Mission ONE

What Mission ONE does

Mission ONE is a Phoenix, Arizona-based 501(c)(3) Christian ministry founded in 1991 by traveling evangelist Bob Schindler. Its operating model is partnership rather than direct mission: rather than deploying Western missionaries, it supports 655+ local or near-culture missionaries who already belong to the communities they serve across 14 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Programs focus on church planting, leadership development, vocational training, and relief, executed through a core network of 13 international mission organizations and field leaders in regions including Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, Sudan, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Lebanon. Mission ONE holds ECFA accreditation, a Charity Navigator four-star rating, and the Candid Gold Transparency 2025 seal, positioning it as a transparency-grade nonprofit.

The organization generates revenue primarily through charitable donations collected via its website and the give.mission1.org portal (including the FLOURISH program), with secondary revenue from a small product portfolio: proprietary books such as The Global Gospel and Honor, Shame, and the Gospel; multilingual gospel booklets (Father's Love, available in Arabic, Chinese, English, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Turkish); Operation WorldView study guides sold individually and in bulk; and The Beauty of Partnership, a 6-week digital course on cross-cultural missional partnerships priced at $20 via Pathwright. Distribution is direct-to-donor and direct-to-church, supplemented by seminary and conference partnerships (Beeson Divinity School, Singapore Bible College, Baptist Theological Seminary, Missio Nexus, Global Focus, Ethnos360, Partners International Canada) and a remote-friendly Phoenix headquarters team.

Go-to-market is relationship-driven content and speaking: a website and blog, monthly email newsletters, an Instagram presence, free downloadable resources, and booked speaking engagements featuring the President, Founder, and Programs Manager at churches and conferences. Customer segments are individual donors, partner churches, international mission organizations, and field missionaries; the average partnership duration exceeds 15 years, indicating high relational stickiness rather than transactional revenue concentration. There is no public revenue disclosure, no funding rounds, no parent company, and no mobile application, and the inputs explicitly state that technology is not applicable to the organization's model.

Name

Mission ONE

Legal name

Mission ONE

Website

https://mission1.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mission ONE is a Phoenix-based nonprofit Christian ministry, founded in 1991, that partners with 655+ local missionaries across 14 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East to plant churches, train leaders, and deliver relief, funded primarily by donations and supplemented by books, multilingual gospel booklets, and a digital cross-cultural partnership course.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Giving: Mission ONE generates revenue primarily through donations from individuals, churches, and organizations who support their missionary work and community transformation programs globally.
2. Product Sales (Books and Resources): Sale of theological resources including books (The Global Gospel, Honor Shame and the Gospel), gospel booklets (Father's Love), and study guides (Operation WorldView) available through the online shop.
3. Online Course Enrollment: Digital course sales for The Beauty of Partnership, a 6-week training program on cross-cultural missional partnerships priced at $20.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mission ONE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Christian ministry that partners with local (same-culture) missionaries in 14 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing financial, training, and accompaniment support. The organization funds this work primarily through individual and church donations and supplements revenue by selling theological books, gospel booklets, study guides, and an online course on cross-cultural partnerships.

Product overview

Mission ONE's product portfolio consists of theological training resources focused on cross-cultural missions and contextualized gospel communication. The core offerings include The Beauty of Partnership (a 6-week digital course at $20), The Father's Love Booklet (a 20-page gospel tract available in 8 languages), and The Global Gospel book by Werner Mischke (352-page softcover/eBook). Additional resources include the Honor, Shame, and the Gospel book, Operation WorldView study guides (Leader at $10, Participant at $6, bulk packs at $250), and free downloadable materials like the '3 Ways to Honor God' guide and Father's Love Coloring Book. These products work together to support Mission ONE's mission of equipping the global church for cross-cultural ministry through culturally relevant theological resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Beauty of Partnership
• The Father's Love Booklet
• The Global Gospel
• Honor, Shame, and the Gospel
• Operation WorldView Study Guides
• Free Download Resources

