and with evangelical (rather than primarily Catholic) clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@glasscanvas5648
• Facebookfacebook.com/glasscanvas.io
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/glasscanvas-io/posts/?feedView=all
• Instagraminstagram.com/glasscanvasministries
• Xx.com/glasscanvas_io

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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