National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka

What National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka does

The National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) is a membership-based religious nonprofit founded in 1952 and headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, serving as the unified representative body of over 200 evangelical churches, denominations, and organizations across the country. Its vision is 'Unifying the Church to Transform the Nation,' and operations are organized around three pillars - equipping the national church, advocating for peace and justice, and building resilient communities - delivered through four commissions: Missions and Evangelism, the Religious Liberty and Social Justice Commission (RLC), Relief and Development (RnD), and the Youth Evangelical Alliance (YEA). An affiliated operating entity, the Alliance Development Trust (ADT), implements the relief and development arm.

NCEASL's programmatic portfolio spans pastoral livelihood support (e.g., 73 families across 6 provinces in 2021, alongside 10 rebuilt churches), a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) programme operating in six high-persecution districts (Batticaloa, Ampara, Jaffna, Hambantota, Monaragala, Matara) that has trained 100 ministry workers from 70+ churches, the Bearing Gifts project reaching 1,000 families of pastors and ministry workers, Evangel Care scholarships for 200+ children monthly, and annual Kids Camps and REV youth events. The RLC has documented over 1,100 incidents of violence, discrimination, and intimidation against churches and Christian workers since the end of the civil war in 2009, underpinning advocacy work recognized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations/BMW Group Intercultural Innovation Award (2019) and the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation/Empower Women Media Film Competition (2021).

The organization has no commercial product line and does not sell goods or services. It is funded through donations and charitable contributions from supporters, member churches, and partners, with programs delivered directly via the member church network and ADT, and supported through digital channels (website, X, Instagram, Facebook). Headcount is in the 101-250 employee range, and engagement extends to senior foreign-government stakeholders, including meetings with the U.S. Ambassador.

Name

National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka

Legal name

National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka

Website

https://nceasl.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

NCEASL is a Sri Lankan religious nonprofit founded in 1952 that serves as the unified alliance of over 200 evangelical churches, denominations, and organizations, delivering advocacy, disaster relief, pastoral welfare, mental health support, and youth programming through four commissions and its Alliance Development Trust subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Advocacy and Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAF

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

Keywords

• Religious liberty advocacy
• Humanitarian relief services
• Community development programs
• Evangelical church alliance
• Disaster relief operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Colombo

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: NCEASL operates as a nonprofit religious organization funded through donations from supporters, member churches, and partnerships. The organization accepts contributions through its website for various initiatives including relief efforts, youth programs, and advocacy work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

NCEASL is a religious nonprofit alliance representing over 200 evangelical churches, denominations, and organizations in Sri Lanka. It delivers programs through four commissions covering missions and evangelism, religious liberty and social justice, relief and development, and youth engagement, providing pastoral support, disaster relief, livelihood training, mental health services, scholarships, and advocacy for religious freedom.

Product overview

NCEASL is a religious nonprofit organization (not a technology company) that operates through four main commissions: Missions and Evangelism, Religious Liberty and Social Justice (RLC), Relief and Development (RnD), and Youth Evangelical Alliance (YEA). The organization provides community support programs including Evangel Care scholarships for children, Kids Camp initiatives, livelihood training, mental health support, and disaster relief. The work is structured around three pillars: equip the national church, advocate for peace and justice, and build resilient communities. As a nonprofit religious alliance, NCEASL does not offer technology products or services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Religious Liberty Commission (RLC): Commission focused on religious liberty and social justice advocacy
• Relief and Development (RnD)
• Youth Evangelical Alliance (YEA)
• Alliance Development Trust (ADT)

Products and services

• Missions and Evangelism Commission Commission equipping pastors and ministry workers to fulfil their calling and serve evangelical Christians across all parts of Sri Lanka, focused on spiritual empowerment and church support.
• Religious Liberty and Social Justice Commission (RLC) Commission focused on religious liberty advocacy and social justice, including the Rewind; Rebuild digital initiative (online museum and e-learning platform) memorializing religious freedom violations and promoting freedom of religion literacy.
• Relief and Development Commission (RnD) Commission delivering disaster relief, livelihood support, and community development programs through the Alliance Development Trust (ADT), including the SAVE LIVES COVID-19 medical equipment campaign and livelihood training for pastors and entrepreneurs.
• Youth Evangelical Alliance (YEA) Commission focused on youth engagement and empowerment, delivering youth camps (e.g., REV'19), leadership training, and advocacy engagement to mobilize young Christians for social action and public sphere involvement.
• Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Programme Programme training ministry workers and pastors in mental health awareness and coping strategies, conducted across six high-persecution districts (Batticaloa, Ampara, Jaffna, Hambantota, Monaragala, Matara), having trained 100 workers from 70+ churches and indirectly impacted approximately 5,000 individuals.
• Evangel Care Scholarship Scheme Monthly educational scholarship programme supporting over 200 children of pastors and ministry workers across Sri Lanka, addressing poverty and marginalization faced by children from ministry families.
• Kids Camp Annual camp for children of ministry workers providing spiritual teaching, fellowship, recreational activities, and community support for kids facing persecution or economic hardship; Kids Camp 2025 hosted by MAS Athena with over 110 participants.
• Bearing Gifts Project Project distributing specialized gift packs to 1,000 families of pastors and ministry workers across Sri Lanka as an act of pastoral care and material support during Christmas.
• Livelihood Support Programme Programme providing livelihood training, mentorship, and self-employment support for pastors and their families, including the 2021 initiative that supported 73 families from 6 provinces and rebuilt 10 churches.
• Disaster Relief and Emergency Aid Distribution Emergency relief programme distributing dry rations and supplies to affected families, including the Alliance Development Trust distribution of 450 packs of dry rations worth LKR 610,759 to affected families in the Digana area.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of MHPSS participants reported increased awareness of mental health and improved coping strategies; ~80% of couples in Jaffna reported improved marriages
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

