IHS Global

What IHS Global does

IHS Global is a Pennsylvania-registered Christian nonprofit ministry founded in 1996 by Bob and Pamela Snyder in Budapest, Hungary, and currently led by Executive Director Gábor Győri, M.D. The organization's mission is to equip believers as intentional witnesses for Jesus in healthcare and everyday life, operating across 110 countries (45 of which are restricted) on six continents with a documented 48,883 witnesses and 5,214 trainers equipped to date. The ministry is governed by an 8-member Board of Directors, accredited by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), and operates from a headquarters in Trappe, PA and a European hub in Budapest.

IHS Global's core products are two trademarked, 10-hour witness training curricula: the Saline Process™ (for Christian healthcare workers in clinical settings) and the Salt & Light Process™ (for any follower of Jesus in everyday contexts). Supporting the curricula are the SPOT online training resource (ihsglobal.org/SPOT), the Saline Online Community platform (app.ihsglobal.org) with 91 language translation options and 18-month follow-up cohorts, and the Living Stones Project — a 10-year, $14.3M-funded scaling initiative to deliver a 25-module multimedia curriculum via a custom smartphone app and reach 1 million intentional witnesses. Distribution is primarily through an International Saline Partnership channel network that includes Christian Medical Fellowship UK (4,000+ doctor members), ICMDA, HCFI, NCFI, CMDFA, MBF, and WGM, with delivery modes of in-person, real-time virtual, and hybrid training.

The business model is donation-funded rather than commercial. Revenue streams consist of charitable contributions from individuals, churches, and organizations, supplemented by modest resource sales and event registration fees (e.g., the "Come, Walk with Me" book and registration for webinars and summits). The Living Stones Project is structured as a three-year fundraising campaign with designated giving buckets for Content ($4.89M), Coaching ($4.21M), and Community ($5.18M), with public progress reporting and text-to-give infrastructure. Customer segments are personas rather than commercial buyers: primary segments are Christian healthcare workers and general Christian believers, with a secondary segment of national/indigenous trainers who multiply training through partner organizations.

Name

IHS Global

Legal name

IHS Global

Website

https://ihsglobal.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IHS Global is a U.S.-registered Christian nonprofit ministry that equips Christian healthcare workers and general believers as intentional witnesses through its trademarked Saline Process™ and Salt & Light Process™ trainings, operating across 110 countries via partner organizations and the Saline Online Community platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-Based Witness Training and Ministry Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD), Ministerial Training Institutes (Clergy Formation) (EDAHAKAE), Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI), Public Health & Medical Volunteering Programs (EDAIAGAC)

Keywords

• Witness training programs
• Christian ministry training
• Healthcare witness training
• Faith-based education
• Evangelical ministry services

Headquarters

HQ city

Southeastern

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: IHS Global operates as a faith-based ministry supported primarily through charitable donations from individuals, churches, and organizations who believe in their mission to equip witnesses for Jesus. The organization is accredited by the Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability (ECFA).
2. Living Stones Project Fundraising: A major 3-year fundraising initiative with a $14.3 million goal to develop and launch a 25-module multimedia witness training supported by a custom smartphone app, train and develop global partnerships with virtual engagement and regional/global conferences, and support facilitators, coaches, and resources while refining and scaling the IHS Global team.
3. Resource Sales: The organization sells resources through an online store/community, including the 'Come, Walk with Me' book available as a free electronic download after entering personal data. Also processes event registrations for webinars, World Leadership Summit, Saline Process Training, and Salt and Light Training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IHS Global delivers faith-based witness training programs, primarily the Saline Process™ (for Christian healthcare workers in clinical settings) and the Salt & Light Process™ (for any follower of Jesus). Training is delivered through in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats via a global partner network, with supporting online tools (SPOT, Saline Online Community) and the Living Stones Project initiative scaling reach through multimedia content and a smartphone app.

