I2 MINISTRIES INC

What I2 MINISTRIES INC does

i2 Ministries Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2003 by Dr. Joshua Lingel and headquartered in La Habra, California. The organization trains the global Christian church to evangelize Muslims, operating a multi-product platform that combines curriculum, credentialing, and field mobilization across more than 50 countries.

Its core product stack consists of four pillars: WADI (The World Apologetics and Discipleship Institute), a free on-demand video platform offering 250+ hours of training in 14 languages; MMWU (Mission Muslim World University), an online school with a pathway to an MA Ministry Degree with a concentration in Islamic Studies; the WISE Global App, a ministry management system for tracking prayer, training, and evangelism initiatives across denominations and church networks; and the Every Muslim for Christ Initiative (EMFCI), a national pastors congress program that trains 1–20,000 leaders at a time to mobilize churches to reach Muslims within a 5km radius. Supporting products include paid course bundles and resources sold through an online store. Content is authored and produced by evangelical scholars, seminary professors, and missiologists, with endorsements from figures such as Josh McDowell, William Lane Craig, J.P. Moreland, Darrell Bock, and Michael Licona.

The business model is donor-supported: the ministry is fully dependent on charitable contributions, no salaries are paid to staff from ministry gifts (each staff member raises their own support), and gifts flow directly to training missionaries and producing video curriculum. Distribution is hybrid, combining a self-serve digital layer (apps, online courses, e-commerce store) with direct field engagement (national congresses, seminary training, pastors conferences). Partnerships with the Lausanne Movement, Global Council of Missions, Transform World, and Strategic Resources Group extend reach through affiliated denominations and mission networks globally.

Name

I2 MINISTRIES INC

Legal name

i2 Ministries Inc

Website

https://i2ministries.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

i2 Ministries Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2003 that trains the global Christian church to evangelize Muslims across 50+ countries through WADI free video courses, MMWU degree programs, the WISE Global App, and national pastors congresses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Education and Ministry Training

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Christian Colleges with Theological Programs (EDAHAKAG), Ministerial Training Institutes (Clergy Formation) (EDAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Missionary training services
• Muslim evangelism training
• Apologetics education courses
• Ministry development resources
• Church mobilization programs

Headquarters

HQ city

La Habra

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donor-supported Ministry: As a donor-supported 501(c)(3) non-profit, i2 Ministries is fully dependent on generous gifts from ministry partners. No salaries are paid to staff from ministry gifts - each staff member raises their own individual support. Gifts go directly to training missionaries and producing video curriculum.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

i2 Ministries Inc equips the global Christian church to evangelize Muslims through the WISE Global App, an online university (Mission Muslim World University), a free multilingual video training library (WADI), paid course bundles, and large-scale national pastors congresses. The organization is a 501(c)(3) non-profit fully funded by donor gifts, with earned revenue from paid resources sold through its online store.

Product overview

i2 Ministries operates a multi-product training and mobilization platform focused on equipping the global church to reach Muslims for Christ. The core offering consists of the WISE Global App — a ministry management system with prayer/training/evangelism tracking and map-based reporting — supplemented by Mission Muslim World University (an online school with MA degree pathways in Islamic Studies), The World Apologetics and Discipleship Institute (250+ hours of free video courses in 14 languages), paid course bundles sold through the i2 store, and the Every Muslim for Christ Initiative that conducts national pastors congresses training large groups of leaders to evangelize Muslims within a 5km radius of every local church.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WISE Global App: Ministry management system for tracking prayer, training, and evangelism initiatives among Muslims
• Mission Muslim World University (MMWU)
• The Every Muslim for Christ Initiative (EMFCI)
• The World Apologetics and Discipleship Institute (WADI)

Products and services

• WISE Global App

Quantifiable outcome

• Joshua Lingel led students to evangelize 4-5,000 Muslims in mosques, restaurants, and halal meat market shops in Los Angeles
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Global Council of Missions (GCM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoshua Lingel serves as Board Member of the Global Council of Missions, contributing to strategic planning for global missions efforts and collaboration among mission organizations.
• Transform World (2005-2033)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoshua Lingel serves as an International Facilitator for Ideological Challenge of Islam within the Transform World initiative, a long-term strategic collaboration.
• Strategic Resources Group (SRG)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoshua Lingel serves on the SRG Advisory Board, contributing strategic expertise to the group's missions initiatives.
• Billy Graham/Leighton Ford MinistryminorOthersJoshua Lingel received an award from Billy Graham/Leighton Ford ministry in Evangelism for leading students to evangelize 4-5,000 Muslims.
• Lausanne MovementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partneri2 Ministries affirms and operates under the Lausanne Covenant, a significant document in modern church history that defines evangelical mission and cooperation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Joshua Project: Research data initiative tracking unreached people groups globally. Adjacent to i2 Ministries' mission by providing the demographic and missiological data that supports targeting of Muslim ministry efforts.

Direct peers

• Crescent Project: Specializes in equipping Christians to understand and engage Muslims. Comparable to i2 Ministries in its training-first approach to Muslim world ministry and use of educational resources.
• Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies: Center dedicated to scholarly research and equipping Christians for ministry among Muslims. Directly comparable to i2 Ministries' Islamic Studies and apologetics training focus.
• Vision 5:9: Organization focused on equipping Christians to engage Muslims through evangelism and church planting. Overlaps directly with i2 Ministries' Every Muslim for Christ Initiative in scope and target audience.
• Interserve: International mission agency focused on serving Muslims, particularly in Asia. Comparable as a faith-based organization training and deploying workers to Muslim-majority regions.
• Frontiers: Faith-based missions organization focused on church planting among Muslims and other unreached people groups. Highly comparable to i2 Ministries as both share a mission to mobilize the global church to reach Muslims with the gospel.
• Pioneers: Missions organization focused on church planting among unreached people groups, including Muslims. Comparable to i2 Ministries in mobilizing cross-cultural workers and operating in restricted-access regions.

Broad incumbents

• SIM International: Interdenominational global mission organization with decades of ministry among Muslims. Overlaps with i2 Ministries' denominational engagement and global training footprint, though at significantly larger scale.
• OM International (Operation Mobilisation): Global evangelical mission organization with cross-cultural training and mobilization programs. Comparable to i2 Ministries in church-driven global mobilization and training-of-trainers models.
• YWAM (Youth With A Mission): Large global evangelical mission movement with training programs and outreach across many regions. Comparable to i2 Ministries in operating international training/discipleship programs, though spanning a broader mission mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/thewadi_english
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCbbj3cbbyEzp29Z82YmNMVg
• Facebookfacebook.com/thewadi.english
• Instagraminstagram.com/thewadi.english/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/i2-ministries-inc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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