Converge MSC

What Converge MSC does

Converge MSC (legal name: Converge MidAmerica | Southeast | Caribbean) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization founded in 1856 and headquartered at 924 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois. It operates as a multi-regional church network whose stated mission is to "Start, Strengthen, and Send" churches, serving over 500 partner churches and more than 1,000 pastors across 8 MidAmerica states, 5 Southeast states, and multiple Caribbean nations. Core services include financial grants for church planting (over $400,000 disbursed annually to church-planting couples), pastoral coaching and consulting (over 2,000 hours annually), pastoral family counseling access (over $30,000 invested annually), guidance through pastoral transitions, and missionary mobilization with emphasis on Caribbean partnerships.

Converge MSC's product surface is anchored on a unified online giving platform at give.convergemsc.org, built around an Authorize.Net-integrated payment gateway that supports one-time and recurring donations (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly) via credit/debit card or bank account. The platform hosts three regional giving campaigns as modules — Partners Fund MidAmerica, Partners Fund Southeast, and Partners Fund Caribbean — alongside designated giving categories for Church Planting, Missionaries, Ministries, Events, and Other Payments. Donors can self-manage giving history, recurring gifts, and email preferences through a donor profile, and an optional 2.77% add-on covers credit-card processing fees. Donations by check are also accepted at the Park Ridge headquarters.

The business model is donor-funded rather than product-priced: Converge MSC relies on individual and organizational contributions to its Partners Funds and designated initiatives. Its go-to-market is community-led, recruiting pastors, planters, and churches through a peer-network value proposition ("Join a church network dedicated to helping the one pastor, planter, or church"), supplemented by event-driven donor engagement (in-person conferences and rallies) and direct-to-consumer online giving. Converge MSC retains full discretion to redirect unused designated funds to similar mission-aligned initiatives, providing operational flexibility uncommon to rigid restricted-giving models.

Name

Converge MSC

Legal name

Converge MidAmerica | Southeast | Caribbean

Website

https://convergemidamerica.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1856

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Converge MSC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit church network serving 500+ churches and 1,000+ pastors across the U.S. MidAmerica, Southeast, and Caribbean regions, providing church-planting grants, pastoral coaching, counseling, and missionary mobilization funded via three regional Partners Fund giving campaigns.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Nonprofit and Church Network Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Interfaith & Ecumenical Councils and Dialogue Organizations (BPAGAJAJ)

Keywords

• Church network services
• Pastoral coaching
• Church planting support
• Ministry fundraising
• Religious nonprofit

Headquarters

HQ city

Park Ridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recurring donations (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly): Sustainer giving via credit/debit card or bank account; donors can manage, pause, or modify recurring gifts through their donor profile. Forms the predictable, recurring base of Converge MSC's funding.
2. One-time donations: Single-gift contributions via the online portal, with an optional 2.77% add-on to cover credit card processing fees. Donors may also give by check mailed to Converge MSC, 924 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068.
3. Designated/restricted contributions (Partners Fund and special initiatives): Donations earmarked for the MidAmerica, Southeast, or Caribbean Partners Funds, church planters, missionaries, ministry initiatives, or events. Converge MSC retains discretion to redirect unspent or infeasible designated funds to similar initiatives aligned with its mission.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Converge MSC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit church network that connects and strengthens Baptist/evangelical churches across the MidAmerica, Southeast, and Caribbean regions. It operates an online giving platform powering regional Partners Funds and designated giving categories, and disburses that funding as financial grants to church planters, pastoral coaching/consulting, pastoral family counseling access, and missionary mobilization support.

