Alongside Ministries International

Name

Alongside Ministries International

Legal name

Alongside Ministries International

Website

https://alongside.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Nonprofit Missionary Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF), Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI), Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH)

Keywords

• Missionary sending services
• Christian nonprofit ministry
• Missionary support programs
• Church planting partnerships
• Humanitarian aid ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Langley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations: Alongside Ministries is supported entirely through the faithful prayer and giving of individuals, churches, and foundations in the USA, Canada, and Europe. As a Section 501(c)(3) non-profit, donations are tax-deductible. The organization maintains complete discretion over the use of all donated funds.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Alongside Ministries International recruits, trains, sends, and supports long-term Christian missionaries (Alongsiders) who serve cross-culturally alongside indigenous church leaders in Europe and North America. The organization maintains a portfolio of designated donation funds supporting general operations, country-specific ministry projects (Albania, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Ukraine), humanitarian relief, scholarships, and events. It also offers short-term mission opportunities and a self-serve online donation portal powered by MyAmplify for individual donors and church partners.

Product overview

Alongside Ministries International operates as a missionary sending and support organization offering a portfolio of donation funds and mission programs. The core offering includes the Core Ministries Fund for general operations, plus designated funds for specific geographic missions in Albania, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Scotland, and Ukraine. Humanitarian funds like The Blessing Fund (Ukraine) and Bucha Church Fund address crisis response. The organization runs a short-term and long-term mission program (Alongsiders) where missionaries serve cross-culturally alongside indigenous church leaders. An online donation portal with MyAmplify integration allows supporters to give to individual missionaries or specific ministry funds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Core Ministries Fund General support fund for Alongside Ministries International covering missionary support, leadership development, and shared ministry operations across the organization.
• The Blessing Fund (Ukraine) Humanitarian relief fund providing emergency medical and food aid, housing assistance, and refugee support for people affected by the war in Ukraine, delivered through the Estonian Baptist Union and partners in Prague.
• Bucha Church Project Fund Fund supporting Bucha Baptist Church in Ukraine for postwar rebuilding, gospel witness, and care for widows, orphans, and displaced people.
• Alongside Gathering 2026 Fund Fund supporting the 2026 Alongside Gathering conference in Germany for fellowship, encouragement, and shared vision among missionaries and partners.
• Bilisht Church Fund Fund supporting Bilisht Church Ministries in Albania, including youth and children's ministry since 2020.
• Czech English Camp Trips Fund Fund supporting English language camp outreach programs in the Czech Republic that reach people for Christ.
• Czech Evangelical Alliance Fund Fund supporting the Czech Evangelical Alliance ministry partnership.
• Small Place Theology Scholarship Fund Scholarship fund supporting theology education in Estonia.
• Short-Term Mission Opportunities Volunteer short-term mission programs including opportunities in France (L'Escale hospitality ministry), Scotland (pastor-teacher), and Albania (youth ministry) for individuals and church groups.
• Long-Term Mission Program (Alongsiders) Long-term cross-cultural missionary service program where Alongsiders serve alongside indigenous leaders with a shared life ministry model, typically two or more years including structured language study, supported by local sending churches and donor teams.
• Online Donation Portal Online giving platform that allows donors to give tax-deductible donations to individual missionaries and designated ministry funds across Albania, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, and Ukraine, integrated with the MyAmplify donor management system.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bucha Baptist Church (Ukraine)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025New partnership established November 2025 with Pastor Fyodor Raychynets at Bucha Baptist Church. Pastor Fyodor teaches at local seminary, serves as chaplain to troops on front lines, and leads church ministry to those who have lost much due to war.
• Estonian Baptist UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2022Estonian Baptist Union receives truckloads of emergency medical and food aid sent directly from them to Ukrainian Baptist Churches. Also assists refugees arriving in Estonia with housing, clothing, shoes, and business assistance.
• Freedom in Christ Ministries (Albania)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArjan Larashi serves with Freedom In Christ Ministries International in Albania, providing in-depth training and discipleship to pastors and Christian leaders. The ministry equips church leaders through teaching, mentoring, and leadership development initiatives.
• Torchbearers AlbaniacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMark Stoscher serves with Torchbearers Albania, which operates the Crossroads International Torchbearers Bible School and summer camp ministry in Ersekë, Albania.
• CZ English CampscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDale Rogers leads CZ English Camps (Czech Republic), an outreach ministry that reaches people for Christ through English language camps.
• CZ Evangelical AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCzech Evangelical Alliance partners with Scott Johnson who is learning the language and will serve with the Alliance in Prague. Also partnered through The Evangelical Alliance for ministry in Czech Republic.
• L'Escale Port Royal (France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChristian Tanon founded L'Escale, a hospitality center for conversation and prayer in Paris. Looking for missionary volunteer and director to lead the Escale network.
• North Africans in Mission - House of Hope, MarseillescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaimona Shafir leads House of Hope in Marseille, bringing the love of Christ to people on the margins of society and providing practical help to North Africans and migrants.
• Stockethill Church of ScotlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIan Aitken serves as Pastor and church-planter with the Church of Scotland at Stockethill Church in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pioneers: Interdenominational mission agency that mobilizes teams to plant churches among unreached people groups, including a strong European focus. Comparable to Alongside in cross-cultural team-based church planting and donor-supported missionary model.
• Greater Europe Mission (GEM): Faith-based missionary sending organization focused exclusively on church planting and leadership development across Europe — the closest direct peer to Alongside in terms of geographic focus, indigenous-partnership model, and ministry approach.
• SEND International: Evangelical mission agency that recruits, trains, and sends missionaries cross-culturally with a focus on unreached people groups and church planting. Operates with similar donor-supported and partnership-driven model.
• Mission to the World (MTW): PCA-affiliated mission agency with a strong European footprint and church-development partnerships. Similar in structure to Alongside as a sending-and-supporting organization with church-based missionary care.
• TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission): International evangelical mission agency sending missionaries to multiple regions including Europe with a church-planting emphasis. Comparable size, structure, and reliance on individual donor support.
• Janz Team: Mid-sized evangelical mission agency with European church planting emphasis and a team-based sending model. Comparable in scale and theological tradition to Alongside Ministries.

Broad incumbents

• SIM (Serving In Mission): Large global evangelical mission society with operations across multiple continents including Europe. A much broader incumbent that overlaps with Alongside's church-planting model but at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Operation Mobilization (OM): Large international evangelical mission organization operating across Europe and globally with church planting, discipleship, and humanitarian programs. Overlaps with Alongside in European church-planting focus but serves at much larger scale.

Regional players

• EuroMission: European-based evangelical mission network coordinating cross-cultural mission efforts across Europe. A thematic peer focused on the same region, though organized differently as a network rather than a US-based sending agency.

Others

• Frontier Ventures (formerly US Center for World Mission): Mission research and mobilization organization focused on unreached people groups with significant European engagement. Thematically related as a missions-focused organization, but operates in research, mobilization, and church mobilization rather than direct sending.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/alongsiders
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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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