Pilgrim Center For Reconciliation

What Pilgrim Center For Reconciliation does

Founded in 1994, Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation is a Minneapolis-based Christian nonprofit ministry that provides reconciliation, healing, trauma, and conflict-response programs. It serves churches and faith-based organizations, individuals, veterans and military personnel, and refugees or displaced persons. Delivery is supported through country directors, partner churches and organizations, trained facilitators, and both in-person and virtual programs.

Core offerings include the six-week Way of Reconciliation Course, the six-session Becoming a Reconciler Course, Heart of Healing retreats, two- to three-day Healing & Reconciliation retreats, Trauma Healing Groups, Conciliatory Conversations, Living Reconciliation Evening, and the Practicing Reconciliation Forum. The operating model is facilitator-led and curriculum-based rather than software-based: programs use teaching, small-group discussion, personal reflection, testimony, circle processes, and trauma curricula, while Zoom supports virtual prayer rooms and online courses. No app, API, AI modality, or technology integration is reported.

Pilgrim Center is funded primarily by donations and charitable contributions through its Circle of Friends, including recurring Sustaining Partners, Journey Partners giving $5,000+ annually, and Legacy Partners through bequests or estate planning. Program pricing is not publicly disclosed, and interested participants are directed to contact the ministry. Its go-to-market combines scheduled retreats and courses, church and organization partnerships, digital communications, organic social media, and the Practicing Reconciliation Forum.

Name

Pilgrim Center For Reconciliation

Legal name

Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation

Website

https://pilgrimcenter.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation is a Christian nonprofit offering experiential reconciliation courses, healing retreats, trauma groups, and facilitated conversations to churches, faith communities, individuals, veterans, and refugees across the United States and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-Based Reconciliation Ministry

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Wellness & Integrative Health Retreats (THAGAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Holistic & Alternative Therapy Retreats (Naturopathy, Energy Work) (THAGAMAI), Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

Keywords

• Reconciliation ministry
• Christian healing retreats
• Trauma healing programs
• Faith-based mediation
• Peacemaking courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization operates primarily through donations from individuals and partners. They maintain a Circle of Friends program with three giving tiers: Sustaining Partners (recurring monthly or annual contributions), Journey Partners ($5000+ annually), and Legacy Partners (bequest/estate planning contributions).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation is a faith-based nonprofit ministry that delivers Christian reconciliation retreats, multi-week courses, trauma healing groups, and conciliatory conversation facilitation. Programs are experiential and retreat-based, focused on healing relationships, forgiveness, and addressing trauma for individuals, churches, and communities across the US, East Africa, and other regions.

Product overview

Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation is a ministry organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of reconciliation programs centered on experiential retreat-based experiences combined with ongoing courses and facilitation services. The core offerings include the Way of Reconciliation Course and Becoming a Reconciler Course (structured group studies), Heart of Healing Retreat and Healing & Reconciliation Retreat (multi-day experiential retreats), Trauma Healing Groups, Conciliatory Conversations, Living Reconciliation Evening, and the Practicing Reconciliation Forum. Programs are delivered in-person at partner locations (including Cross Culture Community Church in Minneapolis) and virtually via Zoom Prayer Room. The ministry operates internationally in Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, and Nepal, with domestic operations throughout the US Midwest and East Coast.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Way of Reconciliation Course: A 6-week interactive group study exploring fundamental concepts of reconciliation that lead to Shalom through teaching, small group discussion, and personal reflection.
• Becoming a Reconciler Course
• Heart of Healing Retreat
• Healing & Reconciliation Retreat
• Trauma Healing Groups
• Conciliatory Conversations
• Living Reconciliation Evening
• Practicing Reconciliation Forum

Products and services

• Way of Reconciliation Course A 6-week interactive group study exploring the fundamental concepts of reconciliation that lead to Shalom, covering the progression of reconciliation, the pathway of forgiveness, principles of peacemaking, and becoming a change agent. Offered at Cross Culture Community Church in Minneapolis and other partner locations.
• Becoming a Reconciler Course A 6-session interactive group study exploring practical steps and skills to become a reconciler, covering understanding culture, cultural transformation, action and advocacy, and the role of being an ambassador of reconciliation.
• Heart of Healing Retreat A full-day or half-day retreat providing opportunity to experience the transforming power of reconciliation through engaging talks, testimonies, and extended times of reflection to discover pathways to hope and healing.
• Healing & Reconciliation Retreat A two-to-three day retreat where a trained facilitation team leads participants into the transforming power of reconciliation through telling stories, experiencing God's love, and receiving hope through the free gift Jesus gives to the broken-hearted.
• Trauma Healing Groups Bible-based healing groups using the curriculum 'Healing the Wounds of Trauma: How the Church Can Help', a six-session curriculum combining God's Word with mental health best practices for responding to heart wounds.
• Conciliatory Conversations Partnerships with churches and organizations to facilitate conciliatory conversations using circle process to bring organizational health in areas of conflict and relational breakdown, customizable to specific topics or building community capacity.
• Living Reconciliation Evening A 90-minute experiential and interactive program introducing participants to various aspects of reconciliation, designed to activate and integrate the ministry of reconciliation into daily lives and communities.
• Practicing Reconciliation Forum A dialogue forum for the reconciliation learning community to discuss how to practice reconciliation in daily lives, responding to questions raised by readers on specific issues of reconciliation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 25,000 people found renewed life and restored relationships in Rwanda alone
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered foundational, core and minor.

