What AG World Missions does

AG World Missions (AGWM) is the international missions sending and coordinating arm of the Assemblies of God denomination, headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. The organization operates across five geographic regions and deploys more than 2,500 missionaries alongside nine specialty international ministries divisions covering areas such as theological education, media, humanitarian response, and church planting. Its Global University arm serves over 450,000 students worldwide, providing one of the largest mission-focused distance education footprints in evangelical Christianity. The organization is sustained by a 60,000+ prayer network and supported by individual donors, AG-affiliated churches, and partner ministries.

AGWM's core products and platforms include Global University (theological education by extension), Network211 (digital outreach and engagement), a dedicated mobile application launched in 2024 for donor and prayer engagement, and structured missionary deployment and member-care services. Its underlying technology is primarily conventional web, mobile, and learning-management infrastructure rather than AI-driven systems. The organization also runs the On The Way grassroots mobilization campaign and regional websites to broaden awareness and donor acquisition within the AG church network.

As a 501(c)(3) religious non-profit, AGWM is funded through charitable contributions rather than commercial revenue. Its business model centers on cultivating individual donors and AG churches, channeling funds toward missionary support, field operations, Global University, and the nine specialty ministries. Reporting is denominational rather than investor-grade, and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed in the manner of a corporate entity. Strategic positioning is set by denominational leadership and articulated publicly through the Annual Theme and State of the Mission communications, with the 2025 Gospel Access Vision providing the current growth roadmap.

Name

AG World Missions

Legal name

Assemblies of God World Missions

Website

https://agwm.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Short description

AG World Missions is the international missions arm of the Assemblies of God denomination, coordinating more than 2,500 missionaries across five regions and supporting Global University (450,000+ students), Network211 digital outreach, and nine specialty ministries divisions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Denominational Missions Coordination

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) & Reporting for Donor Programs (BPADAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Volunteer Program Funding, Scholarships & Fundraising Support (EDAIAGAO)

Keywords

• Denominational missions coordination
• Missionary recruitment deployment
• Distance theological education
• Global church planting
• Humanitarian relief services

Headquarters

HQ city

Springfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations (Senders Fund & Regional Giving): Primary revenue stream. AGWM receives tax-deductible donations through giving.ag.org including the Senders Fund (which provides cash support to all new career missionaries' budgets), region-specific funds (Africa, Asia Pacific, Eurasia, Europe, LAC), International Ministries funds (Builders, CompassionLink, Global Initiative, Global University, Jacob's Hope, Life Publishers, Network211, Oral Learners Initiative, Royal Rangers International), and crisis-relief appeals (Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Libya, Israel).
2. Global University Tuition: Distance-learning tuition from nearly 450,000 enrolled students across 150 countries, from adult continuing education to D.Min. level programs.
3. Missions Resource Sales: Sale of branded missions resources including the On The Way 21-Day Journal (print and online), small group leader guides, books, and curriculum via the AGWM bookstore at myhealthychurch.com and partner publisher Amazon.
4. Missionary Support Raising (Indirect Fundraising): Career missionaries and Missionary Associates raise personal support budgets through their sending churches and personal networks, with Project Portfolio Coordinators guiding the 6–9 month fundraising and orientation process.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels14 records

Core offering

AG World Missions (AGWM) is the international missions arm of the Assemblies of God denomination, coordinating the recruitment, training, fundraising, deployment, and ongoing care of 2,500+ missionaries serving across Africa, Asia Pacific, Eurasia, Europe, and Latin America Caribbean. The organization runs nine specialty International Ministries divisions (Builders International, CompassionLink, Global Initiative, Global University, Jacob's Hope, Life Publishers, Network211, Oral Learners Initiative, Royal Rangers International) that deliver construction, community health, Muslim engagement, distance education, Jewish outreach, multilingual publishing, internet evangelism, oral-learner discipleship, and youth mentoring services. Revenue derives primarily from charitable donations (Senders Fund, regional/International Ministries funds, crisis-relief appeals), Global University tuition, and sales of branded missions resources.

