Diocese of Christ Our Hope

Name

Diocese of Christ Our Hope

Legal name

Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope

Website

https://adhope.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Diocesan Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ministerial Training Institutes (Clergy Formation) (EDAHAKAE), Denominational Theological Colleges (e.g., Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical) (EDAHAKAM)

Keywords

• Anglican diocesan ministry
• Church planting services
• Theological education programs
• Clergy ordination support
• Religious leadership development

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Local congregations tithe 10% to the diocese. Revenue supports diocesan operations, church planting, and mission initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Diocese of Christ Our Hope is an Anglican diocese within the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) that organizes and supports member congregations across the eastern United States. It delivers church planting initiatives, theological education (Anglican Studies Program and Gordon-Conwell MACM degree partnership), clergy ordination and curacy programs, leadership development, and a portfolio of ministry initiatives including global missions, women's leadership, the Matthew 25 outreach initiative, and the ETNI diversity program.

Product overview

The Diocese of Christ Our Hope is an Anglican diocese offering a portfolio of programs and services organized around mission expansion, leadership development, and spiritual health. Core programs include Church Planting (using Always Forward methodology) and the Anglican Studies Program (a certificate program for theological formation), both supported by a partnership with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for the MACM degree. The diocese operates dedicated initiatives for Global Mission, Women's Leadership, Matthew 25 (justice/mercy outreach), ETNI (multi-ethnic diversity), Gospel and Culture engagement, and Spiritual Direction (via LTI Selah program). Youth programming includes Camp Booyah summer camp, while communications include the Luminary Magazine (quarterly print/digital) and AnchorLines blog/newsletter. Additional resources include Pilgrimages (via Footstep Ministries) and comprehensive Safeguarding resources for member churches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AnchorLines: Stories, news, and updates newsletter publication of the diocese
• Anglican Studies Program
• Mission Hope West Virginia
• Camp Booyah
• Every Tribe and Nation Initiative (ETNI)
• Matthew 25 Initiative
• Always Forward