• World VisionfoundationalStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld Vision invited Arthur and Molly Rouner to partner with one of their Eastern African leaders to explore starting reconciliation work in Rwanda and Burundi after the 1994 genocide. This initial partnership was instrumental in the founding of Pilgrim Center's reconciliation methodology.
• Cross Culture Community ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross Culture Community Church in Minneapolis serves as the primary venue for the Way of Reconciliation Course. Rev. Sam Snyder serves as Lead Pastor of this church while also serving as PCR's International Ministry Director.
• African Revival MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnder African Revival Ministries, Pilgrim Center was introduced to Rwanda and Paul Ndahigwa served as director of operations. This partnership facilitated PCR's expansion into East Africa.
• Eglise Vivante (Living Church)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Rwandan church where Paul Ndahigwa serves as senior pastor at Eglise Vivante Nyarugunga and as Vice Legal Representative. The church partners with PCR for reconciliation work in Rwanda.
• Pan African Missionary Association (PAMA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPaul Ndahigwa serves as country representative and member of the international board of PAMA, connecting PCR to broader missionary networks in Africa.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Justice Mission: International Justice Mission is a large Christian human rights organization working in 18+ countries on trafficking and slavery. It is comparable to PCR because both are faith-based organizations running cross-border ministry in fragile and post-conflict regions, though IJM is significantly larger and more focused on legal/protective services.
• Habitat for Humanity International: Habitat for Humanity is a large faith-based nonprofit operating in 70+ countries, mobilizing volunteers around a mission of housing and community restoration. It is a broad incumbent comparable to PCR in donor-funded, church-partnered, internationally distributed ministry model, though focused on housing rather than reconciliation.
• World Vision: World Vision is a major faith-based humanitarian organization that was the founding partner of PCR's work in Rwanda. It is a broad incumbent because it operates globally in humanitarian aid, child sponsorship, and post-conflict recovery — the same space where PCR conducts its reconciliation work, but at vastly larger scale.
• American Bible Society: American Bible Society is a large faith-based nonprofit that produces the "Healing the Wounds of Trauma" curriculum PCR uses. It is a broad incumbent because it sits upstream of PCR's Trauma Healing Groups and operates at a much larger scale across Scripture engagement, trauma healing content, and global ministry.

Direct peers

• Institute for Christian Conciliation: The Institute for Christian Conciliation provides training, certification, and dispute resolution services grounded in biblical peacemaking. It is a direct peer to PCR's Becoming a Reconciler and Conciliatory Conversations offerings, serving the same church and faith-leader customer base.
• Peacemaker Ministries: Peacemaker Ministries is a Christian organization offering conflict resolution and biblical conciliation training for churches and individuals. It is a direct peer to PCR because both deliver faith-based reconciliation training, courses, and mediation services to similar church and individual audiences.
• Stephen Ministries: Stephen Ministries equips lay Christians to provide caregiving, crisis support, and reconciliation within congregations. It is comparable to PCR because both deliver structured, church-based training programs that produce volunteer facilitators serving congregants in emotional and relational need.

Emerging players

• Baylor Center for Soul Repair: The Baylor Center for Soul Repair conducts research and training on moral injury and trauma recovery, particularly among veterans. It overlaps with PCR's work with veterans and trauma healing groups, but operates primarily as an academic/research entity rather than a delivery ministry.
• Narrative 4: Narrative 4 is a global nonprofit using story exchange to foster empathy and connection across dividing lines. It overlaps with PCR's reconciliation mission and experiential methodology, but is secular and education-sector-focused rather than faith-based.
• Braver Angels: Braver Angels is a US depolarization organization running workshops, retreats, and dialogues to bridge political divides. It is thematically adjacent to PCR's reconciliation and conciliatory conversations work, but operates in the civic/political space rather than a faith-based ministry context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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