Product overview

AG World Missions (AGWM) is the global missions arm of the Assemblies of God denomination, operating as a hub-and-spoke platform where a central public-facing website and mobile app (AG World Missions Mobile App) connect users to a portfolio of mission-oriented products and sub-programs. Its core engagement experience, On The Way (OTW), anchors immersive content and the 21-Day Journey (with print and digital journal, podcast, and small-group leader guide) focused on the Buddhist and Hindu world. Surrounding this are the Gospel Access Vision strategic initiative (2025 launch with 2033 goal to grow from 2,569 to 4,000 missionaries), the Media Hub (login-gated content/asset portal), and Ways to Serve deployment programs (Short-Term, MAPS, Missionary Associate, Career). Under International Ministries, AGWM operates nine global sub-programs: Builders International (construction projects), CompassionLink (community development), Global Initiative (reaching Muslims), Global University (distance ministerial education in 150 countries), Jacob's Hope (Jewish outreach), Life Publishers (Christian publishing including FireBible), Network211 (online evangelism in 244+ countries), Oral Learners Initiative (oral-learner discipleship), and Royal Rangers International (youth mentoring). Together these products deliver AGWM's mission of reaching, planting, training, and serving among all peoples everywhere.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• On The Way (En Camino): An immersive journey initiative for churches and individuals to engage with Buddhist-Hindu world missions through prayer, giving, and going.
• Wide Open Missions

Products and services

• AG World Missions Mobile App Official iOS and Android app for Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM), supporting login, signup, push/email notifications, 21 Day Journey reminders, and access to missions content and events for individual supporters and missionary candidates.
• On The Way (OTW) An immersive cross-cultural journey experience focused on the Buddhist and Hindu world, featuring podcasts, videos, a 21-Day Journal, small group resources, and a Joy Portrait Gallery of people encountered on the way; designed for individual believers and church groups engaging with the Buddhist-Hindu world.
• 21-Day Journey A three-week guided journey built around the themes of Seeing, Moving, and Community, available On Your Own or In Community with a small-group leader guide and an accompanying journal (print and digital PDF/EPUB/KPF formats); serves individual believers and small groups.
• Media Hub A login-gated media portal providing AGWM videos, photos, and stories organized by media type, category, collection, and tag, along with logos and Gospel Access branding assets for sharing the missions story with churches and media partners.
• Ways to Serve (Short-Term, MA, Career) AGWM's structured program connecting people to global ministry opportunities through Short-Term Trips (less than 90 days), Short-Term Minister Abroad (up to 6 months), Missions Abroad Placement Services (MAPS, 90 days–11 months), Missionary Associates (1–2 years), and Career Missionaries (lifetime).
• Builders International International ministry providing missionaries and national churches with the expertise and resources to plan, implement, and execute construction projects worldwide, delivering church and community facilities that bring transforming community impact.
• CompassionLink A Christ-centered, development-based consultancy partnering with missionaries and national churches in over 92 countries to restore community health, equipping people with sustainable solutions such as vertical gardens, bio-sand filters, clean water initiatives, and health education.
• Global Initiative (Reaching Muslim Peoples) An initiative equipping and mobilizing the Church to reach Muslims everywhere since 1982, including a prayer fellowship of over 60,000 believers praying every Friday at noon, training resources, and the Say Hello program focused on Muslim women.
• Global University A Pentecostal-tradition worldwide online and distance-learning university operating in 150 countries, with nearly 450,000 students enrolled in ministerial and Christian leadership courses from adult continuing education through the D.Min. level, distributed in multiple languages.
• Jacob's Hope An AGWM ministry bringing hope to Jewish people ('children of Jacob') worldwide through humanitarian aid, training, and material resources while sharing the good news of Messiah, with 10 ministry centers in Israel assisting over 10,000 Israelis annually.
• Life Publishers (FireBible) A multi-platform Christian publisher operating for over 60 years, partnering with AGWM missionaries and national churches to publish evangelism, discipleship, and training materials in more than 60 languages, including the FireBible study Bible with extensive verse-by-verse commentary.
• Network211 A worldwide missionary outreach founded in 1997 by Dr. George M. Flattery, focused on global evangelism and discipleship via the Internet, extending in multiple languages to people in over 244 countries and territories.
• Oral Learners Initiative Over 30-year initiative reaching the two-thirds of the world (4 billion people) who are oral learners, using innovative non-written media to spread the Gospel and make disciples across five continents, with over 100 million people introduced to the Gospel through efforts and partnerships.
• Royal Rangers International A premier, activity-based Christian mentoring program for children and young people worldwide that evangelizes, equips, and empowers the next generation of Christ-followers and lifelong servant leaders, operating as a student-led, adult-facilitated ministry.

