Zambia Mission Fund

Name

Zambia Mission Fund

Legal name

Zambia Christian College, Inc.

Website

https://zambiamission.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Nonprofit Humanitarian Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE), Medical Missions & Global Health NGOs (BPAGACAI), Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI)

Keywords

• Humanitarian mission services
• Christian nonprofit ministry
• Medical mission clinics
• Educational sponsorship programs
• Orphan care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Abilene

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual donors supporting various ministry programs at Namwianga Mission including orphan care, education, healthcare, food relief, water wells, and evangelism.
2. Student Sponsorship: Monthly or annual sponsorship payments from US donors supporting high school and college students at Namwianga. High school sponsorship is $160/month or $1920/year; college/nursing sponsorship is $170/month or $2040/year.
3. Student Sponsorship: Monthly or annual sponsorship payments supporting students at George Benson Christian College and Namwianga Mission College of Nursing.
4. Stock Donations: Donors can give appreciated stock, potentially eliminating capital gains tax and providing a charitable deduction.
5. Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD): Tax-free withdrawals from IRAs for donors 70½ years or older, sent directly to Zambia Mission Fund.
6. Donor-Advised Fund Gifts: One-time or monthly gifts through Donor Advised Funds.
7. Legacy/Bequest Gifts: Planned gifts through wills, estate plans, or beneficiary designations on retirement accounts and insurance policies.
8. Gift Catalog Sales: Sale of tangible items through gift catalog including water wells ($6,000), wheelchairs ($200), goats ($30), newborn kits ($10), Bibles ($10), and bundled packages.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Zambia Mission Fund operates the Namwianga Mission in Southern Province, Zambia, delivering a holistic portfolio of humanitarian, educational, medical, and evangelical services. Core programs include a mission hospital and medical mission outreach, primary and secondary schools, a nursing college and university college, orphan care homes, food relief, water well drilling, Bible distribution, bicycle evangelism, and a Christian radio station. All services are funded through donations and sponsorships from U.S. individuals, churches, and partner organizations.

Product overview

Zambia Mission Fund operates Namwianga Mission as a multi-faceted humanitarian organization offering education (secondary school, teacher training college, nursing college, leadership development), healthcare (hospital, medical mission, pharmacy, lab, dental, physical therapy), orphan care (infant home, boys home, milk fund, reunification program), community development (radio station, food relief, water wells, farm), and evangelism (bible distribution, bicycle evangelists, spiritual growth team). The portfolio includes physical products (clean delivery kits, newborn kits, wheelchairs) alongside service programs, all unified by the Christian mission to reveal Jesus through humanitarian service, education, and leadership development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 7550 patients treated during July 2025 medical mission clinics
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Churches of ChristcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding organizational partner. Zambia Mission Fund is rooted in partnership with Churches of Christ, which established Namwianga Mission in 1932. The relationship continues as the primary spiritual and organizational foundation for the mission's work in education, healthcare, and evangelism throughout Zambia.
• Zambian GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partnership for education (grant-aided schools) and healthcare (zonal health center/hospital status). The Zambian government nationalized primary schools in 1964 and requested Namwianga build a secondary school. Currently, Namwianga assists government grant-aided schools and operates as a certified zonal health center.
• Visiting Ophthalmologists (US and Zambia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVisiting ophthalmologists from the United States and Zambia schedule cataract operations at Namwianga Hospital, restoring sight to patients who had gone years without seeing.
• University City Church of Christ (Gainesville, Florida)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProvides financial and spiritual support for Roy and Kathi Merritt missionaries and their ministry at Namwianga.
• College Church of Christ (Searcy, Arkansas)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProvides financial and spiritual support for Roy and Kathi Merritt missionaries and their ministry at Namwianga.

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CURE International: Faith-based operator of specialty surgical hospitals and pediatric care programs in low-income countries. Directly comparable mission-hospital model, including the only-surgery-center-in-region positioning.
• Food for the Hungry: Evangelical Christian relief and development organization running child sponsorship, community development, and food security programs in Africa. Comparable holistic, faith-rooted ministry combining education, health, and food relief.
• Compassion International: Faith-based child sponsorship and student development organization operating extensively in developing countries. Directly comparable recurring-sponsorship model, though focused on individual children rather than secondary/college education.
• Medical Teams International: Faith-rooted medical mission organization running short-term volunteer medical trips and dental/optical clinics in remote communities. Closest direct analog to the annual July Zambia Medical Mission in scope and delivery model.
• ABWE International: Evangelical mission agency running hospitals, schools, and church planting in Africa and globally. Comparable integrated model of mission hospital, K-12 and higher education, and evangelism in a single location.

Regional players

• Tearfund: Christian relief and development agency focused on Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions, supporting local church-based community development. Comparable integrated physical-and-spiritual ministry with local-partner delivery model, though UK-rooted rather than US.

Peers

• African Mission Healthcare: Faith-based organization supporting mission hospitals and medical education across Sub-Saharan Africa. Comparable focus on hospital infrastructure, clinician training, and church-affiliated health delivery in Africa.

Broad incumbents

• World Vision: One of the largest Christian humanitarian organizations globally, combining child sponsorship, healthcare, education, and disaster relief in Sub-Saharan Africa. Comparable faith-based sponsorship and integrated ministry model, though at vastly greater scale.
• Samaritan's Purse: Evangelical Christian relief organization running World Medical Mission, children's heart surgery, and disaster response. Overlaps with the Zambia Medical Mission clinics and faith-based humanitarian brand.

Emerging players

• MAP International: Christian global health organization providing medicines, disaster response, and community health programs. Comparable medical-supply distribution model via 'Pills on Wheels' and short-term medical mission support.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/ZambiaMission
• Instagraminstagram.com/zambiamission
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zambiamissionfund

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

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