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

• Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (RFBF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021RFBF sponsored the 2021 Religious Freedom Film Competition. NCEASL together with MinorMatters won 2nd Runner Up for their 'Switch On' film project.
• Empower Women Media (EWM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021EWM co-sponsored the 2021 Religious Freedom Film Competition. NCEASL together with MinorMatters was awarded 2nd Runner Up for their 'Switch On' film project.
• United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019UNAOC partnered with BMW Group to present the Intercultural Innovation Award. RLC's Rewind; Rebuild initiative won 4th place among 1200 global applicants. The initiative uses digital technology to memorialize religious freedom violations and promote dialogue through an e-learning platform.
• BMW GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019BMW Group partnered with UNAOC to present the Intercultural Innovation Award, which recognized RLC's Rewind; Rebuild initiative for using digital technology to promote religious freedom awareness.
• Alliance Development Trust (ADT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADT serves as the relief and development arm of NCEASL. Together they implement the SAVE LIVES campaign for COVID-19 medical equipment donations, conduct disaster relief operations, and carry out development programs including livelihood support for pastors and entrepreneurs.
• MinorMatterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinorMatters is a youth-focused initiative mobilizing youth involvement on religious freedom issues. Together with NCEASL, they won recognition at the Intercultural Innovation Award and the 2021 Religious Freedom Film Competition for digital platforms promoting religious freedom awareness.
• MAS AthenaminorOthersMAS Athena hosted the Kingdom Kids Camp 2025, providing venue for the three-day program for over 110 children of ministry workers.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Open Doors International: Largest global NGO serving persecuted Christians in over 70 countries. Comparable mission to NCEASL's Religious Liberty Commission, but operates at significantly larger scale and global footprint, positioning it as a broader incumbent.
• World Council of Churches: Global ecumenical fellowship of 350+ churches. Broader incumbent covering ecumenical and interfaith work that overlaps with NCEASL's religious-liberty and social-justice functions, though with a more liberal theological orientation.

Direct peers

• Barnabas Fund: UK-based Christian aid agency supporting persecuted Christians worldwide. Directly comparable to NCEASL's relief/development and religious-liberty work, particularly in South Asian contexts.
• National Association of Evangelicals (NAE): U.S. national umbrella body for evangelical denominations, churches, and organizations. Closely comparable to NCEASL as a national evangelical membership alliance advocating religious liberty and serving member churches, though operating in a different geography.
• Release International: Christian persecution advocacy and aid organization serving persecuted Christians in over 25 countries. Comparable mission to NCEASL's RLC and relief programs.
• International Christian Concern (ICC): U.S.-based persecution watchdog documenting incidents of Christian persecution globally. Direct peer in religious-liberty advocacy and incident documentation — a function NCEASL's RLC also performs for Sri Lanka.
• National Council of Churches in Sri Lanka (NCCSL): Sri Lanka's ecumenical Christian body uniting historic Protestant and Orthodox churches. Closest in-country peer to NCEASL, sharing the Sri Lankan context, religious-liberty advocacy, and inter-church coordination mandate, though covering a different denominational subset.
• Voice of the Martyrs (VOM): Global ministry serving persecuted Christians through advocacy, aid, and family support. Comparable religious-liberty advocacy mission to NCEASL's RLC and aid delivery through partner networks.
• World Evangelical Alliance: Global federation of evangelical churches and alliances operating in over 130 countries. Direct peer because NCEASL operates as the national evangelical alliance for Sri Lanka — analogous institutional form and mission at country level to WEA at global level.

Regional players

• Asia Evangelical Alliance: Regional evangelical alliance spanning Asian nations. Comparable as a regional evangelical alliance body with national member alliances like NCEASL — direct upstream/downstream relationship rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nceasl
• Facebookfacebook.com/NCEASL
• Instagraminstagram.com/nceasl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/evangelical-alliance-of-sri-lanka

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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