Reliant

What Reliant does

Reliant Mission, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization founded in 1989 (originally as Great Commission Ministries, rebranded in 2014) and headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The organization partners with missional churches and Gospel-centered ministries to mobilize and provide administrative support to support-based missionaries and church planters, primarily in the campus and church-planting segments. As of 2022, Reliant supported 880 field workers across 37 countries and 28 U.S. states, working with more than 100 church and ministry partners, and maintained a 45-person Central Team at its Orlando headquarters.

The organization's core service is a five-step missionary mobilization process (Prepare, Application & Assessment, Fundraising Training, Build Your Team, Live Your Calling) combined with a web-based giving platform (Reliant.org) that supports recurring and one-time donations via credit card, direct debit, stocks, securities, and cryptocurrency. Missionaries raise 100% of their own support, while Reliant retains 10-12% of incoming gifts to fund administrative services including gift processing, health insurance administration, payroll, HR, and church partnership management. The technology platform is functional rather than differentiated — standard 256-bit TLS encryption, a self-serve donor experience, and missionary-searchable profiles, with no disclosed AI, API, or proprietary data assets.

Reliant is governed by an independent Board of Directors chaired by Bisi Adewunmi, with day-to-day operations led by President & CEO Tom Mauriello and CFO James Kaufman (a former Ernst & Young partner). The organization has been ECFA-accredited since 1992 and is audited annually by Capin Crouse LLP. The most recent disclosed annual revenue figure is $23,474,136 for fiscal year 2015; no post-2015 revenue figures are provided in the input. Strategic emphasis areas include unreached-people-group church planting (via the 100UPG Cooperative), digital missions (via The Church Digital), and growing fixed-term residency and internship pipelines for younger cohorts.

Name

Reliant

Legal name

Reliant Mission, Inc.

Website

https://reliant.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Reliant Mission is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that mobilizes and provides administrative, financial, and HR support to roughly 880 support-based missionaries and church planters across 37 countries, partnering with over 100 missional churches and evangelical ministries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Nonprofit & Missionary Support Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Capacity Building & Nonprofit Infrastructure Funders (BPAGAKAO)

Keywords

• Missionary support services
• Church planting mobilization
• Donor giving platform
• Ministry fundraising training
• Faith-based nonprofit services

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations/Gifts: Reliant operates as a charitable organization receiving donations from individuals to support missionaries. Missionaries are responsible to raise 100% of their support goal needed for ministry. The organization uses 10-12% of gifts for missionary support services, covering personnel for gift processing, health insurance administration, and church partnership management.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Reliant Mission, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that mobilizes and supports missionaries and church planters for ministry work. It provides a structured 5-step process (Prepare, Application & Assessment, Fundraising Training, Build Your Team, Live Your Calling) to help individuals raise financial support and serves over 800 missionaries across 37 countries. The organization also partners with more than 100 churches and ministries to deliver administrative services, HR support, and donor management infrastructure.

Product overview

Reliant Mission is a ministry support organization (not a technology company) that operates as a single unified service offering: mobilizing missionaries and church planters for the Great Commission. The organization provides a comprehensive 5-step process for individuals to enter ministry, including preparation, application, fundraising training, team building, and ongoing support. Core services include support-raising infrastructure through their online giving platform with LifeLink recurring giving, church and ministry partnership programs (US churches, collegiate networks, international, residencies/internships), and financial accountability reporting. The organization works with over 800 missionaries and more than 100 church partners to facilitate Gospel-centered ministry through support-based workers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Missionary Mobilization Services A structured 5-step process — Prepare, Application & Assessment, Fundraising Training, Build Your Team, Live Your Calling — that helps individuals follow their calling to ministry and raise 100% of their financial support. Used by over 800 people pursuing support-based mission careers.
• Support-Raising Giving Platform
• LifeLink Recurring Giving
• Church & Ministry Partnership Programs
• Financial Accountability & Reporting
• Residency & Intern Programs
• 100UPG Cooperative Partnership Partnership with churches, ministries, and leaders aimed at accelerating church planting movements in 100 unreached people groups, including East Asia and the Middle East.

