Canadian Baptist Ministries

What Canadian Baptist Ministries does

Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) is a Canadian charitable mission agency headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, founded in 1874 and operating for 150 years as of 2024. The organization mobilizes Canadian Baptists for international mission through partnerships with approximately 972 churches across the four regional Canadian Baptist denominations: Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada (CBAC), Canadian Baptists of Western Canada (CBWC), Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec (CBOQ), and Union d'Églises baptistes françaises au Canada (UÉBFC). Field programming is organized around five cause areas: Build the Church, Crisis Response, Justice, Kids at Risk, and Poverty, executed in roughly 30 countries.

The business model is anchored in donor-funded charitable giving channeled through the partner-church network, supplemented by social-enterprise income. CBM operates two subsidiaries: Vennture, a mission-engagement and digital resources platform, and Collective Cup Coffee, a revenue-generating social enterprise tied to mission awareness. Mission 2026 is the operative strategic plan codifying programmatic priorities. Jennifer Lau has served as Executive Director since November 2020, representing a generational leadership shift.

No proprietary technology product, AI/ML capability, or venture-style funding is present in the disclosed footprint. Organizational risk and operational complexity are concentrated in field operations across roughly 30 jurisdictions and in sustaining donor commitments in a highly competitive Canadian faith-based giving market.

Name

Canadian Baptist Ministries

Legal name

Canadian Baptist Ministries

Website

https://cbmin.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1874

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Canadian Baptist Ministries is a Canadian charitable mission agency founded in 1874, mobilizing approximately 972 partner churches across four regional Baptist denominations for field programming in roughly 30 countries through donations and mission-engagement subsidiaries including Vennture and Collective Cup Coffee.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Mission and Humanitarian Aid Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF), International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

Keywords

• Global mission services
• Humanitarian aid programs
• Theological education support
• Charitable donation programs
• Church partnership programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Mississauga

HQ country

Canada

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, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Giving: CBM generates revenue entirely through voluntary donations from individuals, Canadian Baptist churches, and institutional supporters. Revenue is received as one-time gifts, monthly recurring gifts, and campaign-specific donations directed to causes, countries, or field staff. There is no commercial product or service revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) operates as the official global mission agency of Canadian Baptists, connecting 972 Canadian Baptist churches with international church partners to deliver integral mission programs across approximately 30 countries. The organization provides humanitarian aid, theological education scholarships, pastoral leadership training, crisis response, community development, kids-at-risk support, justice initiatives, and poverty alleviation programs through a network of Global Field Staff, regional representatives, and local partner organizations. CBM operates exclusively by invitation of local partners in a spirit of mutuality, with 100% of funding derived from charitable donations.

Product overview

Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) operates as a faith-based charitable organization with a portfolio of interconnected programs and resources rather than a unified software product. The core offering centers on integral mission—proclamation and demonstration of the gospel through word and deed. The portfolio includes print and digital publications (Wordeed Magazine, Prayerline, Seasons of Prayer), children's and youth educational resources (Kids Care, Camp Curriculum, Smart Start, Create and Cultivate), gift-based giving programs (Hopeful Gifts for Change), and initiative-based movements (Vennture, She Matters, Red Clover, Solidarity Sunday, Active in Mission). Vennture serves as a distinct sub-brand focused on faith-meets-work marketplace engagement. These products function as independent resources that share the organization's holistic mission framework rather than a modular software platform.

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Brands

• Vennture: Faith meets work initiative that helps make work matter. Works with churches to become vocationally formed gathering and sending communities, and with majority world entrepreneurs for human flourishing.
• Collective Cup Coffee
• Common Place Worship
• She Matters
• A Good Way
• Wordeed
• Solidarity Sunday
• Kids Care
• Camp Resources

