City to City Asia Pacific

What City to City Asia Pacific does

City to City Asia Pacific (CTCAP) is a Hong Kong-incorporated, faith-based non-profit organization founded in 2009 and operating as a global affiliate of Redeemer City to City, New York. CTCAP equips local leaders across Asia Pacific to plant gospel-centered churches in their heart languages, delivering a portfolio of training programs including the flagship two-week Asia Intensive (33 modules across Theological Vision, Gospel Renewal, Ministry Design, and Church Planting), 12-24 month Incubator cohorts, Train the Trainer programs, Training Bootcamps, and one-on-one Gospel Coaching. The organization also runs a Gospel at Work program in collaboration with the Global Faith & Work Initiative, a Prayer Catalyst Intensive, and the Persecuted Corridor Retreat. Training content is delivered in Mandarin, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, Nepali, Tamil, Sinhala, and English across hub city movements in Tokyo, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Colombo, and Kathmandu.

The organization's revenue model is donation-based rather than commercial. For FY 2025, total contributions were $1,865,548, with the income mix comprising individual donations (37.1%), Hub City Funding from Redeemer City to City, New York (30.1%), foundations and churches (13.9%), and other sources (18.9%). Program fees (US$100 for observers, US$200 for church planter registration at the Asia Intensive) are nominal relative to the donation base. Total FY 2025 expenditure was $1,918,536, with Movement & Hub City Development (32.9%) and Field Operations (22.2%) as the largest spend categories. The operating team consists of six employees (CEO Guna Raman and Training Director Anand Mahadevan as named executives) supported by a distributed network of hub city movement leaders and trainers. In FY 2025, CTCAP reached 99 delegates from 44 cities across 24 countries at the Asia Intensive and trained 200+ church planters regionally, with 23 new trainee trainers developed through Train the Trainer programs.

Name

City to City Asia Pacific

Legal name

City To City Asia Pacific LTD

Website

https://citytocityasiapacific.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

City to City Asia Pacific is a Hong Kong-based non-profit and global affiliate of Redeemer City to City that trains and coaches church planters across Asia Pacific through gospel-centered programs delivered in six heart languages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hong Kong

HQ country

Hong Kong SAR China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Contributions from individual donors and giving partners, representing 37.1% of total income ($1,865,548 total contributions in FY 2025). The organization solicits donations through its website with secure payment processing via Stripe.
2. Hub City Funding: Funding from Redeemer City to City, New York (the parent/global affiliate organization), representing 30.1% of total income. This represents the primary strategic funding relationship for the Asia Pacific affiliate.
3. Foundations and Churches: Grants and contributions from foundations and church partners, representing 13.9% of total income. Organizations can partner through various giving mechanisms including wire transfers.
4. Training Program Fees: Registration and assessment fees for training programs including the Asia Intensive. Church Planter registration: US$200, Observer registration: US$100. Accommodation and meal costs are separate. Limited scholarships available for financially constrained participants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

City to City Asia Pacific is a faith-based nonprofit that recruits, trains, and coaches church planters and ministry leaders across the Asia Pacific region. It delivers a portfolio of interconnected programs — the flagship two-week Asia Intensive, ongoing Incubator cohorts, Train the Trainer workshops, Gospel Coaching, and Gospel at Work/Faith & Work small groups — translated into heart languages such as Mandarin, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, Nepali, Tamil, Sinhala, and English, and adapted from Redeemer City to City's gospel-centered curriculum.

Product overview

City to City Asia Pacific is a gospel-centered leadership development organization that offers a portfolio of interconnected training programmes and support services for church planting leaders. The core offerings include the Asia Intensive (flagship two-week immersive training), Incubators (ongoing 12-24 month monthly cohorts), Train the Trainer programme, Training Bootcamps, Gospel Coaching, and Faith & Work/Gospel at Work initiatives. The organization also delivers Heart Language Intensives in Mandarin, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, Nepali, Tamil, Sinhala, and English/Russian to reach leaders in their heart languages. Supplementary programmes include Prayer Catalyst Intensives, Persecuted Corridor Retreats, and the Kingdom Sower series. A Resources library provides stories, videos, podcasts, and articles. Post-Intensive support includes coaching, ongoing training, and incubator follow-up over a two-year period.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Asia Intensive The flagship two-week immersive training programme for church planters and ministry-minded individuals, covering urban church planting concepts, theology for healthy churches, leadership modules, and church planting principles across 33 modules in four categories: Theological Vision, Gospel Renewal, Ministry Design, and Church Planting. Held annually in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Incubators A 12-24 month monthly cohort programme where church planters and leaders go through core CTCAP training modules supplemented by gospel community exercises and practical ministry application projects, providing ongoing local, contextual, and practical training for leaders in formative years of ministry. Operates in cities including Singapore, Manila, Kathmandu, Phnom Penh, Ulaanbaatar, and Central Asia.
• Train the Trainer (TTT)

