Asian American Christian Fellowship

What Asian American Christian Fellowship does

Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF) is a nonprofit campus ministry founded in 1972 and operated as the campus ministry arm of Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society (JEMS). It serves Asian American and other college students through fellowship, Bible study, discipleship, and leadership development at 13 chapters across major West Coast universities, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, CSU Long Beach, Cal Poly SLO, San Francisco State, and the University of Washington Seattle. The organization engages nearly 500 students annually, supported by 24 campus staff workers and 100+ student leaders, and runs the Leadership Training Conference (LTC) launched in 1985 as its signature leadership development program. AACF holds ECFA accreditation, indicating compliance with recognized financial accountability standards for evangelical nonprofits. AACF's business model is donation-funded: it solicits individual contributions through online giving (with Apple Pay, Google Pay, and ACH support) and operates a stated annual General Fund fundraising goal of approximately $45,000, with broader operating support raised by campus staff through individual donor networks; no tuition, membership dues, or earned-revenue streams are disclosed in the input.

Name

Asian American Christian Fellowship

Legal name

Asian American Christian Fellowship

Website

https://aacf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Asian American Christian Fellowship is a 501(c)-eligible nonprofit campus ministry founded in 1972, operating 13 chapters across West Coast universities to serve nearly 500 Asian American and other students through Bible study, fellowship, and leadership development under the JEMS umbrella.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

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. Individual Donations: AACF relies on individual donations to support campus ministers, student leaders, and chapter operations. Donations are processed through the JEMS organization.
2. ACH and Credit Card Donations: Accepts credit cards, debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and ACH payments through their website. ACH transactions have lower processing fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF) operates a parachurch campus ministry delivering student-led, staff-directed Christian fellowship, Bible study, discipleship, and leadership development at 13 university chapters across California and Washington. The organization runs the annual Leadership Training Conference (LTC), provides the Grace K. Ogawa Scholarship to subsidize student attendance, and sustains operations through its General Fund supported by individual donations routed through its parent JEMS organization.

Product overview

Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF) is a campus ministry organization operated by the Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society (JEMS) with 13 chapters across California and Washington universities. The organization offers a unified ministry focused on making disciples by educating and equipping students in biblical foundations, Christian disciplines, and the development of spiritual gifts. The core offerings include campus fellowship chapters (student-led, staff-directed), the annual Leadership Training Conference (LTC) for leadership development, the Grace K. Ogawa Scholarship for LTC financial assistance, and the AACF General Fund supporting 24 campus staff and 100+ student leaders. Additional resources include online student resources (finance handbooks, retreat planning, forms), worship resources (chord library with CCLI licensing), and internal financial management via Zoho Expense.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campus Ministry Chapters Student-led, staff-directed on-campus Christian fellowship groups at 13 university campuses across California and Washington, offering worship, Bible study, small groups, discipleship, and leadership development for Asian American college students.
• Leadership Training Conference (LTC) Annual week-long student leadership training conference held in June that brings together students and AACF campus ministers for prayer, worship, and intensive ministry skills training.
• Grace K. Ogawa Scholarship Financial scholarship fund that helps students attend the Leadership Training Conference, named in honor of Grace K. Ogawa, a campus minister who served AACF from 1988-2003.
• AACF General Fund General operating fund supporting recruitment, training, and care for 24 campus staff workers and over 100 student leaders across AACF chapters.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 500 students actively engaged across 13 chapters annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Local ChurchescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAACF operates as a parachurch ministry working alongside local churches to provide open space for students to seek God. Churches provide mentorship, spiritual support, and help connect students to church community life.
• JEMS (Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAACF is the campus ministry arm of JEMS. JEMS provides organizational support, financial processing for donations, insurance coverage, and denominational backing for campus ministers.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Baptist Collegiate Ministry: Denominationally affiliated campus ministry operating across many U.S. universities with student-led Bible studies and leadership development. Comparable model with denominational backing, though broader demographic focus.
• Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ): One of the largest campus ministries globally with extensive infrastructure and broader evangelical focus. Comparable in mission and target demographic but with much greater scale and broader programmatic scope.
• Young Life: Large youth ministry organization with a similar chapter-based, volunteer-led, donation-funded model. Comparable in organizational structure and faith-based youth engagement, though focused on high school rather than college.

Direct peers

• InterVarsity Christian Fellowship: Largest evangelical campus ministry in the U.S., operating on hundreds of universities with a similar chapter-based, student-led model. Most directly comparable in mission, structure, and target demographic (college students).
• Navigators: Faith-based discipleship and campus ministry organization with a similar focus on college students and leadership development. Comparable in approach to Bible study, mentoring, and student-led small groups.
• Asian Access: Ministry organization focused on equipping Asian church leaders and ministry in Asia. Comparable niche focus on Asian American / Asian ministry identity, though more focused on church leadership than campus ministry.
• Campus Outreach: College campus ministry with a similar chapter-based, student-led model focused on discipleship and leadership development. Directly comparable in mission and operational structure at the university level.

Regional players

• Chinese for Christ (CCBC): Chinese-focused evangelical ministry organization serving the Chinese diaspora in the U.S., including campus and church ministry. Comparable in serving an Asian American Christian demographic with a parallel mission structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AACFucsd2018
• Instagraminstagram.com/uwaacf
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asian-american-christian-fellowship

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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