YOU TURN MINISTRIES INC

What YOU TURN MINISTRIES INC does

You Turn Ministries Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2004 by Joe T. Veal and headquartered at 2634 Drake Road, Lebanon, Ohio, with operational offices in Lilongwe, Malawi. Its mission centers on three integrated pillars branded as Proclaim, Prepare, and Provide — gospel proclamation, indigenous pastoral training, and tangible humanitarian relief — delivered primarily in rural southeast Africa, with active field operations in Malawi and Mozambique.

The ministry's product portfolio comprises nine program lines: Clean Water Projects (well drilling and repair with satellite monitoring and villager pump-maintenance training), Lighthouse Feeding and Education Programs (orphan care at two sites serving roughly 80 children weekly), Bible Training Schools (a nine-location network using the Baptist Training Centre for Pastors curriculum), Church Planting (concentrated among the Yao people in Malawi's Machinga District), the Jesus Film Project (rural evangelism via generator-powered screenings), Mission Trips and Vision Trips, the Last Places Missionary virtual partnership program, Emergency Food Relief (deployed via partnerships with World Help, A Child's Hope, and Feed My Starving Children), and Church Construction. Underlying technology is minimal: no proprietary software platform, no API, and no disclosed AI capability. The sole technical asset referenced is satellite-based well monitoring. Brand sub-units include Lighthouse, Last Places Missionary Program, Bible Training Schools, and 7 on the 7th.

You Turn generates revenue entirely through charitable giving. Revenue streams include one-time donations, recurring monthly gifts (including the 7 on the 7th $7/month well subscription and orphan sponsorship at $22 per week per child), pastor training school sponsorship at $392 per month, project-specific appeals (well drilling, emergency food, Christmas orphan gifts), mission trip fees, and annual fundraising campaigns such as Giving Tuesday and time-limited matching-funds drives. Donations are processed through Church Center Giving plus US mail, and donor communications run through a Mailchimp newsletter, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. The go-to-market motion is community-led, leveraging US church partnerships, Baptist Convention of Malawi institutional endorsement, and direct donor storytelling. The organization operates with approximately seven US staff and is governed by a board of directors led by founder/CEO Joe T. Veal, with a 2025 Candid Gold Transparency Seal in place to support donor confidence.

Name

YOU TURN MINISTRIES INC

Legal name

You Turn Ministries Inc

Website

https://youturnmin.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

You Turn Ministries Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2004 by Joe T. Veal, delivering clean water, orphan care, pastor training, and church planting in southeast Africa (Malawi and Mozambique) funded by individual donors and US church partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-Based Humanitarian Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (8131), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF), Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI), Medical Missions & Global Health NGOs (BPAGACAI)

Keywords

• Clean water projects
• Orphan care programs
• Pastor training
• Church planting
• Humanitarian aid

Headquarters

HQ city

Lebanon

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

Revenue model

1. Donor Contributions and Charitable Giving: You Turn Ministries operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that generates revenue entirely through charitable donations from individuals, churches, and organizational partners. Revenue is received through one-time gifts and recurring donations, including monthly sponsorship-type contributions. The organization conducts annual fundraising campaigns (such as Giving Tuesday initiatives and matching funds campaigns), accepts general fund donations supporting ministry activities, and receives project-specific contributions for clean water wells, orphan care, church construction, and pastor training programs. Mission trip fees may also contribute to operational funding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

YOU Turn Ministries Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit that delivers integrated humanitarian and evangelistic programs in southeast Africa. Its core work is organized around a three-pillar model — Proclaim (church planting, Jesus Film evangelism, Last Places missionary outreach), Prepare (Bible and pastoral training schools delivered with indigenous Baptist networks), and Provide (clean water well projects, Lighthouse orphan feeding and education, and emergency food relief) — funded entirely through donations and supported by short-term mission trips.

Product overview

You Turn Ministries is a non-profit religious organization offering a portfolio of interconnected humanitarian and evangelism programs focused on southeast Africa. The core offerings include clean water projects (well drilling and repair), orphan care through Lighthouse Feeding & Education Programs, Bible/Pastor Training Schools, church planting, the Jesus Film Project for evangelism, mission trip opportunities, emergency food relief, and church construction. These programs operate holistically, with water projects and orphan care serving as entry points for sharing the Gospel, while pastor training schools equip indigenous leaders to plant and grow churches. The organization also offers a Last Places Missionary virtual partnership program for remote supporters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lighthouse: Orphan feeding and education programs providing food, schooling, and care to orphaned children in Malawi
• Last Places Missionary Program
• Bible Training Schools
• 7 on the 7th

