World Team

What World Team does

World Team is a nonprofit global mission agency founded in 1873 and headquartered in Warrington, Pennsylvania, dedicated to church planting and disciple-making among unreached people groups. The organization operates through affiliated national entities in the United States, Australia, and Canada, deploying 300+ missionaries and staff across 26 countries and reaching 50+ people groups, with 96+ churches currently being planted worldwide. Core operational programs include RACE (a 7-day candidate evaluation), Compass (a 4/6/8-month hands-on training program for young adults), an 18-24 month Appointee coaching pipeline, and The INN (International Neighborhood Network) — a diaspora ministry operating in eight U.S. cities that engages refugees and immigrants through ESL programs, community events, and church planting among unreached populations resettled domestically.

The organization's core technology is its proprietary church-planting methodology and cross-cultural training curriculum rather than software products. World Team does not charge for services; its revenue model is entirely donation-based, accepting contributions from individual donors, churches, planned-giving donors, and corporate matching-gift programs through credit card, EFT, stock gifts, and online bill pay channels. Annual fundraising volume is evidenced by 61,000+ donations received in a single year. Distribution relies on field mission teams deployed globally, INN locations in the U.S., and church-based team partnerships for missionary deployment. Go-to-market combines community-led engagement (church partnerships, vision trips, mobilization events), event-driven mobilization (the 3C Global Conference), and direct-to-consumer diaspora outreach (The INN).

World Team's strategic posture is that of a mature, expansion-oriented mission agency entering new geographies (Belgium, Paraguay, Northern Italy) while building out its U.S. diaspora footprint and modernizing its training and content channels (podcasts, kids' curricula, digital storytelling). Governance operates through field directors, area directors, and a board structure with no institutional ownership.

Name

World Team

Legal name

World Team USA

Website

https://worldteam.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1873

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

World Team is a 150-year-old nonprofit mission agency headquartered in Warrington, PA, that plants churches among unreached people groups globally through 300+ missionaries serving in 26 countries and a domestic diaspora ministry in eight U.S. cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Global Mission Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI), Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF), Community Development & Social Impact Programs (EDAIAGAA)

Keywords

• Church planting services
• Global missions agency
• Diaspora ministry programs
• Missionary training assessment
• Unreached people groups

Headquarters

HQ city

Warrington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donor Contributions: Individual donors provide faithful gifts to support workers and fund innovative projects. Donors can give to priorities and projects, workers, or general World Team ministries including employee benefits, training, and emergency funds.
2. Church Partnerships: Partnerships with churches who support mission teams through financial contributions and prayer support. Churches can send church-based teams or develop ongoing support relationships.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

World Team is a nonprofit global mission agency that plants reproducing churches among unreached people groups by deploying career missionaries and cross-cultural church planting teams across 26 countries. Through its U.S. diaspora ministry (The INN) and structured training pathways (RACE assessment, Compass program, and 18-24 month appointee coaching), it prepares and sends individuals into long-term field service while engaging partner churches as sending bodies. The organization is funded entirely through charitable donations and church partnerships.

Product overview

World Team is a global mission agency offering church planting and global missions services. The core product is church planting among unreached people groups, supported by diaspora ministry through The INN in the United States. The organization provides educational resources via GC Kids and the Acts of Faith podcast, training programs including Compass and RACE evaluation, donation processing for missionary support, prayer resources, and short-term mission opportunities. The product portfolio centers on mobilizing believers for cross-cultural ministry through local churches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The INN: International Neighborhood Network - a ministry of World Team focused on church planting among diaspora communities within the United States, serving unreached peoples who have resettled in the US from around the world.

Products and services

• Church Planting & Global Missions Primary ministry service: planting reproducing churches among unreached people groups through cross-cultural missionary deployment, disciple-making, and holistic ministry across 26 countries with 300+ workers.
• The INN (International Neighborhood Network) Diaspora ministry program building relationships with unreached people groups resettling in the United States through ESL classes, community events, cultural orientation, and church planting in eight U.S. locations.
• Compass Program Hands-on training initiative for young adults considering missionary service; runs within The INN context and is offered in 4, 6, or 8-month schedules to provide practical ministry experience among diaspora communities in U.S. cities.
• RACE Candidate Evaluation 7-day candidate evaluation process designed to help prospective missionaries gain clarity about their calling; held quarterly at the World Team USA office in Warrington, Pennsylvania.
• Church-Based Teams Program enabling local churches to send disciple-making teams with diverse gifts to partner with World Team for international church planting among unreached people groups.
• Short-Term Mission Trips Mission trip opportunities lasting from one week to one year, providing exposure to cross-cultural ministry and church planting for those new to missions or exploring a missionary calling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 96 churches planted globally
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Evangelical Church of the West IndiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Evangelical Church of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago to reach Muslims and Hindus with the gospel. World Team missionaries entered Trinidad in 1951 and have been working with the church to plant churches among religious minorities.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Operation Mobilisation: Operation Mobilisation is a global evangelical mission with thousands of workers across 100+ countries, focusing on church planting and gospel access among least-reached peoples through long-term and short-term mobilization.
• Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ): Cru is a large U.S.-based interdenominational ministry with a global missionary sending footprint, broad donor base, and digital content engine, competing for evangelical donations and missions mobilization in overlapping donor segments.
• SIM (Serving In Mission): SIM is an international Christian mission with 4,000+ workers in 70+ countries, sending long-term missionaries and engaging unreached people groups through church planting, healthcare, and community development with comparable funding model.
• YWAM (Youth With A Mission): YWAM is one of the largest global mission movements, sending thousands of workers across many countries with a broader scope including DTS training, mercy ministries, and church planting, competing with World Team for young adult mobilization.

Direct peers

• Frontiers: Frontiers is a mission sending organization focused exclusively on church planting movements among Muslim peoples, using a similar donor-funded, team-based deployment model and church partnership mobilization strategy.
• Send International: Send International is a U.S. evangelical mission agency that mobilizes career missionaries and church-based teams to plant churches among least-reached people groups in Asia, Europe, and North America, with a comparable appointee support model.
• Pioneers: Pioneers is a U.S.-based interdenominational mission agency that plants churches among unreached people groups worldwide, operating with a similar donor-funded, church-partnership model and mobilizing long-term workers through assessment and training pipelines.
• Wycliffe Bible Translators: Wycliffe is a faith-based mission focused on Bible translation and linguistic work among language communities, sharing World Team's unreached-people-group focus, donor-supported worker model, and long-term field deployment approach.
• Mission to the World (MTW): MTW is the global mission sending arm of the Presbyterian Church in America, planting churches among unreached peoples through long-term missionaries funded by church partnerships, directly comparable in structure to World Team.
• TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission): TEAM is a global mission agency headquartered near Chicago that sends career missionaries to plant churches among unreached peoples, raising support through prayer and financial partnerships in a model closely parallel to World Team's appointee program.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/worldteamus
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/worldteamINTL
• Facebookfacebook.com/worldteamUS
• Instagraminstagram.com/worldteamus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/world-team

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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