NCF Nurses Christian Fellowship/USA

What NCF Nurses Christian Fellowship/USA does

Nurses Christian Fellowship/USA (NCF) is a Madison, Wisconsin-based nonprofit ministry and a focused ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, founded in 1935 and operating with 1-10 employees. NCF serves US nursing students, professional nurses, and nurse educators who want to integrate Christian faith with nursing practice through three core product lines: (1) the Journal of Christian Nursing (JCN), a peer-reviewed quarterly professional journal published since 1984 in partnership with Lippincott Williams & Wilkins / Wolters Kluwer Health and reaching over 10,000 readers globally each month; (2) a network of local student chapters and professional nurse groups organized via Regional Councils and a National Council, supplemented by virtual groups and a quarterly online Journal Club (active since January 2018 with ~100 participants per session); and (3) supplementary resources including Bible studies, spiritual care toolkits, a Career Marketplace, a Directory of Christian Nursing Schools, mentoring, and the 'Following Jesus in Nursing' podcast. NCF is also a member country of Nurses Christian Fellowship International (NCFI), embedding it in a global evangelical nursing fellowship under the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students.

Name

NCF Nurses Christian Fellowship/USA

Legal name

Nurses Christian Fellowship/USA

Website

https://ncf-jcn.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NCF Nurses Christian Fellowship/USA is a Madison, Wisconsin nonprofit ministry under InterVarsity Christian Fellowship that supports US nursing students, professional nurses, and educators through the Journal of Christian Nursing, local faith-based chapters, continuing education, and spiritual care resources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Nursing Association / Faith-Based Nursing Ministry

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH)

Keywords

• Professional nursing association
• Continuing nursing education
• Faith-based nursing ministry
• Nursing journal publication
• Nursing student community

Headquarters

HQ city

Madison, Wisconsin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Membership Fees: NCF professional membership ranging from $64 to $79 per year for nurses, with discounted student membership at $30/year. Membership includes subscription to the Journal of Christian Nursing and other member benefits.
2. Donor Support: NCF is a donor-supported ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Staff members raise full financial support with a team of ministry partners. Donations accepted for NCF general operations and NCFI international support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

NCF Nurses Christian Fellowship/USA is a faith-based nonprofit ministry that provides the peer-reviewed Journal of Christian Nursing, local student and professional nurse chapter groups, Bible studies, spiritual care resources, mentoring, professional membership, and continuing nursing education to integrate Christian faith with nursing practice. Its central sellable unit is annual professional membership (or student membership) that bundles JCN subscription and ANCC-accredited continuing education contact hours, supported by an online store of branded merchandise and resources.

Product overview

NCF Nurses Christian Fellowship/USA is a focused ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship that provides resources and support to help nurses and nursing students grow in their faith and view nursing from a Christian biblical perspective. The organization offers a unified portfolio centered on the Journal of Christian Nursing (JCN), a peer-reviewed professional journal published since 1984, supplemented by local student and nurse chapter groups, Bible studies, spiritual care resources, mentoring, events/conferences, and professional membership. The core offering is the JCN journal paired with community groups and continuing education (NCPD) contact hours, while additional products like the Career Marketplace, Directory of Christian Nursing Schools, and Blessing of the Hands provide supplementary support for nurses throughout their careers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Journal of Christian Nursing (JCN): A peer-reviewed, quarterly, professional journal helping nurses integrate issues of faith with nursing practice since 1984, reaching over 10,000 readers globally each month.
• NCF Press

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000+ monthly readers through online journal platform and quarterly print publication
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and moderate.

• InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCF is a focused ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. NCF partners with IVCF with a vision to see nurses, students and educators know and follow Jesus in nursing. NCF staff raise full financial support as part of the IVCF ministry structure. NCF is a member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) through IVCF.
• Nurses Christian Fellowship International (NCFI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCF/USA is a member country of Nurses Christian Fellowship International and supports NCFI's efforts to advance Christian nursing across the world. NCFI needs prayers, special gifts, time and financial resources to continue work that began over 50 years ago.
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins / Wolters Kluwer HealthmajorTechnology or IntegrationNCF joined with publishing partner Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Wolters Kluwer Health in 2005 to publish the Journal of Christian Nursing. JCN is available online through their platform at journals.lww.com.
• Network of Christian NursesmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint conference sponsors including Association of Seventh-day Adventist Nurses, Baptist Nursing Fellowship, Bethel College Nursing Department, Christian Nurse Educators, Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul - N.E. Province, Franciscan University of Steubenville - Ohio, Hospital Christian Fellowship, Nurses for Christ, and Oral Roberts University School of Nursing. First North American Conference for Christian Nurses held 1991.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• InterVarsity Christian Fellowship: Parent organization of NCF, providing staff-raise support, donor pipeline, branding, and IFES network affiliation. Included as an ecosystem participant rather than a competitor because it is the operating shell that makes NCF's model viable.

Direct peers

• Baptist Nursing Fellowship: A denominational network supporting Baptist nurses with faith integration, local groups, and conferences. Directly comparable to NCF's denominational nursing fellowship model and is a listed partner of NCF in the Network of Christian Nurses joint conference.
• Nurses for Christ: Faith-based nurses' ministry providing spiritual resources, conferences, and local group support. Comparable to NCF in mission, programming, and target audience, and listed alongside NCF in the Network of Christian Nurses.
• Association of Seventh-day Adventist Nurses: Denomination-specific nursing fellowship offering professional development and spiritual care resources for Adventist nurses, similar in structure to NCF and listed as a co-sponsor of the North American Conference for Christian Nurses.
• Hospital Christian Fellowship: Faith-based professional community serving Christian healthcare workers (especially nurses and clinicians) in hospitals with similar Bible study, mentoring, and conference programming. Operates in the same Christian-nursing overlap and is even listed as a co-sponsoring organization of the North American Conference for Christian Nurses.
• Nurses Christian Fellowship International (NCFI): The global parent fellowship of which NCF/USA is a member country, coordinating Christian-nursing groups across continents. Provides the international scale and journal continuity (NCQI / JCN reach) that NCF/USA plugs into, and explicitly compared in the company's own materials.
• Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA): The most prominent U.S. faith-based professional society for Christian healthcare professionals (physicians, dentists, and allied health including nurses). It operates journals, conferences, and continuing education with a parallel faith-integration value proposition for clinical professionals.

Broad incumbents

• Sigma (formerly Sigma Theta Tau International): Global nursing honor society and one of the most established peer-reviewed nursing journal publishers (e.g., Journal of Nursing Scholarship). Comparable to NCF's JCN on the publication and professional-development axis but operates as a secular, academic-honor institution.
• American Nurses Association (ANA): The largest U.S. professional organization for registered nurses, offering continuing education, advocacy, journals, and member benefits. Overlaps with NCF on the continuing-education and member-services axis but explicitly serves all nurses in a secular framework.
• National League for Nursing (NLN): Predominant U.S. nursing-education membership organization offering faculty development, continuing education, and accreditation resources. Comparable to NCF's nurse-educator programming segment (e.g., Concepts in Nursing – A Christian Perspective, Teaching Spiritual Care manual).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/INTERVARSITYusa
• YouTubeyoutube.com/InterVarsityUSA
• Facebookfacebook.com/ncfnurses
• Instagraminstagram.com/nurseschristianfellowship
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ncf-nurses-christian-fellowship

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