Global Advance

What Global Advance does

Global Advance is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit ministry organization founded in 1990 by Dr. David Shibley and headquartered in Dallas, Texas (EIN 75-2332727). The organization convenes, equips, and mobilizes influential church and marketplace leaders — internally branded as "changemakers" — to advance the Great Commission within their own nations rather than relying on externally deployed missionaries. Since inception, Global Advance has activated more than 885,000 changemakers across 110+ countries, with strategic depth in 19 current focus nations spanning Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the Caribbean.

The organization delivers its mission through three core offerings. First, Kingdom Business Networks (KBNs) are 52+ regional networks of Christian entrepreneurs and business professionals who lead businesses built on biblical principles; these networks span Africa, Latin America, and South Asia and function as the marketplace-facing ministry vertical, founded by President Jonathan Shibley in the early 2000s. Second, the Advance Toolkit is a digital and printable resource hub hosted at gatools.org providing leadership, discipleship, and church-multiplication training materials and videos. Third, The David Shibley Institute is a selective virtual and in-person mentoring community for high-capacity global leaders, offering personal mentoring by the founder and senior team. Supporting content channels include the weekly ADVANCE Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube, and Jonathan Shibley's book Marketplace Miracles.

Global Advance's revenue model is entirely donation-based and relies on individual and organizational charitable contributions. Giving channels include an online donation portal (hosted via givecloud.co), stock donations, planned legacy giving instruments (wills, charitable trusts, gift annuities, IRA rollovers, real estate, life insurance), wire transfers, and mail. The organization is independently governed, with no parent company or institutional investors, and maintains donor trust through continuous ECFA membership since 1996 and an Excellence in Giving certified-transparent audit posture.

Name

Global Advance

Legal name

Global Advance, Inc.

Website

https://globaladvance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Global Advance is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1990 that mobilizes church and marketplace leaders (changemakers) in 110+ countries through Kingdom Business Networks, the Advance Toolkit, and The David Shibley Institute, funded by charitable donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Christian Ministry and Leadership Development Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

Keywords

• Christian ministry training
• Marketplace leader development
• Kingdom business networks
• Discipleship resources
• Church planter training

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations: Global Advance generates revenue through charitable donations from individuals and organizations who support their mission to ignite changemakers worldwide. Donors can give through online portals, stock donations, wire transfers, and mail.
2. Planned Legacy Giving: The organization accepts planned gifts including will inclusions, retirement plans, real estate, charitable trusts, charitable gift annuities, IRA charitable rollovers, business interests, and life insurance to create sustainable long-term funding.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Global Advance is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit ministry that convenes, equips, and mobilizes influential church and marketplace leaders (changemakers) worldwide through three core offerings: Kingdom Business Networks (KBNs), the Advance Toolkit, and The David Shibley Institute. Its fundamental service is free leadership training, disciple-making resources, and mentoring for changemakers in 110+ countries, funded entirely by charitable donations.

Product overview

Global Advance operates as a ministry organization offering three interconnected core products: Kingdom Business Networks (KBNs) that mobilize marketplace leaders; the Advance Toolkit that provides digital and printable resources for disciple-making; and The David Shibley Institute that offers virtual and in-person leadership mentoring. Additionally, the ADVANCE Podcast extends their reach through multimedia content. The organization focuses on mobilizing church and marketplace changemakers in 110+ countries to lift spiritual and economic capital in their nations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kingdom Business Networks (KBN): Initiative that ignites and equips entrepreneurs and marketplace professionals to lead thriving businesses built on biblical principles, with 52 KBNs across Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.
• The David Shibley Institute
• Advance Toolkit
• ADVANCE Podcast

Products and services

• Kingdom Business Networks (KBN) Regional networks that ignite and equip Christian entrepreneurs and marketplace professionals to lead thriving businesses built on biblical principles. KBNs focus on inward transformation, onward flourishing, and outward impact, with 52 KBNs operating across Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.
• Advance Toolkit
• The David Shibley Institute
• ADVANCE Podcast

Quantifiable outcome

• 885,000+ changemakers activated since 1990
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)coreOthers · 1 January 1996Long-standing membership since 1996 demonstrating commitment to highest standards of financial stewardship and ethical practices. Global Advance displays ECFA membership badge on website as mark of accountability and trust.
• Excellence in GivingcoreOthersRecognized as a certified transparent organization by Excellence in Giving. Global Advance voluntarily undergoes annual independent audit and displays EIG certification badge, demonstrating commitment to donor trust and financial transparency.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ): Global interdenominational missions organization with extensive leadership development, church planting, and discipleship programs. Comparable international footprint and leadership-development orientation, though with significantly greater scale and donor base than Global Advance.
• YWAM (Youth With A Mission): One of the largest international missionary training and sending organizations in the world. Overlaps with Global Advance on international missions mobilization and disciple-making, but operates at much greater scale and with a broader service/training portfolio.
• Compassion International: Large international Christian child sponsorship and community development organization operating in many of the same developing-nation geographies as Global Advance. Comparable faith-based, donor-funded, internationally distributed model, though with a different beneficiary focus.

Direct peers

• EQUIP International (John Maxwell): Trains leaders globally through the John Maxwell curriculum, with a focus on multiplying leadership capacity in churches and organizations. Comparable to Global Advance's Advance Toolkit and David Shibley Institute in delivering structured leadership training across many countries.
• C12 Group: Operates peer advisory groups for Christian CEOs and business executives, integrating biblical principles with marketplace leadership. Closely mirrors Global Advance's marketplace-leader equipping model, though C12 is primarily U.S.-focused while Global Advance emphasizes developing-nation leaders.
• Praxis (now part of The V3 Movement): Mobilizes business as mission among Christian entrepreneurs and venture leaders globally. Directly comparable to Global Advance's Marketplace Missions and KBN programs in equipping marketplace leaders for faith-and-work integration across cultures.
• Haggai International: Trains and equips Christian marketplace leaders from emerging nations to evangelize and disciple through their businesses. Directly comparable to Global Advance's Kingdom Business Networks and Marketplace Missions focus, with a similarly international footprint and leader-development orientation.
• Global Leadership Network: Equips churches and leaders worldwide through the Global Leadership Summit and related training events. Comparable convening/training model and international reach, focused on leadership development for kingdom impact — the same audience Global Advance targets.

Regional players

• Pioneer International: International church-planting and leader-development mission movement, primarily U.K.-based. Comparable in mobilizing leaders to plant churches and disciple in hard-to-reach regions, though it serves a different sending-base geography than Global Advance's U.S. base.

Emerging players

• BOMA Global: Focused on leadership development and economic empowerment in the African drylands through mentorship and training programs. Compares to Global Advance's Kingdom Business Networks in African focus nations, but with a narrower geographic and sectoral lens.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLIf3lJQOESNVR_gnoTZ0ByzKBfNR9mCw7
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global_advance

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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