Quantifiable outcome

• 99 church planters trained in 2025 Asia Intensive from 44 cities across 24 countries
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Redeemer City to City, New YorkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity to City Asia Pacific is a global affiliate of Redeemer City to City, New York. The organization carries forward the vision and methodology pioneered by Tim Keller (1950-2023) for gospel-centered church planting in urban centers. CTCAP adapts Redeemer City to City's flagship training content for the Asia Pacific context, translating modules into local heart languages.
• Global Faith & Work InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTCAP collaborates with the Global Faith & Work Initiative for the Gospel at Work program, which plants seeds and grows city movements of gospel-centered believers who shine Christ's light in workplaces, families, and communities.
• seeJesus MinistryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Jon Hori of seeJesus ministry for the inaugural Prayer Catalyst Intensive, which equipped catalysts from seven cities to develop cultures of prayer.
• GRAMI (Indonesia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with GRAMI for gospel-centered teaching through multimedia and apologetics in Indonesia.
• Living Word (Indonesia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Living Word for faithful theological publishing in Indonesia.
• @ideclare.id (Indonesia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with @ideclare.id, a youth-focused digital ministry in Indonesia.
• Hub City Movements (Tokyo, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Colombo, Kathmandu)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional hub cities led by movement leaders (Damian Grateley/Tokyo, Yvonne Chien/Taipei, Massimo Gei/Kuala Lumpur, Michael Chrisdion/Jakarta, Naresh Sathiyaseelan/Colombo, Subash Pradhan/Kathmandu) that serve as centers of training, innovation, and multiplication for gospel movements across the region.
• Denominations and Churches (Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Malaysia)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnerships with major denominations and churches to deliver training. Notable partnerships include: major denomination in Southern Taiwan, AG churches in Sri Lanka, and churches in Malaysia through Gospel City Network.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Redeemer City to City (New York): Direct global parent and source of CTCAP's training content, methodology, and 30.1% of FY2025 funding. Operates the broader City to City network of which CTCAP is the Asia Pacific affiliate; provides strategic oversight and module provenance.
• Gospel Coalition: Broad evangelical network with conferences, training resources, and church planting content with strong Keller/Reformer alignment. Adjacent peer — provides theological resources and conferences that overlap CTCAP's audience, though not a direct training provider.

Direct peers

• Sovereign Grace Church Planting: Church planting network within the Sovereign Grace family; comparable training/coaching model aimed at planting churches globally, with overlap in theological tradition.
• NewChurches.com (Ed Stetzer / Lifeway): Church planting research, assessment, and training organization. Comparable as a peer providing church planter assessment and training content, though with more of a research/publishing tilt than field delivery.
• Acts 29: Global church planting network that recruits, assesses, and trains church planters. Highly comparable as a peer operating in the same church planting training and assessment space, though with a more Reformed/Presbyterian-leaning identity overlapping CTCAP's Keller heritage.
• Church Multiplication Network (CMN) — Assemblies of God: Church planting training and resourcing arm of the Assemblies of God denomination. Comparable mission (training church planters) and overlaps CTCAP's hub cities in Sri Lanka and parts of Southeast Asia.
• Stadia Church Planting: Nonprofit focused exclusively on starting and multiplying new churches globally, with assessment, training, and coaching pipelines. Most direct comparable to CTCAP's Intensives + Incubator + Coaching stack.

Regional players

• All Nations International: Global mission organization focused on church planting movements among least-reached people groups. Comparable in mission-planting intent and cross-cultural training, though operating globally rather than Asia Pacific specifically.

Emerging players

• Church of the City (New York) / Timothy Keller influence network: Church planting and leadership training organization with Keller-aligned gospel-centered methodology. Comparable target audience (urban church planters) and theological content; smaller and more US-centric.
• Church Planters for the Nations: Mission-focused church planting training organization serving urban centers with comparable assessment and training methodology, though smaller scale and more limited geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCiRMZt477ROwpuXiZzsjrmw
• Facebookfacebook.com/citytocityasiapacific
• Instagraminstagram.com/ctcasiapacific
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/city-to-city-asia-pacific

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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