Products and services

• Anglican Studies Program A four-course certificate program in theological and spiritual formation for ordinands and lay leaders who desire to serve in the Anglican tradition. Courses include Anglican History, Anglican Sacramental Theology, Anglican Spiritual Tradition and Practical Theology, and Anglican Polity, delivered via asynchronous online learning, bi-weekly live Zoom seminars, and 48-hour in-person residential weekends. Priced at $350 per course.
• Church Planting Initiative A missional initiative dedicated to planting new Anglican churches, including assessment, training intensives, coaching, and structured progression through Interest Group, Launch Team, Church Plant, Mission, and Congregation stages. Uses Always Forward methodology (ACNA partnership). Includes Mission Hope West Virginia sub-initiative with six churches planted.
• Gordon-Conwell MACM Degree Partnership Master of Arts in Christian Ministry (MACM) degree offered in partnership with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. 48 credit-hour, part-time online-live hybrid format with in-person cohort clusters, designed for working ministers with families. Available at a 40% discount from standard tuition.
• Women's Leadership Development Initiative Diocesan initiative promoting women's leadership across lay and ordained ministry through identification, equipping, mentoring connections, prayer support, and quarterly Zoom calls.
• Global Mission Initiative Initiative supporting and challenging churches to engage in global missions among unreached peoples, including partnerships with New Wineskins Missionary Network and Anglican Frontier Missions. Includes Global Mission Advocates network, Eastern Europe (Thigpen Family), Bible translation (Ruth Anne), and Rwanda partnerships (Weber Family).
• Matthew 25 Initiative Outreach initiative equipping diocese churches to care for the least of these through focus areas including homelessness, immigration, refugee care, human trafficking, creation care, food justice, at-risk youth, substance abuse, community development, prison ministry, and racial reconciliation.
• Every Tribe and Nation (ETNI) Diversity initiative welcoming and reflecting the growing diversity of people groups in the diocese, equipping churches with cultural intelligence resources to welcome those from different cultural backgrounds.
• Gospel and Culture Initiative Educational initiative equipping clergy and leaders to understand philosophical and cultural forces shaping hearts and minds, develop counter-reformational ministry strategies, and serve as public theologians in their communities.
• Selah: Certificate in Spiritual Direction Spiritual direction certificate program offered in partnership with Leadership Transformations, Inc. (LTI) through a uniquely Anglican cohort. Trinitarian in theology, contemplative in style, biblical in grounding. Open to Anglicans across ACNA.
• Camp Booyah Anglican summer missions adventure camp for rising 7th graders to graduated high school seniors, serving those in need through mission projects and memory-making activities. Held in Virginia and New Hampshire locations.
• Pilgrimages International pilgrimage tours offered in partnership with Footstep Ministries, led by DCOH ministers. Upcoming pilgrimage: England, May 30 - June 9, 2027, led by Bishop Paul Donison.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50 ordinands going through ordination process at any one time
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Footstep MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 May 2027International tour ministry since 1982. Partnership to offer pilgrimages throughout the world led by DCOH ministers. Next pilgrimage: May 30 - June 9, 2027 through England led by Bishop Paul Donison.
• Gordon-Conwell Theological SeminarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to offer Master of Arts in Christian Ministry (MACM) - a 48 credit-hour degree, part-time online-live hybrid format, with in-person cohort clusters across the diocese. Specifically designed for those with jobs and families. Offered at 40% discount from standard tuition through ministry partnership program.
• Always Forward (ACNA Church Planting Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch planting initiative of the Anglican Church in North America. Diocese uses Always Forward-trained assessors, data-driven profiles, and relational conversations to determine fit and readiness of church planters. Church planters sent to Always Forward's Church Plant Training Intensives and paired with seasoned coaches.
• Leadership Transformations, Inc. (LTI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelah: Certificate in Spiritual Direction program offered through uniquely Anglican cohort. LTI's Selah-Anglican Certificate is hosted by the Diocese but open to Anglicans around the ACNA. Curriculum is trinitarian in theology, contemplative in style, and biblical in grounding.
• New Wineskins Missionary NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMission agency mobilizing Anglicans for global mission for almost fifty years. Host of largest international Anglican Global Mission Conference every three years. Official hub for mission resources for ACNA. Coordinator of Anglican Global Mission Partners network. Leader of ACNA's Global Mission Initiative.
• Anglican Frontier MissionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissionary society that sends missionaries to plant indigenous churches among the largest and least evangelized peoples in the world. Mission is to plant biblically-based, multiplying, indigenous churches among unreached people groups.
• Made to FlourishminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-denominational organization providing grant program for pastoral residencies. Annual conferences bring together pastors, coordinators, and residents (curates) from across denominations including Anglican churches in DCOH.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh: A breakaway Anglican diocese aligned with the GAFCON network; comparable in governance structure, theological identity, and reliance on congregational tithing for operations.
• Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic (ACNA): ACNA diocese operating across a similar Mid-Atlantic geography with overlapping congregations and mission programs, making it a closely matched peer for benchmarking planting and formation outcomes.
• Diocese of the Northeast (ACNA): Another ACNA diocese covering a multi-state region with shared Anglican identity, congregational tithing model, ordination pipeline, and church-planting efforts — the closest structural peer in terms of operations and scale.
• Diocese of the South (ACNA): Another Southeastern ACNA diocese with comparable church-planting, ordinand formation, and congregational support structures — a direct peer for operational benchmarking.

Others

• New Wineskins Missionary Network: Anglican global mission agency partnering with DCOH on the Global Mission Initiative; functions as a peer organization in mobilizing missionaries and is the largest international Anglican global mission conference host.
• Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary: Strategic educational partner (40% MACM discount) rather than a competitor. Included because DCOH's clergy formation strategy is materially built on this partnership, making it the most relevant ecosystem peer.
• Anglican Frontier Missions: Core mission partner focused on church planting among unreached people groups; comparable mission philosophy and serves as a peer for the diocese's Global Mission Initiative rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina: Geographic and demographic peer operating in the same North Carolina territory under the broader Episcopal/Anglican tradition; useful as a same-region benchmark despite the different Anglican alignment.

Broad incumbents

• Reformed Episcopal Church: A smaller historic Anglican-aligned denomination with a similar evangelical-reformed identity, congregational polity, and clergy formation model — useful as a denominational-structure peer.
• Anglican Church in North America (ACNA): The parent province of which the Diocese of Christ Our Hope is a member. ACNA provides the overarching governance, the Always Forward church-planting initiative, and shared identity — making it the most directly comparable ecclesiastical body, albeit at a higher aggregation level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

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