Quantifiable outcome

• 83% of graduates from partner training programs are now in full-time ministry (The Summit Church - 7-year partnership)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 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.

• The Austin Stone Community ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership where Reliant provides missionary support services for church planting and leadership training. Todd Engstrom, Executive Pastor, stated: 'Reliant has been a tremendous partner for The Austin Stone as we seek to train Christian leaders for the church, city, and nations.'
• Grace Bible ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFellows Program partnership where Reliant handles finance and HR departments while providing expertise in support raising. Marty Scott, Global Outreach & Fellows Pastor: 'Reliant was the answer to that problem. They relieved our Finance and HR departments of a huge amount of work while providing an expertise in support raising.'
• Acts2 NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of 35+ churches across the U.S. focused on church planting near universities and equipping graduates for long-term campus ministry. Sent 72 missionaries overseas through Reliant partnership in 2024.
• 100UPG CooperativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership of churches, ministries, and leaders aiming to accelerate the Great Commission by catalyzing church planting movements in 100 unreached people groups (UPG). Reliant began training missionaries through this partnership in 2019.
• The Church DigitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital missions partner that equips digital missionaries to engage people in digital communities and treats platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and virtual reality as mission fields where the gospel can take root.
• Missio NexusminorOthersFormerly Mission Exchange/EFMA & CrossGlobal Link/IFMA. Evangelical missions association connected with the National Association of Evangelicals since 1946. Facilitates relational and developmental initiatives for the Great Commission community.
• World Evangelical AllianceminorOthersNetwork of churches in 129 nations plus 100+ international organizations representing 600+ million evangelical Christians.
• National Association of EvangelicalsminorOthersLargest national organization of evangelical Christians representing over 45,000 churches.
• Launch GlobalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization focused on mobilizing Millennials and Gen Z for global mission through decade-long partnership with churches for long-term mission involvement.
• V3 MovementminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Director JR Woodward serves on Reliant's Board. V3 focuses on church planting movements.
• Trauma Healing InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides trauma healing training materials combined with theological training and micro-finance opportunities for indigenous workers.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism): Denominational-aligned mission-sending agency with similar support-raising infrastructure, missionary care, and partner-church deployment model.
• Pioneers International: Evangelical mission-sending agency focused on church-planting movements among unreached people groups. Closely mirrors Reliant's 100UPG Cooperative strategy and support-raised funding model.
• Send International: Faith-based mission agency that recruits, trains, and supports career missionaries through partner churches. Directly comparable operating model and mission-sending infrastructure.
• Serving in Mission (SIM): Global evangelical mission-sending agency with cross-cultural church planting. Directly comparable in field deployment, HR/payroll administration, and donor-supported funding.
• Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ): One of the largest U.S. evangelical mission-sending and campus ministry organizations. Directly comparable to Reliant in mobilizing support-based missionaries, running church-planting movements, and partnering with churches for global missions.
• Operation Mobilization (OM): Large interdenominational evangelical mission organization mobilizing short- and long-term workers through partner churches and networks. Same broad operating model and donor-funded structure.
• Frontier Ventures: Mobilization-focused organization dedicated to unreached people groups. Overlaps with Reliant's 100UPG partnership and Great Commission focus area.

Others

• Missio Nexus: Industry association for Great Commission organizations, of which Reliant is a member. Provides peer-networking, accountability standards, and shared-services context rather than direct missionary mobilization.

Broad incumbents

• Youth With A Mission (YWAM): One of the largest global evangelical mission organizations, with broader scope including training schools and short-term programs. Operates in the same space but with a wider portfolio than Reliant's church-planting focus.
• The Navigators: Established evangelical ministry with both U.S. discipleship and global missions work. Comparable in mobilizing support-based workers and partner-church engagement, though broader in scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/reliantmission

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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