Emmaus Road International

What Emmaus Road International does

Emmaus Road International is a non-profit missionary resource ministry founded in 1983 and headquartered in San Diego, California, with a secondary distribution entity (ERI Resources) based in Boulder City, Nevada. The organization operates with approximately 5 employees and produces educational content and experiential programs designed to support Christian missionaries and the individuals or churches who "send" them to the field. Its work extends across more than 60 nations.

Name

Emmaus Road International

Legal name

Emmaus Road International

Website

https://eri.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Non-profit missionary resource ministry founded in 1983 producing books, media, seminars, and mission trips to support Christian missionaries and their sending networks across 60+ nations. Flagship book "Serving As Senders" has sold 450,000+ copies in 20 languages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Education and Missionary Care Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Services (611), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Teacher-Led Digital Lesson Packages & Instructional Resources (EDAFACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI), Digital Teaching Resources & Lesson Plan Libraries (EDAGAEAK), Thematic & Discipline-Specific Study Abroad Programs (e.g., STEM, Business, Arts) (EDAIAAAC)

Keywords

• Missionary care training
• Missions education resources
• Christian ministry publishing
• Cross-cultural ministry training
• Missionary reentry support

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Publication Sales: Sale of books, DVDs, CDs, and other printed/digital resources. Products include training materials, seminar content, and educational publications for missionary care and missions education.
2. Seminar Fees: Fees charged for conducting seminars at churches and organizations. Financial policy requests transportation costs, room and board, and honorarium.
3. Ministry Trip Fees: Costs covered for international ministry trips, with ERI covering their own expenses and leaving gifts to partner organizations.
4. Donations: Tax-deductible donations through PayPal and other channels. Donation button prominently featured on website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Emmaus Road International develops and sells missionary care training materials including books, DVD seminars, audiobooks, and a free digital media library, and conducts live seminars and short-term ministry trips. The core curriculum is built around the book Serving As Senders~Today, which teaches a six-area framework for missionary support (encouragement, prayer, financial, logistics, communication, and reentry), and is offered in 20 languages for use by churches, mission agencies, Bible schools, and individual missionaries worldwide.

Product overview

Emmaus Road International (ERI) offers a comprehensive suite of missions education resources including publications (books and bulletins), digital products (DVDs, audiobooks, and downloadable media), live seminars, and ministry trips. The core curriculum centers on the book Serving As Senders~Today, which provides foundational teaching on missionary care through six areas of support. Related products include The Reentry Team for missionary reentry care, I Think God Wants Me to be a Missionary for prospective missionaries, Internationals Who Live Among Us for local cross-cultural ministry, and Prepare For Battle! for spiritual warfare training. Digital offerings include DVD series corresponding to each book, a DVD Bundle at discounted pricing, the ACTS Media Library with free resources, and the Partners In The Gospel audiobook. Live seminars replicate the book content in interactive formats, while ACTS Ministry Trips provide hands-on mission experience. The organization also publishes Critical Issues Bulletins in four series covering practical missions topics and maintains newsletters for ongoing community engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ERI Resources: Division of Emmaus Road International handling development, production, marketing, and order fulfillment of printed and electronic media. Directed by Greg Pirolo.

