GRACE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC

What GRACE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC does

Grace Ministries International Inc (GMI) is a privately-held, evangelical, Bible-believing missionary-sending nonprofit founded in October 1976 and headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The organization deploys missionaries who raise individual support from donors and churches across the United States, then serve in 15 current fields spanning South America, Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean, with operations in countries including Bolivia, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Paraguay, Panama, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mozambique, Bonaire, Puerto Rico, and a Portuguese-language literature ministry. GMI's operational focus is on church planting, theological education, leadership training, evangelism, and community development, with the stated goal of establishing indigenous, self-sustaining, and self-propagating churches rather than dependency-creating missions. The Congo field is the largest and oldest, hosting over 500 affiliated churches, a theological college, 16 Bible institutes, a medical center, a teacher training college, 75 high schools, and 145 grade schools, while Tanzania hosts 72 Grace churches and Malawi hosts 30.

GMI's core product surface is administrative rather than technological: the gracem.org website, the Denarion Online donation portal (gracem.denarionline.com), and the bi-monthly Grace Ministries Around the World (GMAW) PDF publication. Programs include the EXITE Team short-term mission trip program (~$2,000 per participant, targeting young adults), the Executive Team recurring project-based giving program ($100 per request, 1-2x annually), the Future Missionary Scholarship program administered with Grace Christian University and Berean Bible Institute, and the Cross-Cultural Worker Training Program established by GMI team members in Africa. The Vision 2033 ten-year plan, adopted February 2023, sets targets for one new continent, eight new fields, 30 new team members, and engagement with 20 unreached people groups.

GMI's revenue model is donations-based: missionaries raise monthly support packages covering stipend, retirement, health insurance, ministry funds, rent, children's education, taxes, and periodic US assignment funds; the home office (4 staff: Executive Director Jeremy Clark, Business Manager Tammy Rottman, Operations Director Dwayne Huff, Administrative Assistant Lacey Elder) provides fundraising coaching, pre-field training, missionary care, and back-office administration. Donor acquisition channels are dominated by church visitations and presentations, supplemented by Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and the GMAW newsletter. No public financial disclosures are available, and the organization is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors chaired by Jim Moore.

Name

GRACE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC

Legal name

Grace Ministries International Inc

Website

https://gracem.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grace Ministries International is an evangelical missionary-sending nonprofit founded in 1976 and headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that deploys ~30 missionaries across 15 fields in South America, Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean to plant churches, train leaders, and support theological education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Missionary Sending and Church Planting Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Missionary Training Colleges & Schools (EDAHAKAF), Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Missionary sending
• Church planting
• Theological education
• Cross-cultural ministry
• Evangelical missions

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Rapids

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations and Missionary Support: Missionaries raise monthly support from individual donors and churches. The home office helps missionaries write letters, visit churches, and meet with supporters to share their burden. Support packages include stipend, retirement, health insurance, ministry funds, rent, children's education, taxes, and periodic US assignment funds.
2. Project-Based Giving: The Executive Team program asks members once or twice per year for $100 towards specific projects such as pastors' conferences, building repairs, general fund, new field openings, theological education, literature printing, or other ministry needs.
3. Short-Term Mission Trip Fees: The EXITE Team program charges approximately $2,000 per participant for short-term mission trips to locations like Aruba and Curacao, covering trip costs and coordination.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Grace Ministries International is an evangelical missionary-sending organization that recruits, trains, and deploys missionaries and cross-cultural workers to plant churches, conduct theological education, and perform evangelism across 15 current fields in South America, Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean. The organization funds these activities through individual donations, recurring missionary support, project-based giving, and short-term mission trip fees, while running a portfolio of programs including the EXITE Team, Executive Team, Future Missionary Scholarship, and Cross-Cultural Worker Training.

Product overview

Grace Ministries International operates as a missionary-sending organization offering a portfolio of ministry programs and digital services rather than a traditional tech product. The core offerings include the GMI Website and Denarion Online portal for missionary management and donations, the Grace Ministries Around the World (GMAW) bi-monthly publication, the Vision 2033 strategic initiative for global expansion, the EXITE Team short-term mission trip program, the Executive Team ongoing giving program, Future Missionary Scholarships in partnership with educational institutions, and Cross-Cultural Worker Training for unreached people groups. These programs work together to fulfill GMI's mission of sending missionaries, planting churches, training leaders, and spreading God's love through acts of mercy across multiple global fields.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EXITE Team A short-term mission trip program for high school students aged 16+, college students, and young adults to serve alongside GMI field missionaries in international locations. Trip cost is approximately $2,000 per participant and covers housing, food, and ministry activities.
• GMI Executive Team A project-based giving program in which members are asked once or twice per year to give $100 toward specific ministry needs such as pastors' conferences, building repairs, general fund support, new field opening costs, theological education, or literature printing.
• Future Missionary Scholarship Scholarship programs offered in partnership with Grace Christian University and Berean Bible Institute to support prospective missionaries in obtaining biblical education prior to field deployment. The 30-hour Certificate of Basic Bible Studies can be earned entirely through distance studies.
• Cross-Cultural Worker Training Program An intensive training program established by GMI team members in Africa that equips workers in cross-cultural adaptation, theology, evangelism, and business skills to support their families while serving in unreached communities. Aligned with the Vision 2033 goal of training 60 new Cross-cultural Workers by 2033.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ churches established in Congo with theological college and 16 Bible institutes
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 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

