TEAM EXPANSION COMPANY

What TEAM EXPANSION COMPANY does

Team Expansion Evangelistic Ministries Inc, operating as Team Expansion, is a Kentucky-incorporated non-profit Christian missions organization founded in 1983 and headquartered on a 61-acre campus known as Emerald Hills in Louisville, KY. Its core function is mobilizing, training, and supporting Christian missionaries and volunteers to multiply disciples and churches among unreached people groups, which the organization cites as encompassing 3+ billion individuals across more than 7,000 unreached people groups globally. The organization runs a structured portfolio of pathway programs (Full-time Missions, Quest Apprenticeships of 6-24 months, Pathways Summer Internships, D-Course 12-month immersive discipleship training, Teach Overseas, Short-Term Trips, and the Immerse vocation-based internship) supported by a curriculum stack including Launch Training, Link Training, Jonathan Training on Disciple-Making Movements, Kairos worldview course, and the Motives for Missions course.

Its core technology stack is non-proprietary and lightweight: WordPress CMS with Bitrix24 form builder for lead capture, Google Analytics for site statistics, Google AdSense for advertising, Wordfence for security, Google Fonts, and the Aplos donation management platform for processing supporter contributions. Operations are supported by a 30+ person International Services team at the Louisville headquarters that provides ongoing prayer, administration, training, care, and accountability to field workers.

The revenue model is donation-driven. Missionaries are largely support-raised, meaning they solicit their own financial backing from individual donors and churches; donors may give to the general Impact Fund, to specific missionaries, or to designated projects. Program fees apply to paid offerings (Pathways internships at $5,500-$7,500, D-Course at $2,350 plus living expenses), while some teaching positions offer paid salaries. Distribution is relationship-based: prospective missionaries enter via website profile submission followed by phone or Zoom interviews and progress through a structured journey (Inquirer to Recruit to Associate Missionary to Missionary), supplemented by church partnerships, the PACE Partnership program, church coaching, free downloadable church resources, and multi-channel content marketing (Prayer Force emails, Impact newsletter, More Disciples podcast, blog, and social channels).

Name

TEAM EXPANSION COMPANY

Legal name

Team Expansion Evangelistic Ministries Inc

Website

https://teamexpansion.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Team Expansion is a non-profit Christian missions organization that mobilizes, trains, and supports missionaries and volunteers to plant churches among unreached people groups worldwide, headquartered in Louisville, KY and funded primarily through donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Missionary Mobilization and Training Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD), Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF), Missionary Training Colleges & Schools (EDAHAKAF)

Keywords

• Missionary mobilization services
• Discipleship training programs
• Church planting support
• Unreached people ministry
• Cross-cultural missionary training

Headquarters

HQ city

Louisville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Team Expansion operates as a support-based missions organization where missionaries raise their own financial support from individual donors and churches. Donors can give to the general Impact Fund, specific missionaries, or designated projects and programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Team Expansion mobilizes, trains, and supports Christian missionaries for long-term service among unreached people groups globally. The organization provides a portfolio of pathways—including full-time missions, apprenticeships, internships, and immersive discipleship training—paired with ongoing International Services support covering prayer, administration, training, care, and accountability. Training programs such as Launch, Link, Jonathan Training, and Kairos equip workers for disciple-making movements, while church partnership and coaching services mobilize local congregations.

Product overview

Team Expansion is a missionary organization (not a software company) that offers a portfolio of missionary programs and training services. Their core offerings include full-time missions, short-term trips, apprenticeships (Quest), internships (Pathways), and immersive discipleship training (D-Course). Supporting services include church partnerships and coaching, TCK (Third Culture Kids) ministry, college ministry, and volunteer programs. Training offerings include Launch, Link, Jonathan Training, Kairos, and Motives for Missions courses. Operational tools include Aplos for donation management and various communication platforms for donor and volunteer engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pathways: 10-week summer missions internship program for young adults to experience missions work among unreached peoples
• Quest
• Prayer Force
• D-Course
• Immerse
• Launch Training
• Link Training
• Jonathan Training