Quantifiable outcome

• 11,902 churches planted globally
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mission to Unreached People (MUPE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000Led by Janet Kosgei and Hannington Munyao, MUPE focuses on mentoring, discipling, and equipping local leaders through education, healthcare, and church planting. The team of 23 missionaries travels to remote villages to share the gospel with unreached people groups.
• 13 International Mission OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1991Mission ONE partners with 13 international mission organizations who in turn support local church expression in communities where the need is great. These partnerships provide strategic project support, training resources, and relief assistance to communities across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
• Reach Out Ministries (ROM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1991Led by Idris Nalos, ROM serves in Sudan and South Sudan. Idris has been persecuted multiple times for preaching and founded ROM in a community enduring weekly gunfire, hardships, and struggles for basic needs. ROM meets physical needs while sharing the gospel.
• Global Training NetworkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerConference and training network where Mission ONE speakers present on cross-cultural partnerships and honor-shame contextualization.
• Baptist Theological SeminaryminorGTM or Marketing PartnerChinese seminary where Mission ONE presents training on honor-shame and the gospel for Chinese church leaders.
• Beeson Divinity SchoolminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSeminary hosting Mission ONE speakers for theological training on cross-cultural ministry.
• Singapore Bible CollegeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBible college hosting Mission ONE training on honor-shame contextualization for Asian church leaders.
• Ethnos360minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMission agency whose missionaries have benefited from Mission ONE's honor-shame teaching and training resources.
• Partners International CanadaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCanadian mission organization whose VP Dave Hunt endorses The Beauty of Partnership as the best resource for intercultural mission team leader preparation.
• Missio NexusminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMission network organization connecting Mission ONE with broader missional community through conferences and resources.
• Global FocusminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal mission organization whose President Dr. Larry Reesor endorses The Beauty of Partnership course.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Compassion International: Compassion International is a leading Christian child sponsorship and missions NGO operating in dozens of countries, sharing Mission ONE's donor-funded model, church partnership strategy, and global missionary footprint.
• Samaritan's Purse: Samaritan's Purse is a large evangelical relief and missions organization operating globally, with disaster relief, church planting, and support for missionaries analogous to Mission ONE, but at far greater scale and fundraising footprint.
• International Mission Board (IMB): IMB is the Southern Baptist Convention's global missions sending agency, comparable to Mission ONE in church-driven funding, cross-cultural missionary support, and church planting focus, but at significantly larger scale.
• CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network): CBN operates a large donor-funded global ministry with humanitarian relief and missions components, sharing Mission ONE's evangelical donor base and global footprint but at much larger fundraising and media scale.

Direct peers

• Frontiers: Frontiers is a missionary-sending organization focused on Muslim-world church planting, comparable to Mission ONE in operating among unreached communities in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
• Pioneers: Pioneers is a missions organization focused on church planting among least-reached peoples, with a similar partnership-and-sending model and similar donor base to Mission ONE.
• Ethnos360: Ethnos360 (formerly New Tribes Mission) focuses on reaching unreached people groups through church planting and Bible translation, directly comparable to Mission ONE's local-missionary church-planting model; the two are referenced as training partners in Mission ONE's content.
• Gospel for Asia: Gospel for Asia supports native missionaries across South Asia through donor sponsorship, directly comparable to Mission ONE's local-missionary support model and recurring-donor revenue structure.
• Partners International: Partners International identifies and resources indigenous ministry leaders in restricted-access regions, sharing Mission ONE's same-culture missionary model and church partnership approach; the two are referenced together in Mission ONE's course endorsements.

Emerging players

• Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF): MAF provides aviation and logistical support to missions and humanitarian work in remote and conflict-affected regions, adjacent to Mission ONE's operating geographies though focused on transport infrastructure rather than direct missionary support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/partnerwithmissionone
• Xx.com/mission__one
• Facebookfacebook.com/PartnerWithMissionONE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mission-one-inc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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