Products and services

• Serving As Senders~Today A 240-page paperback book that serves as the foundational resource for missionary care, teaching churches and individuals how to care for missionaries through six areas of support: encouragement, prayer, financial, logistics, communication, and reentry. Used by churches, mission agencies, and individual missionaries.
• The Reentry Team: Caring for Your Returning Missionaries A 320-page paperback book addressing missionary reentry care, providing a Scriptural foundation for reentry and including 70 stories from returning missionaries with commentary and solutions. Targeted at churches and mission agencies supporting returning missionaries.
• I Think God Wants Me to be a Missionary A 288-page paperback book helping prospective missionaries evaluate issues to consider before committing to cross-cultural ministry, written in a dialogue format with four young people. Used by churches, Bible schools, and prospective missionaries.
• Internationals Who Live Among Us: Doing World Missions at Home A 224-page paperback book exploring seven types of internationals living in America and how to share Christ's love with them in culturally relevant ways. Targeted at Christians and local churches seeking local cross-cultural outreach opportunities.
• Prepare For Battle! Basic Training in Spiritual Warfare A 288-page paperback book on spiritual warfare covering two levels of battle (the inward struggle and the battle for lost souls), with over 700 scripture references. Used by missionaries, churches, and individuals for spiritual preparation.
• OH NO! NOT ME: Adventures with God in Eastern Europe A 107-page paperback autobiography by Yvonne Pirolo containing 15 short stories of her mission trips to Eastern European countries after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Aimed at supporters and readers interested in missions narratives.
• Solutions to Culture Stress (DVD) A two-DVD series (four hours) providing basic training for cross-cultural workers, contrasting culture shock with stress and providing solutions to issues missionaries face. Targeted at missionaries and pre-field candidates.
• Developing Your Partnership Team (DVD) A two-hour DVD series teaching missionaries how to develop the relationships necessary to foster a caring support group, corresponding with chapters in Serving As Senders. Targeted at missionaries and mission agencies.
• Prepare For Battle! (DVD) An eight-hour DVD series (eight DVDs) focused on spiritual warfare including spiritual armor, weapons, tactics, authority, and strategies for battlefield living. Targeted at missionaries, churches, and individuals.
• What's the Big Deal? They're Just Coming Home! (DVD) A two-hour DVD (two DVDs) addressing the challenges missionaries face when returning home, dealing with 34 factors that make reentry difficult. Targeted at churches, mission agencies, and returning missionaries.
• For Those Who Go (DVD) A five-hour DVD series (five DVDs) helping prospective cross-cultural workers look beyond the romanticism of missions and grapple with real issues of counting the cost. Targeted at prospective missionaries and pre-field programs.
• Serving As Senders (DVD) A six-hour DVD series (six DVDs) covering the six areas of missionary support: moral, prayer, financial, logistics, communication, and reentry support. Targeted at churches, mission agencies, and Bible schools.
• DVD Bundle A collection of five new seminars plus Partners in the Gospel (23 hours total) offered at a 20% discounted price of $128.80. Bundle includes Serving As Senders, What's the Big Deal, Developing Your Partnership Team, Prepare For Battle!, For Those Who Go, and Partners in the Gospel.
• ACTS Media Library A free media library offering MP3 downloads, DVD downloads, whitepaper downloads, and bundled resources for missionary training and education. Functions as a free-tier entry point and lead-generation tool for paid products.
• Partners In The Gospel (AudioBook) A one-hour audiobook mini-edition of Serving As Senders~Today, written and narrated by Neal Pirolo, covering partnership-level missionary care. Sold as a digital download.
• Critical Issues Bulletins Four series of 12-15 bulletins each ($6.00 per series) covering practical topics in missions: Mobilizing the Church, For Those Who Go, Serving As Senders, and Internationals Among Us. Targeted at missionaries, churches, and Bible schools.
• ACTS Ministry Trips Short-term ministry trips with pre-field training, 3+ weeks duration, living among nationals and ministering through individual gifts. Led by Yvonne Pirolo to Eastern Europe and Asia. Targeted at individuals seeking hands-on mission experience.
• Live Seminars Live seminar presentations covering topics such as Solutions to Culture Stress, Internationals Among Us, Serving As Senders, What's the Big Deal, For Those Who Go, Prepare For Battle, Steps to the Field, Eight Possible Next Steps, Personal Involvement, Nothing Good Just Happens, and Seminar Week-End. Tuition is $100 per participant for Nothing Good Just Happens; sponsors cover transportation, room and board, and honorarium. Delivered at churches, Bible schools, colleges, and mission agencies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serving As Senders has over 450,000 copies in print across 20 languages
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, regional and minor.

• 18 Translation Partners (Arabic, British English, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLicensing agreements with organizations worldwide to translate and distribute ERI publications in local languages. Includes AWEMA (Egypt), Authentic Media (UK), OM Hong Kong, Krestanska misijni spolecnost (Czech), Operatiie Mobilisatie (Netherlands), Publications Chretiennes (Canada), Hanssler-Verlag (Germany), Wycliffe Japan, YWAM Publishing (Korea), and others.
• OMF Books (Australia)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAustralian distributor for selected ERI titles including The Reentry Team, Prepare For Battle!, I Think God Wants Me to be a Missionary, and Serving As Senders Today.
• PublishingHopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeparate publishing imprint for Yvonne Pirolo's autobiographical and mission adventure books, operating as a sister organization to Emmaus Road International.
• International Organizations and ChurchescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVarious international organizations partnered with for ministry trips and seminar delivery. ERI covers their own travel costs and generally leaves gifts to encourage partner ministries. Partners span 60+ nations including Russia, Chile, Egypt, Malaysia, Nepal, Malawi, and others.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Biblica: Global Christian ministry focused on Bible translation and Scripture-based resources with missions-aligned content — adjacent competitor in faith-based educational publishing and resource distribution.
• InterVarsity Christian Fellowship: Established evangelical organization with Urbana missions conference and missions training content — broader in scope but operates in the same church and missions mobilization training category.
• Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ): Large, established evangelical organization with global missions mobilization programs, training content, and resources — operates broadly in the same space with overlapping capabilities but as a much larger portfolio.

Direct peers

• OMF International: Mission agency focused on East Asia with OMF Books as a publishing arm that currently distributes ERI titles in Australia — comparable in missionary care training, member care programs, and English-language publishing for mission contexts.
• Pioneers: Mission agency emphasizing church-based sending and member care with training resources for missionaries — comparable in serving the same church-and-missionary customer base with care-focused content.
• Avant Ministries (formerly ABWE): Evangelical mission agency with formal member care programs for missionaries, training resources, and church-mobilization content — directly comparable to ERI's missionary care training and partnership team development focus.
• Missio Nexus: Network of evangelical mission agencies and churches providing training events, resources, and collaborative content — overlapping with ERI's church-mission agency training and member care space.
• YWAM (Youth With A Mission): Global evangelical missionary organization with extensive training programs (DTS), publishing operations, and missionary mobilization resources — directly comparable to ERI's missions education and publication model.
• Mission Catalyst: Organization providing church mobilization resources, missions education curriculum, and training content for local churches engaging in missions — directly comparable to ERI's church-sender training focus.
• eQuip (formerly The Mission Exchange): Movement focused on equipping churches for cross-cultural ministry, providing training events, conferences, and resources — closely parallel to ERI's mission of training churches as senders and supporters.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/results?search_query=Neal+Pirolo
• Facebookfacebook.com/EmmausRoadIntl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emmaus-road-international

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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