Products and services

• Full-Time Missions Long-term missionary service program for individuals called to serve unreached people groups alongside a team, with preparation, empowerment, and ongoing support for effective disciple-making.
• Pathways Summer Missions Internship 10-week summer missions internship for individuals 18+ to experience life on the mission field alongside experienced missionaries in locations including the Middle East, Ghana, Japan, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and US diaspora communities. Program cost is $5,500-$7,500 covering flights, visas, food, lodging, language school, ministry expenses, and some fun money.
• Quest Missions Apprenticeship 6, 12, 18, or 24-month apprenticeship program pairing participants with experienced missionaries for hands-on cross-cultural disciple-maker training.
• D-Course Discipleship Training 12-month immersive discipleship course in Louisville, KY, preparing individuals to make and multiply disciples through head, heart, and hands training. Course fees total $2,350 plus monthly living expenses of approximately $1,500-$3,000.
• Short-Term Trips Short-term mission trip opportunities including team trips, vision trips, and missionary encouragement visits.
• Teaching Opportunities (Teach Overseas) Overseas teaching positions for educators to serve in unreached regions including the Middle East, Japan, Africa, Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Taiwan, at Christian schools, international schools, or as homeschool tutors.
• Volunteer Program Volunteer opportunities including meal preparation during events, missionary kids care, administrative support, receptionist duties, host homes, campus maintenance, and skill-based service at the Emerald Hills campus.
• Immerse Vocation-Based Internship Customizable internship program for Christians wanting to combine their vocation with their missionary calling to fulfill the Great Commission, administered under the Marketplace Ministry function.
• Church Partnerships & Coaching Church mobilization services including PACE Partnership, Church Coaching, Worldview and Mission training courses, Wall of Unreached Peoples display, and More Disciples resources to help churches engage in the Great Commission.
• TCK Ministry (Third Culture Kids) Support services for Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and missionary families, including community programs, care services, resources, education consultation, re-entry programs, and a TCK prayer force.
• College Ministry Training and resources for college ministries including guest speakers, interactive workshops, week-long group trips, and the Pathways summer internship pipeline.
• Launch Training 5-day online training that lays the groundwork for a relationship with Team Expansion, covering protocols, strategies, agency DNA, and the support-raising process for prospective missionaries.
• Link Training 5-day in-person training at the Emerald Hills campus connecting workers with International Services staff for team and family support.
• Jonathan Training (Disciple-Making Movements) Training course on Disciple-Making Movements (DMM) that teaches how to create movements of disciples who make more disciples.
• Kairos Worldview and Mission Course Foundational course on understanding God's heart for the nations and discovering one's role in global mission purposes.
• Motives for Missions Course Online course exploring nine biblical motivations for missions, designed to help prospective workers determine if God is calling them to the mission field.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3 billion+ unreached people targeted through disciple-making movements
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Frontiers: Frontiers is an international faith-based missions organization focused on church planting among Muslim and other unreached people groups, with a comparable support-raising model and emphasis on teams living among the people they serve.
• Pioneers: Pioneers is a U.S.-based faith-based missions organization that mobilizes, trains, and supports church-planting teams among unreached people groups, operating a nearly identical support-based fundraising and field-deployment model to Team Expansion.
• SEND International: SEND International is an interdenominational missions agency that mobilizes, trains, and sends missionaries to unreached people groups worldwide with structured pre-field training programs analogous to Team Expansion's Launch, Link, and D-Course tracks.
• Operation Mobilization: Operation Mobilization is a global faith-based missions movement mobilizing workers to least-evangelized peoples, with comparable short-term (e.g., Ships), apprenticeship, and long-term pathways that mirror Team Expansion's multi-tier program structure.

Broad incumbents

• International Mission Board (IMB): IMB is the Southern Baptist Convention's international missions sending agency, mobilizing thousands of missionaries to unreached people groups — a substantially larger and better-capitalized direct comparable to Team Expansion's church-planting mission.
• Youth With A Mission (YWAM): YWAM is one of the largest interdenominational missionary movements in the world, offering Discipleship Training Schools (DTS) and short- to long-term outreach programs that directly overlap with Team Expansion's D-Course, Pathways, and Quest offerings.
• Wycliffe Bible Translators: Wycliffe is a large faith-based organization focused on Bible translation among language communities that overlap significantly with unreached people groups, competing for similar donor support and candidate missionaries focused on least-reached regions.
• Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ): Cru is a large, well-resourced interdenominational Christian organization that mobilizes students and adults into missions and disciple-making, competing for the same college-age candidate pool targeted by Team Expansion's College Ministry and Pathways programs.

Emerging players

• The Joshua Project: The Joshua Project is a research and data initiative that compiles data on unreached people groups — the very population Team Expansion targets — making it a thematic peer and data partner rather than a direct competitor for missionaries or donors.

Others

• Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF): MAF provides aviation and technology services that enable missionaries and humanitarian organizations (including Team Expansion partners) to reach remote unreached people groups, making it an enabling peer within the same mission ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/teamexpansion
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/team-expansion

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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