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Grace Christian UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university that provides biblical education for future GMI missionaries. GMI offers scholarships through this institution and students who complete studies can join the GMI missionary team. Located in Grand Rapids, MI near GMI headquarters.
• Berean Bible InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBible college providing theological education for missionary candidates. GMI offers scholarships for those who need biblical training before field service. The 30-hour Certificate of Basic Bible Studies can be earned entirely through distance studies.
• Grace PublicationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated publishing organization that produces and distributes Christian literature supporting the ministry of GMI churches worldwide.
• Mission NexusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMission network organization that provides collaboration opportunities, resources, and connections for GMI within the broader missionary community.
• Prison Mission AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrace organization focused on sharing Christ in prisons through Bible correspondence courses. Connected through GMI's history in Cameroon where Dr. Lawrence Asong distributed PMA courses leading to establishment of Grace Church in Cameroon.
• Hope for Abba's ChildrenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister organization working in conjunction with Grace Community Schools in Zambia. Partners with GMI to support education and community development initiatives.
• Grace Church in CongocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLargest GMI field with 500+ churches, theological college, pastors school, 16 Bible institutes, medical center, and extensive education network. GMI's oldest and most established field.
• Grace Church in MalawicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner30 Grace churches and church plants supported by GMI missionaries. National church leadership partners with GMI for evangelism, church planting, leadership training, conferences, and community development.
• Misión Evangélica Bethesda (MEB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational church organization in Bolivia with 20 churches in Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, and La Paz. MEB operates schools serving 2,000+ students K-12 and partners with GMI for evangelism, church planting, and leadership training.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Frontiers: Frontiers is a U.S.-based missionary-sending organization focused on Unreached People Groups through church planting and indigenous leader training — a near-perfect match for GMI's stated mission and UPG strategy.
• ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism): ABWE is a faith-based missionary-sending agency of comparable scale, deploying missionaries to multiple international fields for church planting, theological education, and community development — directly overlapping GMI's ministry portfolio.
• Pioneers: Pioneers is a U.S.-based evangelical missionary-sending organization that plants churches among Unreached People Groups across roughly 30+ fields, closely matching GMI's church-planting, UPG-focused model and home-office missionary-sending structure.
• TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission): TEAM is a U.S.-headquartered evangelical missions agency that partners with churches to send missionaries to multiple continents, sharing GMI's church-sending and support-raising model across comparable international field footprint.
• Wycliffe Global Alliance: Wycliffe is a faith-based organization that partners with churches to send missionaries into language and Bible translation work, comparable to GMI's literature ministry and theological education work in Portuguese-speaking fields.
• Africa Inland Mission (AIM): AIM is a long-established evangelical missionary-sending agency with a strong Africa focus, closely matching GMI's extensive African field network in Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Burundi, and Mozambique.
• OMF International: OMF is a faith-based missionary-sending organization focused on East Asia and beyond with similar church-planting, leadership-training, and cross-cultural worker preparation programs to GMI's ministry portfolio.
• SIM (Serving in Mission): SIM is a large interdenominational evangelical mission agency with field presence in over 70 countries, comparable to GMI in church planting, theological education, and community development across Africa, South America, and other regions where GMI operates.
• Ethnos360 (formerly New Tribes Mission): Ethnos360 is a missionary-sending agency focused on unreached people groups with church planting, Bible translation, and theological training — overlapping directly with GMI's Vision 2033 focus on 20 UPGs.
• SEND International: SEND International is a faith-based missionary-sending organization with similar field-deployment, church-planting, and theological training programs across multiple international fields comparable to GMI's portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC8RK8jST3v8VHBH11vIjbCA
• Facebookfacebook.com/graceministriesinternational
• Instagraminstagram.com/grace_ministries_int
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grace-ministries-international-inc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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