Quantifiable outcome

• Growing from 2,569 to 4,000 missionaries by 2033
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Convoy of HopeflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Convoy of Hope partners with AGWM missionaries on humanitarian and relief efforts in Israel, Gaza, West Bank, Morocco, and Libya. Together they have prepared and distributed food packages in the Bethlehem area, deployed generators and water stations in Morocco, and coordinated food/water delivery to refugee and disaster-affected populations.
• Chi Alpha (campus ministry)flagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Chi Alpha campus ministry is AGWM's primary candidate pipeline for college-age candidates; many Missionary Associates and Career candidates (e.g., Andi, Brian, Megan) originate from Chi Alpha campus chapters and pursue AGWM service through the 21-Day Journey and journey training programs.
• Change the MapflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Change the Map is a movement of prayer partners loving Buddhist people and seeking to mobilize 50,000 prayer supporters for unreached Buddhist peoples. AGWM co-promotes Change the Map resources (Buddhism 101, Reaching Buddhist guide) as core content for the On The Way campaign and the Buddhist Hindu World curriculum.
• Live DeadflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Live Dead is a community prayer and church-planting movement that organizes, stabilizes, and multiplies prayer for teams and unreached peoples. AGWM's Live Dead India team also published the 'Welcome to the Table' book bundle sold through Abide Publishers and promoted on AGWM channels. Live Dead teams participated in Morocco earthquake relief work.
• Priority 31coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Priority 31 is an intentional prayer movement focused on 31 unreached people groups in Northern Asia. Featured on AGWM's Pray page and Buddhist Hindu World content as a recommended prayer mobilization partner.
• Southern Asia AccesscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Southern Asia Access is a prayer initiative providing gospel access to every community through Christ-modeling teams in Southern Asia. Featured as a recommended prayer partner on AGWM's Pray page.
• Joshua ProjectflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Joshua Project provides the underlying people-group data and unreached-people research that AGWM's Buddhist Hindu World and regional pages reference (e.g., Eurasian and Asia Pacific reach metrics). Referenced as a content partner informing AGWM's Gospel Access Vision.
• Abide PublishersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2024Abide Publishers publishes the 'Live Dead India — Welcome to the Table' two-book bundle promoted on AGWM's Hinduism resource page and sold via abidepublishers.com.
• Fuller Theological SeminaryminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Fuller Theological Seminary is cited as the academic source for AGWM's missional interfaith dialogue content (Doug McConnell, 'Missional Principles and Guidelines for Interfaith Dialogue,' Evangelical Interfaith Dialogue, Winter 2010), informing AGWM's Buddhist-Hindu engagement approach.
• Stone TableminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Stone Table is a relief NGO that, alongside Convoy of Hope, contributed funds, water solutions, and personnel to support AGWM's response to the Morocco earthquake and Libya flood disasters.
• Royal Rangers International (AGWM division)flagshipOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 January 2024Royal Rangers International is one of AGWM's nine International Ministries divisions, focused on establishing and serving Royal Rangers mentoring ministries for kids and youth worldwide. Operates under rri.world.
• Global University (AGWM division)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Global University is an AGWM-affiliated distance-learning institution operating in 150 countries with nearly 450,000 enrolled students, providing ministerial and Christian leadership training from adult continuing education through D.Min. level via globaluniversity.edu.
• Builders International (AGWM division)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Builders International is an AGWM International Ministries division running hundreds of construction teams worldwide to plan, build, and deliver church and community construction projects in partnership with AGWM missionaries and national churches via buildersintl.org.
• CompassionLink (AGWM division)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024CompassionLink is an AGWM International Ministries division partnering with missionaries and national churches in 92+ countries to create and restore community health through vertical gardens, biosand filters, solar water disinfection, health education, and crisis recovery via compassionlink.org.
• Jacob's Hope (AGWM division)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Jacob's Hope (La Esperanza de Jacob) is an AGWM International Ministries division that brings humanitarian aid and shares the gospel with Jewish people globally; operates 10 ministry centers in Israel, assists 10,000+ Israelis annually, and sees 200+ annual decisions for the Messiah via jacobshope.com.