Product overview

Converge MSC operates a single unified online giving platform (give.convergemsc.org) that hosts its core donor experience along with several region-specific giving campaigns as modules: Partners Fund MidAmerica, Partners Fund Southeast, and Partners Fund Caribbean. The platform supports both one-time and recurring donations (weekly, every-other-week, monthly) and exposes designated giving categories (Church Planting, Missionaries, Ministries, Events, Other Payments) as selectable modules on top of the core Partners Fund. Transactions are processed through Authorize.net, and donors can manage their giving history, recurring gifts, and email preferences via a donor profile.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Converge MSC Online Giving Platform Self-serve online giving platform that enables individual donors and supporters to make one-time or recurring (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly) donations to Converge MSC via credit/debit card or bank account, with optional processing-fee coverage and a personal donor profile for managing history, recurring gifts, and email preferences. Transactions are processed securely through Authorize.Net.
• Partners Fund MidAmerica Regional giving campaign hosted on the Converge MSC giving platform that channels donor contributions specifically to support church planting, leader strengthening, and missionary mobilization across the MidAmerica region (8 U.S. states). Designed for donors who want to designate their giving to a specific geographic Partners Fund.
• Partners Fund Southeast Regional giving campaign on the Converge MSC giving platform that directs donor contributions to church planting, leader strengthening, and missionary mobilization across the Southeast region (5 U.S. states). Allows donors to designate gifts to the Southeast Partners Fund specifically.
• Partners Fund Caribbean Regional giving campaign on the Converge MSC giving platform that supports church planting, leader coaching, pastoral counseling, and missionary mobilization across multiple Caribbean countries. The fund specifically underwrites the network's Caribbean partnership work and missions outreach.
• Designated Giving Opportunities Selectable giving categories on the Converge MSC donation platform that let donors earmark contributions to specific ministry initiatives: Church Planting, Missionaries, Ministries, Events, and Other Payments. Used alongside the regional Partners Funds to enable targeted giving.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $400,000 disbursed annually to church-planting couples
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Authorize.NetcoreTechnology or IntegrationAuthorize.Net is the secure payment processing vendor powering all transactions on give.convergemsc.org for one-time and recurring donations via credit/debit card and bank account. Banking information is not stored on the site per Authorize.Net's processing. Converge MSC displays Authorize.Net branding and links to authorize.net alongside its donation flow.
• Caribbean partner churches and missions networkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConverge MSC's Caribbean Partners Fund specifically supports missions work with Caribbean church partners, including awareness, missions trips, and direct financial support to reach nations with the gospel. The Caribbean network is presented as integral to the "Start, Strengthen, and Send" mission rather than a peripheral outreach.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Converge (national network): The broader national Converge Baptist network of which Converge MSC (MidAmerica/Southeast/Caribbean) is a regional expression. Converge MSC operates as a regional hub for church planting, pastoral support, and missions mobilization under the same national Converge brand.
• Exponential: Church multiplication network and annual conference focused on church planting, replanting, and disciple-making movements. Directly comparable as a peer network convening church planters and providing coaching/consulting resources.
• Stadia Church Planting: Church planting organization that provides assessment, training, coaching, and financial support to church planters. Operates a comparable holistic-support model targeting the same pastor and planter persona.
• ARC (Association of Related Churches): Cooperative church-planting network that provides coaching, resources, and peer support to church planters and replanters across the U.S. and internationally. Directly comparable peer in the church-planting movement space.
• Church Multiplication Network: Network that facilitates church multiplication through planter assessment, coaching cohorts, and resourcing partnerships. Comparable as a peer organization supporting church planters across regional cohorts.
• V3 Church Planting Movement: Church planting movement focused on multiplying disciples, leaders, and churches through coaching, training, and a national network of partner churches and planters. Directly comparable in mission and operational model.
• Acts 29: Global church-planting network that recruits, assesses, trains, and funds church planters and replanters. Operates a similar model of supporting pastors and planters through training, coaching, and financial backing across multiple regions.
• North American Mission Board (NAMB) - Send Network: Southern Baptist church-planting sending network that supports church planters through assessment, training, coaching, and funding. Operates at substantially larger scale but provides directly analogous services for church planters and partner churches.

Regional players

• Pioneer Ministries: International church-planting mission sending and supporting church planters globally, including cross-cultural contexts similar to Converge MSC's Caribbean work. Comparable in church-planting focus but serves primarily UK and European geographies.
• Baptist Bible Fellowship International: Cooperative fellowship of Baptist churches with missions and church-planting emphasis, primarily serving the southern U.S. Comparable in theological tradition and ministry focus, but with a different associational structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/convergemsc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/convergemsc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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