Products and services

• Hopeful Gifts for Change Annual gift catalogue offering meaningful alternatives to traditional gifts, enabling donors to support specific causes like pastors, families, children, and entrepreneurs globally through CAD-priced giving options.
• Collective Cup Coffee Fair-trade coffee marketplace where purchases support fair wages for farmers and proceeds are invested in majority world entrepreneurs through Vennture's marketplace initiatives.
• Wordeed Magazine Biannual publication compiling stories of how followers of God serve as heart, hands, and voice in communities worldwide through word and deed, distributed free in print and digitally to Canadian Baptist supporters.
• Prayerline Monthly prayer resources providing updates and prayer requests for CBM's global partners and staff across various countries and ministries, available to subscribers.
• Kids Care Annual children's educational mission resource enabling kids to learn about children worldwide through activities, crafts, Bible lessons, and opportunities to respond to God's love through giving.
• Camp Curriculum 2026 Annual dynamic camp curriculum for Canadian Baptist summer camps designed for children and youth, exploring global issues like poverty and justice through interactive activities.
• Seasons of Prayer Seasonal prayer guide published three times yearly with timely prompts, reflections, and intercessions for CBM's global and local partners, staff, and communities served.
• Solidarity Sunday Annual campaign providing Canadian Baptist churches with sermon resources, global staff videos, prayers, worship songs, and children's lessons to engage congregations in global mission awareness.
• Active in Mission 2026 Year-long movement encouraging churches to channel energy into God's mission through physical challenges that support food security ministries in 18 countries, including Canada.
• Vennture Faith-meets-work initiative helping make work matter by connecting churches to marketplace engagement, supporting majority world entrepreneurs, and providing theology of work resources.
• Common Place Worship Worship resources bridging the gap between Sunday worship and Monday work, featuring songs for streets and sanctuaries created through collaboration with CBM and Vennture.
• She Matters Campaign addressing gender inequity through programs helping women gain access to education, skills training, financial assistance, and social support globally.
• Red Clover Faith-rooted non-profit movement working with churches to catalyze actions for justice and right relations with Indigenous neighbours through truth and reconciliation processes.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

39 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Africa Christian Church & Schools (ACC&S)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership established in Kenya since 1970, initially assisting with educational and leadership training. Collaboration deepened with the Certificate in Ministry (C.Min) program developed with Carey Theological College. ACC&S offers pastoral support and educational programs from primary to secondary school levels.
• Communauté Baptiste au Centre de l'Afrique (CBCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDemocratic Republic of Congo partner focused on theological education, community health programs, and development projects.
• Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda (AEBR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRwanda partner engaged in evangelization efforts, community development, and educational programs.
• Convention Baptiste du Togo (CBT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTogo partner conducting mission and evangelism, education, health services, and community development.
• Faith Evangelical Baptist Church (FEBAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSouth Sudan partner engaged in mission and community engagement.
• Fundación Emanuel (Bolivia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBolivia partner assisting vulnerable children in Cochabamba, offering support and services tailored to their needs.
• Unión Bautista Boliviana (UBB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBolivia partner engaging in various church support initiatives.
• Seminario Teológico Bautista (STB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBolivia partner providing theological education to equip church leaders.
• Organización Bautista de Desarrollo Social (OBADES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBolivia partner focusing on community development including Prison Kids (Casa de la Amistad) ministry, Eagles Wings Mother's school, JIREH Street Children and Youth program, and Chagas disease program.
• Iglesias Bautistas de República Dominicana (IBAREDO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDominican Republic partner offering pastoral and theological training, along with youth leadership development programs.
• Semillas de Nueva Creación (El Salvador)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEl Salvador partner implementing community development and educational programs, particularly food security and generating economic resources for vulnerable families.
• ENLACE (El Salvador)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEl Salvador partner providing community development and educational programs including empowering women through farming and construction of eco-stoves.
• Asociación Bautista de El Salvador (ABES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEl Salvador partner focusing on community development and educational programs to empower local communities, specifically in creation care and food security.
• Federación Bautista de El Salvador (FEBES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEl Salvador partner engaging in community development and educational programs, enhancing local community resources.
• Convención de Iglesias Bautista de Guatemala (CIBG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGuatemala partner supporting theological education, leadership development, and community support including social and educational child development, as well as environmental protection through proper waste management.
• Asociación Convención Evangélica Bautista de Guatemala (ACEBG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGuatemala partner offering theological education, leadership development, and community support, helping to strengthen community ties and enhance local leadership.
• Forum für Mission unter Chinesen in Deutschland (FMCD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGermany partner providing ministry for international students in Göttingen and support for a library of East Asian language Bibles and Christian reading materials.
• Local Churches (Ukraine)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkraine partners providing relief efforts related to the conflict, including shelters, food, transportation, and hygiene supplies.
• Baptist Learning NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetherlands-based online platform for networking, discussion, courses, webinars, and conferences focused on creation care, mission and art, freedom of religion and belief, and ethics. Extends CBM's reach across Europe and Central Asia.
• Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLebanon partner promoting women's leadership in theological contexts and offering training and resources to church leaders across the Arab world. Facilitates interfaith dialogue and community leadership programs.
• Baptist Children and Youth Ministry (BCYM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLebanon partner providing programs for vulnerable children, including refugee children and Lebanese children who have suffered neglect or abuse, through non-residential camps and follow-up events.
• Thimar - Lebanese Society for Educational and Social DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLebanon partner focused on educational and social development initiatives.
• Thailand Bethel Theological Institute (TBTI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThailand partner providing scholarships for pastoral training and outreach to local churches.
• Morning Light Center (Cheng Guang) and Lord's Love Center (Zhu Ai)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThailand partners providing education, safety, and well-being for vulnerable children.
• Thailand Operation DawncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThailand partner supporting drug rehabilitation and Christian growth and farming programs for self-sustainability.
• KPM Community Development (Philippines)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhilippines partner providing training in sustainable livelihood initiatives, childcare centres, and scholarships for youth.
• Engage Disability Network (Sri Lanka)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSri Lanka partner supporting and empowering denominations and ministries working with marginalized individuals living with a disability.
• Clark Theological College (CTC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndia partner training church leaders on sustainable community ministry.
• Andhra Christian Theological College (ACTC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndia partner supporting students' theological education.
• Manipur Baptist Convention (MBC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndia partner providing vocational training for youth in impoverished communities, focusing on various job skills.
• Miqlat MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndia partner offering job skills training for victims of human trafficking and integrating them back into society.
• Almaty Bible InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKazakhstan partner providing support for theological education.
• Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist (Kazakhstan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKazakhstan partner providing job skills training and support for the 'Path to Salvation' addiction recovery centre.
• Carey Theological CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanadian partner developing the Certificate in Ministry (C.Min) program in partnership with African church partners, which has trained hundreds of students.
• Acadia Divinity CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanadian partner for Vennture's micro-credential course 'Where Faith Meets Work: Building a Vocationally Shaped Church' through the ADC Expand program.
• All4AidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreece-based partner operating the Lesvos community centre that provides safe spaces for women and children refugees, including personal hygiene, food, and clothing support.
• Canadian Foodgrains BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough the Grow Hope program, donations to farmland sponsors may be matched up to 4:1 through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, multiplying gifts into food and support for families facing hunger worldwide.
• Red ClovercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith-rooted non-profit movement working as a Partner Project of CBM. Healing at the Wounding Place arm works with Canadian Baptist churches to catalyze actions for justice and right relations with Indigenous neighbours. Based on the west coast of Canada on unceded territory of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-wa-tuth nations.
• Canadian Baptist Family (Regional Denominations)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCBM is partnered with four regional denominations: Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada (CBAC), Canadian Baptists of Western Canada (CBWC), Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec (CBOQ), and Union d'Églises Baptistes Francophones au Canada (UÉBFC), plus women's groups Atlantic Baptist Women (ABW) and Canadian Baptist Women (CBW).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• International Mission Board (Southern Baptist Convention): Largest Baptist missionary-sending organization in North America with thousands of field personnel. Comparable to CBM in denominationally-anchored global mission work, though operating at materially larger scale and with broader evangelical reach.
• Compassion Canada: Christian child sponsorship organization operating in dozens of developing countries through local church partnerships. Highly comparable to CBM's church-partnered, kids-at-risk model, though with a more commercialized sponsorship product and larger donor base.
• Baptist World Alliance: Global Baptist fellowship and aid organization providing relief and capacity-building support to Baptist communities worldwide. Comparable to CBM in Baptist identity and international mission orientation, but at a much broader denominational scale.
• World Vision Canada: Large Christian humanitarian NGO operating child sponsorship, relief, and advocacy programs globally. Comparable to CBM in faith-based mission framing and international field presence, but operates at substantially greater scale across more countries and program verticals.

