Multiply Church

What Multiply Church does

Multiply Church, headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, operates the Multiply Family of Churches, an apostolic church planting network comprising eleven autonomous congregations across North America (six locations across North Carolina), Africa (Namibia and Zambia), and Europe (France). Founded in 1958, the network operates as a non-profit religious organization under Global Senior Pastor Dr. Douglas Witherup. Its product surface centers on a multi-church replication model in which each local lead pastor functions as an apostolic visionary leader within the APEST fivefold ministry framework (Apostolic, Prophetic, Evangelistic, Shepherding, Teaching), supported by spiritual covering, mentorship cohorts, and shared resources from the parent network.

The organization's underlying technology stack is modest and third-party dependent: Planning Center Online (PCO) and Realm for church management, CCLI for music licensing compliance, and the Multiply Family of Churches mobile application (iOS and Android) for community engagement, sermon delivery, and digital giving. Individual church locations maintain their own microsites, and a centralized Church Finder directory supports cross-campus discovery. There is no proprietary platform, no AI or data infrastructure, and no disclosed integration beyond standard SaaS tooling.

Multiply Church's business model is donation-driven and non-commercial. Revenue is generated through member tithes and offerings, network-level mission contributions, and the Kingdom Builders Fund, which pools donations to provide $50,000–$100,000 in 2:1 matching capital to qualifying church planters. Pricing is not disclosed because services to planters and congregants are provided at no direct cost; the organization is sustained by voluntary giving. Its go-to-market is relationship-led: prospective planters submit an interest form, engage leadership via calls, and attend a Discovery Weekend before being onboarded into the network.

Name

Multiply Church

Website

https://multiply.church

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Multiply Church is a non-profit apostolic network operating eleven affiliated churches across North America, Africa, and Europe, providing spiritual covering, funding, and mentorship to church planters and serving congregants under the APEST fivefold ministry model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB), Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE), Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Church planting network
• Apostolic ministry
• Christian worship services
• Discipleship programs
• Religious community engagement

Headquarters

HQ city

Concord

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. Tithes and Offerings: Each local church in the Multiply network collects tithes and offerings from members, which supports local operations and contributes to the broader network.
2. Church Planting Fund Donations: Donations and Kingdom Builders contributions fund new church plants. The network provides financial support ($50K-$100K) to planters who raise matching funds.
3. Mission and Kingdom Builder Contributions: Network-level funding from member churches supporting missions and kingdom expansion across the global network.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Multiply Church operates the Multiply Family of Churches, an apostolic church planting network uniting eleven autonomous congregations across North America, Africa, and Europe. The organization delivers live Spirit-empowered worship services, discipleship programming, leadership development, and structured church planting support—including spiritual covering, financial backing (Kingdom Builders fund, $50K–$100K with 2:1 matching), training, and mentorship—accessed through a global online presence, mobile applications, and locally rooted campuses.

Product overview

Multiply Church operates as a unified church planting network (the Multiply Family of Churches) comprising eleven highly autonomous churches across North America, Africa, and Europe. The core offering is the Multiply Family Network, which provides apostolic covering, collaborative support, and shared resources to member churches while maintaining local independence. The network is supported by a mobile application for community engagement, a structured church planting program with funding support (Kingdom Builders Fund providing $50,000-$100,000 with 2:1 matching), and annual leadership retreats (Pray & Play and Refresh). Individual church campuses operate under the unified 'Multiply' naming convention (e.g., Multiply Concord, Multiply Windhoek, Multiply Livingstone, Multiply Rennes) and share the Four Pillars framework: Name of the House, Word of the House, Mission of the House, and Financial Flow of the House.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multiply Family of Churches Network An apostolic church planting network uniting eleven highly autonomous congregations across North America, Africa, and Europe under shared vision, values, and APEST fivefold ministry; provides spiritual covering, collaborative support, and shared resources while preserving local church independence.
• Multiply Family of Churches Mobile Application Downloadable mobile application for iOS and Android enabling congregants to connect with groups, watch sermons, give digitally, and engage with the Multiply Church community.
• Church Planting Program A structured three-step church planting pathway for prospective planters consisting of (1) interest form submission, (2) leadership team connection calls, and (3) Discovery Weekend attendance; provides training, mentorship, spiritual covering, sermon resources including graphics and message outlines, launch event preparation, finance and media department support, and access to Kingdom Builders financial backing.
• Kingdom Builders Fund A financial support program funding new church plants with $50,000 to $100,000 through a 2:1 matching structure—a planter that raises $25,000 unlocks an additional $50,000 in matching funds to launch and sustain an apostolic center.

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Converge: A baptist church planting movement with global reach that provides assessment, training, coaching, and funding to planters; comparable in mission, planting pathway, and international footprint.
• Church Multiplication Network (CMN): A church planting network focused on multiplying healthy churches through coaching cohorts and planter support; comparable to Multiply in its coaching/mentorship and apostolic-covering model.
• Pioneers: An international church planting movement among unreached people groups; comparable in cross-cultural church planting, mission funding, and global footprint across multiple continents.
• Acts 29 Network: A large global church planting network that recruits, trains, and resources planters, operates on a similar multi-church family model and provides similar financial and coaching support to plant new churches worldwide.
• Exponential: A church planting resourcing organization that hosts major conferences and provides coaching/training for planters; comparable in supporting the broader church planting pipeline that Multiply taps into.
• NewThing: A church planting movement that catalyzes reproducing congregations globally through catalytic leaders; parallels Multiply's emphasis on apostolic leadership and multiplication of churches.
• ARC (Associations of Related Churches): A church planting and resourcing network of 1,000+ affiliated congregations sharing common mission and mutual support; closely parallels Multiply's apostolic network model of autonomous churches under shared covering.

Others

• Pushpay: A technology and giving platform specifically serving faith-based organizations including church management and donor engagement; Multiply's mobile app runs on Pushpay infrastructure, making Pushpay a key enabling technology peer.
• Planning Center (Church Center): A leading church management software suite (People, Services, Giving, Registrations) used by tens of thousands of churches; Multiply requires planters to adopt Planning Center, making it a core ecosystem technology provider.

Broad incumbents

• North American Mission Board (NAMB): The Southern Baptist Convention's North American missions agency providing church planting funding, assessment, and training; comparable as a larger denominational incumbent in the same church planting space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/multiplyconcord
• Facebookfacebook.com/MultiplyChurchConcord

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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