Products and services

• Clean Water Well Projects Donor-funded drilling and installation of clean water wells in rural villages in Malawi and Mozambique, with satellite-based monitoring of installed wells; serves communities without reliable access to safe drinking water.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.5 million people have heard the gospel through You Turn Ministries
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• World HelpcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld Help partners with You Turn to provide clean water solutions and emergency food relief in Malawi. World Help has dispatched shipping containers with 272,160 emergency meals and collaborates on well drilling projects in villages like Chilomo, Chimzinga, Kamtosa, and Mdondwe. The partnership combines World Help's resources with You Turn's local implementation capacity.
• Baptist Convention of MalawicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYou Turn works closely with the Baptist Convention of Malawi, led by President Pastor Dalitso Matekenya. The Convention endorses You Turn's pastor training schools and provides oversight for church planting efforts. You Turn's Bible training schools use curriculum approved by the Convention.
• Sale Street Baptist ChurchcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSale Street Baptist Church has sent multiple mission teams to Malawi and partnered with You Turn for church planting among the Yao people in the Machinga District. The church provides mission trip participants and financial support for discipleship training.
• First Baptist North Myrtle BeachminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFirst Baptist North Myrtle Beach funded well repair projects in the Machinga and Msundwe Districts, enabling mission team member Aaron Bazemore to participate in restoring four vital wells while sharing the Gospel.
• Covenant FellowshipminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCovenant Fellowship sent a mission team to Malawi's Machinga District, partnering with You Turn and local leader Rapson for leadership training (40 church leaders), Jesus Film presentations, and church planting (Kagoya Baptist Church).
• One Church (Lindenwald Campus)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOne Church partnered with You Turn to support church construction in Malawi, funding the reopening of Kaso Baptist Church in Mzimba through Pastor Josh Steele's mission trip.
• Lynn Garden Baptist Church (Kingsport, TN)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLynn Garden Baptist Church partnered with You Turn to rebuild Faith Baptist Church in Chamoto Village, Lilongwe District, providing funds for construction materials and labor.
• Mulberry Springs Baptist ChurchminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMulberry Springs Baptist Church and Pastor Danny Warbington funded well repair in Chinkuyu Village, Malawi, enabling You Turn's technician Jeremiah to share the Gospel after restoring clean water access for 320 households.
• Crossroads Baptist ChurchminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCrossroads Baptist Church sent an extraordinary team in fall 2023 that visited villages, taught in training schools, participated in well drilling, and experienced an African-style safari during their mission trip.
• Green Acres Baptist Church (Spokane Valley)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGreen Acres Baptist Church in Spokane Valley funded and participated in a new well project in Chalowa Village, Malawi, serving 117 families with clean water access.
• Urbancrest Baptist ChurchcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUrbancrest Baptist Church (Lebanon, Ohio) is the home church of Founder Joe Veal and provides ongoing partnership including mission team support, emergency food packet funding, and sponsorship of You Turn's Christmas orphan programs.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Living Water International: Faith-based nonprofit focused on drilling and repairing clean water wells in developing regions, with accompanying discipleship programming — directly overlaps You Turn's well-drilling program and 207-wells-drilled operational footprint.
• Baptist Global Response: Southern Baptist affiliated relief and development organization deploying faith-based humanitarian programs globally — directly comparable given You Turn's Baptist Convention of Malawi alignment and Baptist-affiliated donor base.
• World Help: An evangelical humanitarian organization partnering with in-country ministries to deliver clean water, food aid, and child sponsorship — directly comparable to You Turn's integrated water/orphan-care/evangelism model in Malawi and an existing active partner of the anchor.
• Africa Inland Mission: Evangelical missionary organization with a long-running presence in southeast Africa including church planting, leadership training, and community development — overlaps You Turn's combined pastor-training, church-planting, and Malawi geographic focus.
• A Child's Hope: Faith-based nonprofit funding child sponsorship and emergency food relief in Africa — directly comparable to You Turn's Lighthouse orphan sponsorship and A Child's Hope partnership referenced for emergency meal packet delivery in Malawi.

Broad incumbents

• Compassion International: Large faith-based child sponsorship organization running programs across Africa — comparable to You Turn's Lighthouse orphan sponsorship model at $22/week per child, with broader geographic reach and brand recognition.
• Food for the Hungry: Faith-based international relief and development NGO delivering food security, child development, and community programs in Africa — overlaps with You Turn's emergency food relief, orphan care, and integrated community-development work.
• Samaritan's Purse: Large evangelical humanitarian organization providing disaster relief, wells, and medical aid worldwide — provides a benchmark for a much larger scale of analogous clean water, food relief, and gospel-linked humanitarian programming.

Emerging players

• e3 Partners: Evangelical missions organization focused on church planting and Bible training across the Global South — comparable to You Turn's church planting and Bible Training Schools program in Malawi.
• Pour Life Water: Emerging faith-based clean water nonprofit drilling wells and engaging donors in mission-aligned fundraising — comparable in narrow focus on well drilling and donor-mobilization mechanics to You Turn's water program.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@youturnministries3208
• Facebookfacebook.com/youturnmin.org
• Instagraminstagram.com/Youturnministries
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/you-turn-ministries-inc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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