• Life Publishers / FireBible (AGWM division)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Life Publishers is an AGWM International Ministries division that has provided Christian literature for 60+ years, including the FireBible study resource published in 60+ languages via firebible.org.
• Oral Learners Initiative (AGWM division)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Oral Learners Initiative is an AGWM International Ministries division with 30+ years of innovative oral-method gospel proclamation and discipleship; has reached 100M+ people across five continents, including 4 billion oral learners worldwide via oli.world.
• James River Church (Ozark, MO)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 May 2022James River Church is a sending/partner church that has fielded Builders International short-term missions trips via AGWM (e.g., Amazon River church construction project in Brazil). Functions as a feeder congregation for AGWM short-term and career candidates.
• Network211 (AGWM division)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997Network211 is an AGWM International Ministries division founded in 1997 by Dr. George M. Flattery, providing internet-based evangelism and discipleship in multiple languages to 244+ countries and territories via network211.com.
• Global Initiative (AGWM division, reaching Muslim peoples)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1982Global Initiative (Iniciativa Global) is an AGWM International Ministries division operating since 1982 to equip and mobilize the Church to reach Muslims everywhere; runs a 60,000+ Friday noon prayer fellowship and trains pastors, missionaries, and laypeople in culturally sensitive gospel witness via reachingmuslimpeoples.com.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• SIM (Serving In Mission): An interdenominational global mission organization with thousands of cross-cultural workers across dozens of countries. Comparable as a large multi-region sending agency with comparable missionary headcount, regional structure, and church-planting focus.
• Operation Mobilization (OM): A global evangelical mission organization deploying thousands of workers across multiple regions. Comparable in global footprint, multi-track service (short-term, career), and broad-based evangelical mobilization model.
• International Mission Board (Southern Baptist Convention): The foreign mission sending agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest US Protestant denomination. Directly comparable as a large denominational sending organization with global missionary deployment, candidate training pipelines, and donor-supported field operations.
• Frontiers: A mission-sending agency focused exclusively on unreached people groups, particularly Muslim-majority areas. Comparable in target population and field-deployment model to AGWM's Global Initiative and broader unreached-people focus.
• Pioneers: An interdenominational missionary sending organization focused on church planting among unreached people groups. Comparable in target population (unreached peoples), candidate pipeline model, and field-based ministry focus.
• WEC International: A global fellowship of churches recruiting, training and sending missionaries to plant churches among unreached peoples. Comparable in unreached-people focus, candidate pipeline model, and multi-region field deployment.
• YWAM (Youth With A Mission): A global, interdenominational Christian mission organization with a strong short-term/volunteer training and deployment model (especially among youth). Comparable in multi-region footprint, training/discipleship focus, and short-term-to-career missionary pathways.

Regional players

• Convoy of Hope: A US-based faith-based humanitarian relief organization partnering with AGWM on disaster response (Ukraine, Israel, Morocco, Libya). Comparable as a humanitarian-mission partner operating in overlapping geographies and donor channels, though primarily a relief organization rather than a missionary sending agency.

Broad incumbents

• Compassion International: A large US-headquartered child sponsorship and Christian development organization operating in dozens of countries. Comparable as a major evangelical donor-supported international organization with global brand, multilingual operations, and large programmatic footprint.
• Samaritan's Purse: A large US-headquartered evangelical relief organization with global humanitarian and disaster response operations. Comparable as a high-scale, donor-supported evangelical organization that combines humanitarian aid with evangelistic mission — overlapping with AGWM's crisis-relief activities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/AssembliesofGodWorldMissions
• Facebookfacebook.com/AGWorldMissions
• Instagraminstagram.com/agworldmissions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/assemblies-of-god-world-missions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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