WEC International

Name

WEC International

Legal name

WEC International

Website

https://wec-usa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1913

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Mission Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Missionary Training Colleges & Schools (EDAHAKAF)

Keywords

• Missionary mobilization
• Church planting services
• Cross-cultural ministry
• Missionary training programs
• Faith-based missions agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: WEC International operates as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization registered since 1941 (EIN 23-6396212). The organization relies entirely on donations from individuals, churches, and organizations. Missionaries and staff raise their own financial support through personal prayer and support teams. No financial appeals are made; instead, they share what God is doing and trust Him to provide. Contributions are tax-deductible for federal income, estate, and gift tax purposes.
2. Program Fees (Short-term missions): Short-term participants raise their own support to cover costs including round-trip airfare from Philadelphia, transportation on field, medical insurance, meals, accommodations, language learning, field trips, administration fees, and orientation/debrief costs. The organization facilitates but does not profit from these arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

WEC International recruits, trains, and deploys cross-cultural missionaries worldwide to plant churches among unreached people groups. The organization offers a portfolio of short-term missions programs (WEC Core, Trek USA, Discovery, DIVE INTO), a 3.5-month Candidate Orientation for long-term missionaries, comprehensive member care services for missionaries and their families, and church engagement programs through WEC Link. It also publishes Operation World, a definitive prayer guide covering every nation.

Product overview

WEC International is a multicultural, interdenominational church-planting mission agency offering a portfolio of short-term and long-term missions programs. The core offerings include WEC Core (a 2-year commitment for those considering long-term missions), WEC Trek USA (3-12 month trips), Discovery Program (1-3 month individual or team trips), and DIVE INTO (2-8 week international team trips for ages 18-35). Supporting services include a 3.5-month Candidate Orientation training program, the Missionary Kids Department providing care for children of missionaries, comprehensive Member Care Services, the WEC Latino Branch for Hispanic missionaries, Operation World prayer resources, and WEC Link church partnership training. The organization operates across 70+ countries with support branches on multiple continents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WEC Core: Two-year short-term missions program for those 20 years or older considering long-term missions
• WEC Trek USA
• Discovery Program
• DIVE INTO
• WEC Link
• Senderos
• Operation World

Products and services

• WEC Core

Quantifiable outcome

• Serving in over 70 countries with church-planting teams reaching 130+ people groups
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability)coreOthersWEC International is a member of ECFA, demonstrating commitment to financial accountability and transparency standards expected of Christian nonprofit organizations.
• MissionExcellencecoreOthersWEC USA Short-Term Department is an accredited member of MissionExcellence (formerly Standards of Excellence in Short Term Mission), demonstrating quality standards in mission program delivery.
• Columbia International UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner logo on WEC USA website, indicating collaborative relationship in missionary training or recruitment.
• MissionNextminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization on WEC USA website, potentially serving as a missions platform or resource connection.
• Cornerstone CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWEC missionary training college in the Netherlands (operating in English) committed to equipping God's people for church planting among least reached peoples.
• EastWest CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWEC missionary training college in New Zealand offering holistic training for cross-cultural ministry.
• MTC Latino AmericanocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWEC missionary training college in Brazil operating in Portuguese, serving Latin American missionary candidates.
• Worldview (Tasmania, Australia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWEC missionary training college in Tasmania, Australia providing holistic training emphasizing relational, knowledge, and practical ministry components.
• Radio Worldwide (RW)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedia training organization (formerly Radio Worldwide) providing broadcast and media production training for Christians wanting to reach others using media.
• Crisis Care Training International (CCTI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry of WEC International working alongside Rainbows of Hope team to train caregivers working with children in crisis in cross-cultural contexts.
• Arts ReleaseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-ethnic cross-cultural ministry based in Europe offering musical/drama internships and workshops in multi-cultural arts, drama, and worship.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Frontiers: Frontiers is a pioneer mission agency exclusively focused on unreached people groups, with church-planting teams working in Muslim-majority and other least-reached contexts. Its targeting and team-based deployment are highly comparable to WEC's.
• Pioneers: Pioneers is an interdenominational mission agency that mobilizes teams to plant churches among unreached people groups. It shares WEC's church-planting emphasis, multicultural team model, and focus on the 10/40 window.
• Africa Inland Mission (AIM): AIM is a pioneer church-planting mission with deep field presence in Africa and cross-cultural team deployment from multiple sending nations. Its pioneer posture, training pipeline, and church-planting objectives closely mirror WEC's.
• SIM (Serving in Mission): SIM is a large interdenominational evangelical mission agency sending cross-cultural church-planting workers from dozens of countries into similar restricted-access and unreached fields. It is the closest comparable in scale, missionary base, and pioneer-church-planting focus.
• SEND International: SEND International is an interdenominational mission agency focused on church planting among unreached peoples, with missionary training and candidate programs analogous to WEC's Candidate Orientation.
• Latin America Mission (LAM): LAM is a pioneer mission agency working across Latin America with church-planting, mobilization, and missionary training programs. It is a direct peer for WEC's Latino Branch and Latin American field strategy.
• Youth With A Mission (YWAM): YWAM is a global, interdenominational mission movement with short-term programs, training centers (Discipleship Training Schools), and field deployment across 100+ countries. It is the most prominent peer for WEC's Discovery/Trek-style entry programs.
• OMF International (Overseas Missionary Fellowship): OMF is an interdenominational mission focused on East Asia's unreached peoples, with similar Candidate Orientation, member care, and church-partnership programs. It is comparable in structure, missionary lifecycle, and field deployment model.
• TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission): TEAM is an interdenominational mission agency that recruits, trains, and deploys missionaries in church-planting contexts globally. It is comparable to WEC on missionary mobilization, short-term programs, and church partnership engagement.
• Greater Europe Mission (GEM): GEM is a church-planting mission focused on Europe and the Middle East with cross-cultural teams and a similar Candidate orientation model. It is a relevant regional peer for WEC's European fields.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wecusa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wec-international

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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