What Christian CEO Peer Teams does

Christian CEO Peer Teams operates as the Orange County, CA chapter of Christian Business Men's Connection (CBMC), a private nonprofit 501(c)(3) ministry founded in 1930 and headquartered in Chattanooga, TN. The organization runs a chapter-based network of local peer groups that connect Christian business men for mutual accountability, spiritual growth, and faith-work integration, and it serves three primary member segments — Young Professionals aged 25-40, Senior Executives via Trusted Advisor Forums, and the broader general membership — with a SageMen program for older adults launching in 2025-2026. Programming is structured around weekly peer gatherings, quarterly luncheons, executive mentorship, and evangelism training, with FY2025 outcomes including 1,498 commitments to Christ nationally and a disciple-maker pipeline of 1,865 men discipling 5,192 others.

The organization's core technology is CBMC Advance, a mobile-friendly digital application that consolidates multiple proprietary discipleship tools: Operation Timothy (relational discipleship), LivingProof Adventure (13-week evangelism training), Spiritual Reproducer (disciple-maker training), 10 Attributes (faith-work integration course), and Monday Manna (weekly devotional). This digital layer is paired with in-person chapter teams (Connect3) and is supported by Leadership Coach Training to scale coach capacity. The organization is ECFA Charter Member compliant, operates on the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), and has an embedded Double the Donation matching-gift integration to amplify donor contributions.

CBMC's business model is donation-driven rather than revenue-generating: there are no products or services sold, and funding comes entirely from tax-deductible charitable contributions including cash gifts, monthly recurring commitments, IRA Required Minimum Distributions, Donor-Advised Fund contributions, and gifts of stocks/bonds. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, relying on word-of-mouth referrals through existing member networks and recurring signature events such as the Annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast, Merge conference, and Mentor Link Up. Distribution operates through regional chapters coordinated nationally, with 391,189 men currently connected to the ministry and 250 actively meeting monthly in the Orange County chapter specifically.

Name

Christian CEO Peer Teams

Legal name

CBMC, Inc.

Website

https://oc.cbmc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Christian CEO Peer Teams is the Orange County chapter of CBMC, a 501(c)(3) ministry founded in 1930 that runs local peer groups, executive forums, and the CBMC Advance digital platform for Christian business men seeking faith-work integration, funded entirely by charitable donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Christian Men's Ministry and Peer Discipleship Programs

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

Keywords

• Men's ministry networks
• Peer discipleship programs
• Faith-work integration
• Discipleship mobile platform
• Christian business peer groups

Headquarters

HQ city

Chattanooga

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Charitable Contributions: Individual donors contribute tax-deductible gifts through one-time donations, recurring monthly commitments, or planned giving arrangements. CBMC accepts gifts of cash, stocks, bonds, and utilizes Donor-Advised Funds. The organization is ECFA compliant (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability).
2. Corporate Matching Gifts: CBMC leverages corporate matching gift programs where companies match employee donations to amplify donor impact.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Christian CEO Peer Teams operates the Orange County chapter of CBMC, providing peer-based Christian business leadership communities, in-person small group programs (Connect3, Young Professionals, Trusted Advisor Forums), and digital discipleship tools (Operation Timothy, LivingProof, Spiritual Reproducer, 10 Attributes, Monday Manna) delivered through the CBMC Advance mobile application. The offering is participation in a faith-work integration community supported by structured curriculum and accountability, available at no cost as a donation-supported ministry.

Product overview

Christian Business Men's Connection (CBMC) operates as a multi-program ministry organization offering a unified digital platform (CBMC Advance) complemented by in-person peer group programs. The core product is CBMC Advance, a mobile-friendly app that delivers multiple discipleship tools including Operation Timothy (relational discipleship), LivingProof Adventure (evangelism training), Spiritual Reproducer (disciple-making), 10 Attributes (faith-work integration), and Monday Manna (weekly devotionals). These digital offerings are supplemented by in-person programs including Connect3 teams (small group gatherings), Young Professionals (for ages 25-40), Trusted Advisor Forums (for senior executives), SageMen (for older men, launching soon), and Leadership Coach Training. Together these products form an integrated ecosystem designed to reach, empower, and deploy generations of men in the workplace to live out their faith.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CBMC Advance: Mobile-friendly digital application designed to simplify life-on-life discipleship and exploring faith together.
• Connect3
• Young Professionals
• Trusted Advisor Forums
• Operation Timothy
• LivingProof Adventure
• Spiritual Reproducer
• 10 Attributes
• Monday Manna
• SageMen
• CBMC Orange County

