Youth With A Mission - El Paso & Juarez

What Youth With A Mission - El Paso & Juarez does

Youth With A Mission - El Paso & Juarez is a small (1–10 employees), non-profit local chapter of the global Youth With A Mission (YWAM) network, operating on the U.S.–Mexico border to deliver short-term missionary outreach, training, and care for vulnerable children. The chapter is plugged into the broader Mission Adventures Network — a coalition of 30+ YWAM centers across 12+ nations — which provides full-service short-term mission trip coordination for U.S. youth groups, handling food, housing, transportation, ministry planning, translation, and outreach supplies so that youth pastors can focus on spiritual ministry rather than trip administration. Programs typically include 3–4 days of pre-trip training followed by a week or more of cross-cultural outreach, priced at $150–$500 per participant on a unit-pricing, pay-as-you-go basis.

The underlying operational infrastructure is human-intensive and physical: local missionary staff coordinate accommodations, meals, ministry activities, and translation services, leveraging the shared Mission Adventures brand, the missionadventures.net website (top-of-funnel), email newsletters, location-specific Facebook/Instagram pages, and partner church referrals as the go-to-market motion. YWAM San Diego/Baja owns the network-level copyright and content, while each center (including El Paso & Juarez) operates independently under the shared brand and quality standards.

The organization's revenue model is participation-fee-driven for short-term trips, augmented by donations and volunteer labor typical of an interdenominational Christian non-profit; revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. Customer segments are primarily U.S. middle-school and high-school youth groups and their churches, with secondary segments including families, international church partners, and individual volunteers. No specific operating metrics — such as annual participants, revenue, or recent growth — were disclosed for the El Paso & Juarez chapter itself; all quantitative scale signals (100,000+ cumulative participants since 1997, ~30,000 annual short-term participants, 18,000+ full-time workers across 1,000+ YWAM centers in 140 nations) reflect the parent network rather than the local entity.

Name

Youth With A Mission - El Paso & Juarez

Legal name

Youth With A Mission

Website

https://missionadventures.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Youth With A Mission - El Paso & Juarez is a small non-profit chapter of the global YWAM network providing short-term cross-border missionary outreach, training, and care for vulnerable children, serving U.S. youth groups and churches via full-service mission trip packages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Mission Trip Services

NAICS

Tour Operators (56152), Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) (721214)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

School Group & Curriculum-Led Trips (THAKAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Adventure Camps & Summer Programs (THAAAOAB), Excursions, Field Trips & Cultural Activities Logistics (EDAIANAJ)

Keywords

• Short-term missions
• Youth ministry training
• Mission trip coordination
• Interdenominational outreach
• Church mission programs

Headquarters

HQ city

El Paso

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices26 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Mission Trip Participation Fees: Youth groups and churches pay per-person fees to participate in short-term mission adventures. Prices vary by location and program length, typically ranging from $150-$500 per participant. These fees cover accommodations, meals, training, and outreach materials.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Youth With A Mission - El Paso & Juarez operates as part of the Mission Adventures Network, providing full-service short-term mission outreach ministry for youth groups and churches. The organization handles all logistics for mission trips including food, housing, transportation, ministry planning, translation, and supplies, and delivers 3-4 days of pre-outreach training by experienced missionaries. Programs are offered across 30+ YWAM centers in 12+ nations, with location-specific outreach experiences ranging from urban ministry to international cross-cultural service.

Product overview

Mission Adventures is a network-based ministry operated by Youth With A Mission (YWAM), offering full-service short-term mission outreach programs for youth groups and families. The core Mission Adventures program coordinates with over 30 YWAM centers across multiple nations (North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Asia) to provide comprehensive mission trip experiences that include training, housing, food, transportation, ministry planning, and outreach activities. Each location-specific program (such as YWAM Yosemite, YWAM Vancouver, YWAM San Francisco, YWAM Idaho, YWAM Las Vegas, YWAM Ozarks, and international locations) operates independently while sharing the Mission Adventures brand and standards. Additional offerings include individual volunteer opportunities and the Discipleship Training School (DTS) for longer-term missionary training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Discipleship Training School (DTS): A 5-6 month university level course consisting of a 12 week classroom phase followed by a cross-cultural outreach experience.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• YWAM InternationalcoreOthersMission Adventures is a ministry program of Youth With A Mission, an international movement of Christians founded in 1960. YWAM International provides the organizational infrastructure, missionary staff, and global network of centers that enable the Mission Adventures program to operate across 30+ locations worldwide.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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