Product overview

IHS Global offers a portfolio of witness training programs designed to equip believers as intentional witnesses for Jesus. The core offerings include the Saline Process Healthcare Witness Training (for Christian healthcare workers in clinical settings) and the Salt & Light Process Witness Training (for any follower of Jesus in everyday contexts). Supporting these are the Saline Process Online Training (SPOT) as a supplemental online resource, and the Saline Online Community platform providing global connectivity across 91 languages. The Living Stones Project is a major 10-year initiative to scale reach to 1 million witnesses through multimedia content, coaching, and community-building.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Saline Process Healthcare Witness Training A 10-hour interactive, biblically based training program that equips Christian healthcare workers (doctors, nurses, dentists, associated professionals) as intentional witnesses to their patients at bedsides and in clinics. Available in-person, virtual, or hybrid formats, with 18 months of follow-up support. Delivered through international medical fellowship partners.
• Salt & Light Process Witness Training A witness training program designed to equip and mobilize any follower of Jesus as a witness where they live, work, or play. Uses the same transformative methodology as the Saline Process but applies to all Christians rather than specifically healthcare workers. Includes principles, tools, and guided exercises for relational witnessing.
• Living Stones Project A major 10-year global initiative to equip 1 million intentional witnesses through a scalable, multiplying model built on content (25-module multimedia video training with smartphone app), coaching (global partnerships, virtual engagement, regional events), and community (facilitator support). Includes $14.3M fundraising goal across Content, Coaching, and Community components.
• Saline Process Online Training (SPOT) An online training resource accessible on any device at ihsgolab.org/SPOT. Used as a preliminary step before virtual or live training, as a refresher for witnesses, and as a resource for witness trainers.
• Saline Online Community An online platform connecting witnesses, trainers, and leaders from around the globe with 91 language translation options. Enables story sharing, prayer, access to training resources, data input, evaluations, and worldwide calendars. Accessible worldwide with varying delivery models for low-bandwidth and restricted regions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 48,883 witnesses equipped globally
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia (CMDFA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMDFA is a fellowship of doctors and dentists and associated healthcare professionals who take membership of CMDFA as part of making a stand as a follower of Christ in healthcare. They partner with IHS Global to implement the Saline Process Witness Training within their network.
• Christian Medical Fellowship of the United Kingdom (CMF-UK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMF-UK unites and equips Christian doctors, formed in 1949 with over 4,000 UK doctors and around 1,000 UK medical students as members. They work with IHS Global to implement the Saline Process Witness Training within their networks.
• Healthcare Christian Fellowship International (HCFI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHCFI strives to inspire and equip all Christians serving in healthcare to manifest Jesus Christ in daily life and work. They are an International Saline Partnership implementing witness training.
• International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICMDA's mission is to encourage and equip Christian Medical and Dental Students and Graduates to grow to Christian maturity and live out their faith within their clinical practice and beyond.
• Alapitvany to IHS - HungarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIHS Alapítvány's primary mission is to help Christian healthcare workers provide support so that they can live out their faith in their workplace and be a real blessing in their circles.
• Nurses Christian Fellowship International (NCFI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCFI's Mission is to equip and encourage Christian nurses to integrate Biblical principles and Christ-centered values within clinical practice, leadership, education and research. They are an International Saline Partnership.
• Ukraine Medical Outreach (UMO)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUMO's mission is to minister to the unreached and underserved in Ukraine by equipping Christians and Christian medical professionals to proclaim and demonstrate the love of God to their colleagues and patients.
• Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMBF partners with local churches in underserved regions to strengthen and sustain faith-based medical ministries by providing resources and expertise that enhance clinical care, financial stability, and spiritual outreach.
• Gorrie Bible FellowshipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGorrie Bible Fellowship is a non-denominational evangelical church committed to loving and worshipping God, passionately following Jesus, and making disciples through love while engaging in community outreach and global missions. They partner on the Salt & Light Process.
• World Gospel Mission (WGM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWGM is a Christian missionary agency committed to engaging Christlike disciples to transform the world by proclaiming the good news of full salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, in obedience to the Great Commission and empowered by the Holy Spirit.
• Landmark ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandmark Church in Cincinnati exists to glorify God by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ, fostering authentic community, and helping people grow in their relationship with God and one another through biblical teaching, worship, and service. They partner on the Salt & Light Process.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nurses Christian Fellowship International (NCFI): NCFI is an international Saline Partnership that equips and encourages Christian nurses to integrate biblical principles within clinical practice, leadership, education, and research. It is a direct peer because it serves the same nursing sub-segment of the healthcare-Christian workforce with overlapping training content.
• Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF): MBF partners with local churches to strengthen faith-based medical ministries in underserved regions. It is a direct peer because both MBF and IHS Global operate at the intersection of Christian faith and healthcare delivery in mission contexts, with overlapping partner networks and donor bases.
• Christian Medical Fellowship UK (CMF): CMF unites 4,000+ Christian doctors and 1,000+ medical students in the UK and is a core IHS Global partner delivering the Saline Process within its network. The two organizations share nearly identical missions of equipping Christian clinicians as workplace witnesses, making CMF a direct functional peer.
• Healthcare Christian Fellowship International (HCFI): HCFI is a core IHS Global partner that equips Christians in healthcare to manifest their faith at work. It is a natural direct peer because both organizations serve overlapping audiences — Christian doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals — with similar witness and discipleship training content.
• International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA): ICMDA is a global network of Christian medical and dental professionals and a core IHS Global partner. Both organizations equip the same target audience (Christian clinicians) with training programs that integrate faith and clinical practice, making ICMDA the closest direct peer in mission and audience.
• Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia (CMDFA): CMDFA is the Australian fellowship of Christian doctors and dentists and is a core IHS Global partner. Both organizations train the same clinician audience in faith-and-clinical-practice integration, making CMDFA a direct regional peer with overlapping programming.

Broad incumbents

• World Vision: World Vision is one of the largest global Christian humanitarian organizations, and its President Emeritus sits on IHS Global's Board of Reference. While World Vision operates at much broader humanitarian scale, it is a relevant broad-incumbent peer for benchmarking donor trust, ECFA-accredited governance, and global faith-based distribution.
• Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ): Cru is one of the largest evangelical discipleship and missions organizations globally, with training programs for believers in workplace witnessing. While Cru operates at broader scale and across more audience segments, its discipleship-training methodology and global partner network overlap conceptually with IHS Global's training-the-trainers model.
• Youth for Christ: Youth for Christ is a large, established evangelical organization with global ministry infrastructure, and its president sits on IHS Global's Board of Reference. While YFC focuses on youth discipleship rather than healthcare-witness training, it is a broad incumbent peer in faith-based training and global ministry scale.

Emerging players

• Medical Mission Outreach (Mission Partners for Christ / MedSend): MedSend enables healthcare professionals to serve in cross-cultural mission contexts and is thematically adjacent to IHS Global's healthcare-witness focus. Both organizations sit at the intersection of clinical practice and global Christian ministry, though MedSend emphasizes deployment and IHS Global emphasizes witness training.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

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