Transform our World Hawaii

What Transform our World Hawaii does

Transform our World Hawaii (TOWH) is a faith-based nonprofit organization headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, founded in 2019 as the local Hawaiian chapter of the global Transform Our World movement. The organization's stated purpose is to mobilize ordinary believers to transform homes, streets, and communities across the Hawaiian Islands through prayer, discipleship, and the Aloha spirit. It operates an umbrella of interconnected ministries including the 'Every Hale, A Hale Pule' prayer movement, Camp Agape Hawaii (youth summer camps), Deeper Still Hawaii (healing retreats for women), Ekklesia Excelerator (leadership and mobilization training), and Explicit Movement (youth discipleship). The affiliated 'Onipa'a program delivers sexual risk avoidance education across 12 schools on five islands, and the organization coordinates international outreach including a 2026 campaign in Camarines Sur, Philippines.

The organization's underlying technology stack is composed entirely of standard off-the-shelf digital platforms — Squarespace for the website, Zoom for virtual meetings, YouTube for video content, Spreaker for podcast distribution, Eventbrite and RegFox for event registration, and Donorbox for online giving. There is no proprietary software, API, or AI/ML capability disclosed. Programs are delivered through a network of partner churches (Hope Chapel Mililani, Moanalua Gardens Missionary Church, Salt and Light Hawaii, New Hope Hawaii Kai, Pacific Islands Bible Church) and aligned entities (Better Together Hawaii, Transforming Communities With Aloha).

TOW Hawaii is sustained financially through donations and love offerings rather than priced products or services. There is no disclosed revenue, no pricing tiers, and no external institutional investment or private equity ownership. Leadership includes Cal Chinen (CEO), Allen Cardines Jr. (COO/President), Ellie Kapihe (Vice President), Dr. Francis Oda (CEO of ITN, Global Council chair), Joy Chinen (Secretary), Erin Chinen (Conference Coordinator), and Scott Kobayashi (Marketing). The organization employs between 11 and 50 staff and operates across Hawaii with select international outreach.

Name

Transform our World Hawaii

Legal name

Transform our World Hawaii

Website

https://towhawaii.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Transform our World Hawaii is a Honolulu-based faith-based nonprofit founded in 2019 that mobilizes believers across the Hawaiian Islands through prayer movements, youth camps, healing retreats, and leadership training, sustained by donations and church partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-Based Nonprofit Ministry Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Organizational Change & Transformation Coaching (EDABANAG)

Keywords

• Faith-based ministry
• Community transformation
• Prayer movement
• Youth discipleship
• Christian leadership training

Headquarters

HQ city

Honolulu

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Love Offerings: The organization operates primarily through charitable donations and love offerings from supporters. They accept donations for the Francis Oda Book project and general ministry operations through their donation portal.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Transform our World Hawaii is a faith-based nonprofit that mobilizes churches, believers, and community partners across the Hawaiian Islands for neighborhood transformation through prayer, discipleship, healing, and leadership training. Its core offerings include the Every Hale, A Hale Pule prayer movement, summer camps (Camp Agape), women's healing retreats (Deeper Still Hawaii), a leadership equipping program (Ekklesia Excelerator), youth ministry (Explicit Movement), conferences and workshops, and a media footprint comprising a weekly podcast, YouTube videos, and email newsletter.