Products and services

• CBMC Advance Mobile-friendly, easy-to-use digital application designed to simplify life-on-life discipleship and exploring faith together, serving as the central platform for CBMC's ministry tools and serving individual Christian business men seeking peer accountability and spiritual growth.
• Operation Timothy A time-tested relational discipleship tool designed to help men grow in their faith and become leaders who are intentional about integrating their work and their faith.
• LivingProof Adventure A 13-week video-based series that helps participants learn how to naturally share their faith with those around them by becoming living proof.
• Spiritual Reproducer A small group video-based training series for mature Christians to understand the importance and principles of becoming a disciple-maker.
• 10 Attributes A transformational experience designed to help marketplace ambassadors integrate their faith with their work.
• Monday Manna A weekly devotional offering a short, insightful message to encourage and challenge men in their faith and work.
• Connect3 Teams designed to connect men to God, to one another, and to the Great Commission. Men gather to pray and support one another weekly, building relationships.
• Young Professionals Community for 25-40 year olds designed to encourage growth in faith while practicing business God's way.
• Trusted Advisor Forums Forum for senior business executives who want to excel their business, apply Biblical principles, and become part of a community of like-minded local leaders.
• Leadership Coach Training Training program for developing leadership coaching skills within the CBMC ministry context.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,498 commitments to Christ in FY2025
• +3 more outcomes

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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kingdom Advisors: Kingdom Advisors is a Christian business/financial advisory community serving professionals who integrate biblical principles with their practice. It overlaps CBMC's marketplace-faith audience and operates a peer/membership model, though it focuses more narrowly on financial advisors.
• Man in the Mirror: Man in the Mirror partners with churches and men's ministry networks to disciple men, providing curriculum, training, and resources. It is comparable to CBMC as a men's discipleship organization, though it works primarily through church channels rather than business peer groups.
• Iron Sharpens Iron: Iron Sharpens Iron runs men's ministry conferences and small-group networks for Christian men, including business professionals. It overlaps CBMC's faith-work integration value proposition and male business-leader audience, and competes for the same event-driven acquisition funnel.
• C12 Group: C12 Group is the closest direct peer — it operates structured peer advisory forums for Christian CEOs and business leaders, monetized via membership dues rather than donations. CBMC's Trusted Advisor Forums target the same Christian CEO/executive audience with the same peer-group methodology, making C12 the most directly comparable organization.
• Promise Keepers: Promise Keepers is a long-standing men's Christian ministry that mobilizes men via large conferences, small groups, and devotional content. It is broadly comparable to CBMC in mission (men's faith formation) but uses stadium events rather than ongoing business peer teams as its primary distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• Cru: Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) is a large, established interdenominational ministry with broad programs across campuses, athletes, business, and family. Its marketplace and leadership development programs overlap CBMC's faith-at-work mission, but Cru is a broader incumbent serving multiple demographics.
• The Navigators: The Navigators is a long-established international Christian discipleship organization. While it overlaps CBMC's discipleship and one-on-one mentoring methodology, it is broader in scope (workplace, military, students) and serves as a wider incumbent in the discipleship space.

Others

• Watermark Resources: Watermark Resources distributes church leadership and men's ministry curriculum produced by Watermark Community Church. It is an adjacent content/training provider with a men's ministry track similar to CBMC's leadership coach training, though it sells curriculum rather than operating peer chapters.
• The Gospel Coalition: The Gospel Coalition is a broad evangelical network producing theological content, conferences, and member resources. It is thematically adjacent to CBMC as a faith-based organization serving Christian professionals, but functions more as content/conviction infrastructure than as a peer-group ministry.

Emerging players

• Athletes in Action: Athletes in Action is the sports ministry of Cru, focused on discipling athletes and coaches. It intersects CBMC's faith-and-vocation proposition through the sports-business professional subset but targets a narrower audience segment than CBMC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCd7xvEwWu8hZIZmrn333d-A
• Facebookfacebook.com/cbmclincolnne
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/christianceopeerteams

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Funding overview

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