Global Training Network

What Global Training Network does

Global Training Network is a US-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization founded in 2004 and domiciled in Peoria, Arizona (EIN 68-0586399). The organization exists to train pastors and Christian church leaders in the Majority World — encompassing Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania — who lack formal biblical and theological education. Its stated problem frame is that approximately 80% of Majority World pastors have no formal biblical training and the trained-pastor-to-population ratio globally is 1 in 450,000 versus 1 in 250 in the United States.

The organization's sole core product is a program of on-site training conferences: multi-day events conducted in the field across 90 nations where church leaders receive teaching and training in essential Christian doctrine. Delivery is entirely in-person and relationship-mediated; there is no proprietary software platform, no mobile application, no public API, and no disclosed use of automation or AI tooling. Marketing and donor acquisition runs primarily through an email newsletter and direct partner engagement.

The business model is donation-based rather than commercial. GTN is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) and holds a Charity Navigator 4-star rating, indicating standardized nonprofit financial accountability. The organization is funded through contributions from its self-described "ministry family" of prayer and financial partners. Staff size is small (1-10 employees), consistent with a lean US-based administrative team supporting a globally distributed field operation. Revenue, donor concentration, and specific partner identities are not publicly disclosed in the source material.

Name

Global Training Network

Legal name

Global Training Network

Website

https://globaltrainingnetwork.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Global Training Network is a US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers on-site biblical and theological training conferences to pastors and church leaders in 90 nations across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania, funded by donations from its partner network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Theological Training Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational Theological Colleges (e.g., Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical) (EDAHAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ministerial Training Institutes (Clergy Formation) (EDAHAKAE), Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Biblical training conferences
• Theological education services
• Pastoral leadership training
• Christian ministry development
• Religious training programs

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Global Training Network conducts on-site biblical and theological training conferences for pastors and Christian leaders in the Majority World, teaching essential Christian doctrine to church leaders who lack formal training. Founded in 2004 and operating across 90 nations, the organization delivers multi-day in-person teaching events led by trained Christian instructors as its core product offering.

Product overview

Global Training Network offers a single unified training program focused on training church leaders in the Majority World (Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania) through on-site training conferences. The organization provides teaching and training in essential Christian doctrine to effectively lead their communities for Christ. The core product is the On-Site Training Conferences program, which serves as the primary vehicle for multiplying ministries through doctrinal training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• On-Site Biblical and Theological Training Conferences Multi-day in-person training conferences led by trained Christian instructors that teach essential Christian doctrine and pastoral leadership topics to pastors and church leaders in the Majority World. Delivered at no cost to recipients across 90 nations since 2004.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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No

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Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• YWAM (Youth With A Mission): YWAM is a global missions movement running Discipleship Training Schools and seminary-equivalent programs (University of the Nations) worldwide, comparable as a large-scale biblical and leadership training network serving Majority World leaders.
• Pioneers: Pioneers is a long-established missions organization that plants churches and develops leaders among unreached peoples, overlapping with GTN's leadership-multiplication mission in the Majority World though with a broader church-planting focus.
• SIM (Serving in Mission): SIM is a large global missionary organization operating across dozens of countries with church leadership development programs, comparable to GTN's field-based ministry training across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania.
• TWR International (Trans World Radio): TWR uses media and on-the-ground programs to disciple and equip church leaders globally, comparable to GTN as a Majority World-focused evangelical formation organization using in-region delivery channels.
• Wycliffe Bible Translators: Wycliffe works globally to translate Scripture and develop indigenous church leadership to use those translations, overlapping with GTN in Majority World church-leader formation and cross-cultural ministry multiplication.

Direct peers

• Langham Partnership: Langham Partnership trains and equips Majority World pastors and theological educators through in-country programs, making it the closest direct comparable to GTN's biblical training conferences across the developing world.
• Overseas Council: Overseas Council invests in strategic theological education and leadership formation in the Majority World, sharing GTN's emphasis on indigenous pastor training rather than Western-centric seminary education.
• Training Leaders International: Training Leaders International provides theological and ministry training to pastors and church leaders globally, including in Majority World contexts, directly mirroring GTN's training conference model and target audience.
• Reaching & Teaching: Reaching & Teaching hosts pastors conferences and trains indigenous church leaders in restricted and Majority World nations, directly comparable to GTN's in-region pastoral training conferences.

Regional players

• ECWA (Evangelical Church Winning All) Theological Education: ECWA is a large Nigerian evangelical denomination that runs its own theological education programs, serving as a regional Majority World counterpart focused on indigenous pastoral training similar to what GTN supports.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Global-Training-Network-138742112813545
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-training-network

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Investors

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Investments

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