Product overview

Transform our World Hawaii is a faith-based transformational culture and community organization operating as a single unified ministry rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The organization offers a portfolio of interconnected programs including the Every Hale, A Hale Pule prayer movement, the Ekklesia Excelerator training program, the TOW Hawaii weekly podcast, Stories of Transformation testimonials, Friday Ekklesia Resources, Video Resources on YouTube, Conferences & Workshops events, an Email Newsletter subscription, and a Give/Donation Platform. These offerings work together to advance the organization's purpose of building a transformational culture and community of Aloha through prayer, fellowship, and neighborhood transformation across the Hawaiian Islands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Every Hale, A Hale Pule A prayer movement initiative that encourages believers to dedicate their homes as houses of prayer, practicing four steps of prayer evangelism: Bless, Fellowship, Minister, and Proclaim. Designed for local churches, families, and individual believers across the Hawaiian Islands.
• Ekklesia Excelerator A training program that equips believers to mobilize, disciple, and transform their communities through prayer and Kingdom principles. Offered as a multi-level curriculum via cohort-based events.
• Camp Agape Hawaii Summer camp program offering adventure, love, and life-changing encounters with God for children and youth, hosted in Hawaii.
• Deeper Still Hawaii Healing retreats for women walking through pregnancy loss, abortion, and sexual brokenness, providing a faith-based recovery environment.
• Explicit Movement Youth ministry for young people who are unashamed of the Gospel, walking in calling and purpose. Partners with 'Onipa'a for sexual risk avoidance education.
• TOW Hawaii Podcast Weekly podcast featuring inspiring local stories of transformation from ordinary people doing extraordinary things for God. Distributed via Spreaker.
• Conferences & Workshops Events including Transformational Leadership Training, A Roadmap to the Soul Conference, and other gatherings for discipleship and community transformation, delivered via RegFox registration.
• 'Onipa'a Sexual Risk Avoidance Program Sexual risk avoidance teaching program for youth ages 10-19, delivered through 12 schools across 5 Hawaiian islands (and extended to the Philippines and Canada). Focuses on healthy sexuality within a lifelong loving marriage context.
• Give / Donation Platform Online giving platform (Donorbox-powered) for donating love offerings to support TOW Hawaii ministries, camps, conferences, and community transformation initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of marriages, families, and communities served and equipped
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Transform Our World GlobalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent global organization providing the Ekklesia Everywhere vision. TOW Hawaii is the local Hawaii chapter implementing the global prayer and transformation movement with local roots and island heart.
• Ekklesia EverywherecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal prayer network that TOW Hawaii participates in through the Hale Pule movement, connecting homes dedicated to prayer worldwide with real-time global prayer map.
• Camp Agape HawaiicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSummer camp ministry focused on adventure, love, and life-changing encounters with God for children and youth.
• Deeper Still HawaiicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealing retreats for women walking through pregnancy loss, abortion, and sexual brokenness.
• Explicit MovementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry for young people who are unashamed of the Gospel, walking in calling and purpose. Also partners with 'Onipa'a for sexuality education topics.
• Better Together HawaiimajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit focused on supporting foster and adoptive families, providing suicide-prevention training. Founded by Terence and Chiyomi Chow who also serve at Hope Chapel Mililani.
• Hope Chapel MililanicoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal church where Terence Chow serves as pastor overseeing outreach. Church responded to Kona Low storms with compassion and action, receiving grant funds for relief efforts.
• Salt and Light HawaiimajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal church led by Max Fowler meeting at Waikiki School. Partnering with retirement homes for worship services and community outreach.
• New Hope Hawaii KaimajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorChurch partnership for sending teams to The Ivy Retirement Home for monthly worship services.
• Pacific Islands Bible ChurchmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership to help establish the Good News Club at Kipapa Elementary, Mililani's only Title I school.
• Transforming Communities With Aloha (TWCA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit formed by Carol Miyashiro and Chris Iwamoto in 2025 to carry the Aloha Spirit of Jesus through Drive with Aloha, after-school tutoring, and serving seniors and families throughout Mililani.
• YWAM (Youth With A Mission)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Philippines outreach combining YWAM's passion and zeal for sharing Christ with TOW's focus on discipleship and connecting new believers with local churches.
• Bishop Joey PianomajorGTM or Marketing PartnerDirector of Religious Affairs under Governor LRay Villafuerte in Camarines Sur, Philippines. Key partnership figure for bringing gospel to every school in the province.
• 'Onipa'acoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSexual risk avoidance teaching ministry reaching youth ages 10-19. Goal to teach 8-20,000 youth in Hawaii by end of 2030 to positively impact culture.
• Moanalua Gardens Missionary Church (MGMC)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHome church of the Chinen family. Staff member Ellie Kapihe serves there. Church is part of the E Pule Kakou prayer movement.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Compassion International: Large-scale faith-based child sponsorship and community development organization; comparable international scope, faith-rooted community transformation model, and donor-funded operating approach.
• Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ): Global faith-based missions and evangelism organization with campus-anchored model; comparable to TOW Hawaii's Philippines school-based gospel distribution and youth discipleship across educational settings.
• Catholic Charities Hawaii: Faith-rooted social services organization serving Hawaii; comparable in providing community programs, family support services, and senior care partnerships (overlapping with TOW Hawaii's retirement home ministry).
• Salvation Army Hawaiian & Pacific Islands Division: Faith-based nonprofit providing community social services in Hawaii; shares donation-funded operating model, multi-ministry structure, and the same Honolulu service territory though with broader social services scope.

Direct peers

• Transform Our World Global: Parent organization providing the Ekklesia Everywhere vision; TOW Hawaii operates as the Hawaii chapter of this same faith-based prayer and transformation movement, sharing mission, theology, and operating model.
• YWAM (Youth With A Mission): International faith-based missions organization partnering with TOW Hawaii on Philippines outreach; both run youth-focused evangelism, discipleship training, and short-term mission trips with similar international scale ambitions.
• International Transformation Network (ITN): Global network of prayer and transformation movements where Dr. Francis Oda chairs the Global Council; shares the Ekklesia prayer movement model, leadership training philosophy, and neighborhood transformation framework.
• Deeper Still: Parent organization of Deeper Still Hawaii ministry offering faith-based healing retreats for women; TOW Hawaii implements this branded program locally with shared retreat methodology and faith-based recovery focus.
• Youth for Christ Hawaii: Faith-based youth outreach organization operating in Hawaii schools and detention facilities; comparable to TOW Hawaii's 'Onipa'a school-based sexual risk avoidance teaching and Youth Challenge Academy cadet ministry.

Regional players

• Hawaii Family Forum: Hawaii-based faith-rooted advocacy and family policy organization where Francis Oda serves on the board; operates in the same faith-and-family intersection with overlapping leadership networks.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCpMlq0iVICRLDYvUqkw5A7g/videos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/transformourworldhawaii

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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