Regional players

• Canadian Bible Society: Canadian faith-based nonprofit focused on Bible translation, distribution, and engagement across Canada and globally. Comparable to CBM as a long-established, denominationally-engaged Canadian Christian organization with international program footprint, though more narrowly focused on Scripture access.

Direct peers

• Mennonite Central Committee Canada: Anabaptist relief, development, and peacebuilding organization with international field operations funded by donations from supporting churches. Comparable to CBM in denominationally-anchored, church-partnered, holistic-mission framing.
• Canadian Foodgrains Bank: Canadian Christian coalition addressing global hunger through member agency partnerships. CBM is already a member through Grow Hope; highly comparable as a faith-based, church-partnered, food-security-focused Canadian organization.
• Partners International: Christian mission organization supporting indigenous ministries through a partnership-focused model with field staff in multiple countries. Closely comparable to CBM's invitation-based mutual-partnership approach and church-to-church funding model.
• Tearfund Canada: Canadian Christian relief and development agency supporting local partners in poverty alleviation and crisis response. Directly comparable to CBM in church-partnered, donor-funded, international-development operating model.
• Samaritan's Purse Canada: Evangelical relief and development organization with international field operations, donor-funded model, and faith-based program framing. Closely comparable to CBM in mission-agency positioning, donor acquisition channels, and crisis-response program mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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