World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions

What World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions does

World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions (WWNTBM) is a private, non-profit Baptist mission agency founded in February 1971 by Dr. Bill Wingard in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, alongside Russell Bell, Clyde Eborn, and Robert Winstead. The agency operates as a servant to local sending churches rather than an authority over missionaries: the sending church remains the sole decision-maker on a missionary's field, support level, and ministry direction. WWNTBM's core function is administrative, financial, and representational support — receiving and processing designated donations from churches and individuals, distributing funds monthly to field missionaries, handling clerical and legal matters with foreign and domestic governments, and providing field accountability. As of the data available, it supports 64 active field missionaries across more than 65 countries, with 5 in deputation, 1 on furlough, and 15 retired.

WWNTBM's revenue model is entirely donation-based. Three streams are disclosed: (1) designated missionary support donations from churches and individuals, processed and forwarded monthly; (2) the "Touch the World" general-fund program, which currently only 1 in 60 supporting churches contributes to and covers roughly 10% of monthly expenses; and (3) a required 5% above-support contribution from missionaries to the agency's General Fund, which covers approximately 70% of monthly expenses. A residual ~20% shortfall is acknowledged by the organization. No fees are charged for services, and the agency does not publicly disclose revenue figures.

The technology stack is intentionally lightweight and non-proprietary: a WordPress CMS, Google Analytics for traffic monitoring, and Tithe.ly for online donation processing across debit/credit/ACH with recurring-gift support. Complementary digital properties extend the agency's reach: Missions.Today (blog), HelpMyMissionsConference.com (church conference resources), SeeTheHarvest.com (mission trips), and HeCalled.Me (missionary application portal). The agency also operates Family Fellowship Week as an annual conference and a weekly podcast for missionaries. WWNTBM is governed by 12 independent Baptist churches whose pastors sit on the Executive Board, with a Board of Reference providing doctrinal accountability, and is led day-to-day by President John O'Malley and General Director Jeremy Lockhart. A separate Canadian entity, WWNTBM of Canada, Inc., handles cross-border donations from Simcoe, Ontario.

Name

World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions

Legal name

World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions, Inc.

Website

https://wwntbm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Short description

World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions is a non-profit Baptist mission agency founded in 1971 that supports independent Baptist churches in sending and administering missionaries, currently assisting 64 active field missionaries across more than 65 countries through donation-funded operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Mission Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB)

Keywords

• Missionary support services
• Faith-based missions
• Church planting
• Donor fund management
• International missionary services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kings Mountain

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Missionary Support Donations: WWNTBM receives funds from churches and individuals designated for specific missionaries. They process and distribute these donations monthly to missionaries on the field.
2. Touch the World Program: An agency-level giving program where churches can support the mission agency's general operational expenses. Currently only 1 in 60 supporting churches contributes to this program.
3. General Fund Contribution: Missionaries are required to raise 5% above their needed support to contribute to the General Fund of the agency.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

WWNTBM is a faith-based mission service agency that assists local independent Baptist churches in getting their missionaries to the mission field. It provides administrative support, receives and processes designated funds from churches and individuals, distributes monthly support to missionaries, and ensures field accountability and regulatory compliance. The missionary's sending church remains the sole authority; WWNTBM functions as a servant organization offering clerical, legal, and financial handling on behalf of the church.

Product overview

World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions (WWNTBM) operates as a faith-based mission service agency offering a unified platform of missionary support services. The core offering is the missions agency itself, which assists independent Baptist churches in sending missionaries worldwide. Supporting this are digital tools including See The Harvest (missions trip experiences), HeCalled.Me (missionary application portal), and the Missions.Today blog community. The organization also provides church resources through HelpMyMissionsConference.com and Faith Promise materials, plus operates Touch the World as a general operational support fund. Family Fellowship Week serves as an annual training event for missionaries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Bakker BooksminorOthersBakker Books assists the WWNTBM Canadian office by answering phone calls. The Canadian office phone (226-400-1551) is answered by this entity which handles inquiries for WWNTBM of Canada.
• Tithe.lycoreTechnology or IntegrationTithe.ly is the payment processing platform used by WWNTBM for online donations. Donors can give via debit card, credit card, or bank account. The platform processes donations and provides tax-deductible receipts.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SIM (Serving In Mission): A large interdenominational Christian mission organization that provides administrative, financial, and field support to missionaries across many countries. Comparable in mission-agency support functions but operates cross-denominationally at much larger scale than WWNTBM.
• International Mission Board (SBC): The Southern Baptist Convention's global sending agency and the largest Baptist mission organization in the world. Comparable because it administers missionary support, financial processing, and field accountability for Baptist churches, but it operates at vastly larger scale with corporate-denominational structure rather than WWNTBM's independent-IFB model.

Direct peers

• Ethnos360 (formerly New Tribes Mission): A faith-based mission organization that supports missionaries in church planting, translation, and aviation work among unreached people groups. Comparable in faith-mission support structure, missionary pipeline, and integration of specialized ministries like aviation and education.
• Baptist Bible Fellowship International: A fellowship of independent Baptist churches that coordinates missionary sending and provides field support similar to WWNTBM. Comparable mission-agency functions within the same independent Baptist ecosystem, though structured as a church fellowship rather than a single agency.
• Team Expansion: An independent Baptist mission agency that sends missionaries from local churches with administrative and financial support. Comparable in church-centered sending model, IFB identity, and small-to-mid scale faith-mission structure.
• ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism): An independent Baptist mission agency that sends, supports, and holds accountable missionaries from Baptist churches worldwide. Closely comparable to WWNTBM in service model, doctrinal identity, and church-centered sending philosophy.
• Baptist Mid-Missions: An independent Baptist faith mission agency that provides administrative, financial, and accountability support for missionaries sent by independent Baptist churches. Closely comparable to WWNTBM in doctrinal positioning, church-sending model, and faith-based funding approach.

Emerging players

• Wycliffe Bible Translators: A faith-based organization that supports missionaries in Bible translation work and related ministries worldwide. Comparable as a faith mission with administrative/financial support infrastructure, but with a narrower programmatic focus on translation versus WWNTBM's broader ministry portfolio.
• Pioneers: A faith-based mission agency mobilizing teams to plant churches among unreached people groups. Comparable in faith-mission support model and field accountability, but with a focused church-planting emphasis rather than WWNTBM's diversified ministry portfolio.
• Word of Life Fellowship: An independent Baptist ministry that supports missionary sending and provides discipleship resources. Comparable in IFB identity and Baptist-aligned missionary support functions, though with a stronger emphasis on discipleship and youth ministry programs.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles24 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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