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Anglican Frontier Missions (AFM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit missionary society founded in 1993 by Rev. Tad de Bordenave in Richmond, Virginia. Its core function is to mobilize members of the worldwide Anglican Communion to equip and send missionaries who plant indigenous, biblically based, multiplying churches and dioceses among the 4,800 Frontier People Groups (an aggregate population of 1.9 billion) where the church is not yet established. AFM's differentiation is methodological: it is the only missionary society focused on doing frontier missions "Anglicanly," integrating the sacraments, liturgy, Great Tradition, and Anglican ecclesial structure into the spiritual formation of believers from Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, tribal, and secular backgrounds.

AFM's service portfolio spans short-term trips (1 week to 3 months), mid-term internships (1-12 months), long-term mission service (1+ year), vision trips (5-14 days), Strategy Coordinator positions, and a comprehensive support stack (pre-field and ongoing training, member care, financial services with IRS compliance, and prayer ministry). Digital products include the "Fulfilling the Great Commission Anglicanly" adult curriculum and the "Frontier Missions Kids" curriculum. The organization operates across Asia (Nepal, India, Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar), the Middle East (Morocco, Turkey, Israel), Africa (Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon), and has explicitly identified Europe as a new frontier.

AFM's business model is funded entirely through charitable donations from individuals, churches, and organizations, with giving vehicles spanning an online platform (Church Center), donor-advised funds, stock donations, planned giving/bequests, charitable remainder and lead trusts, and qualified charitable distributions. Donors can direct gifts to specific cross-cultural workers (numbered accounts), designated funds, or country-specific programs. The organization applies a 12.5% assessment on missionary gifts and holds ECFA accreditation. Headcount is approximately 7 named U.S. staff (Executive Director, Director of Operations, Administrator, Training Coordinator, Bookkeeper, Social Media Coordinator, Pastors to Cross-Cultural Workers), with no proprietary technology platform and no AI/ML capabilities.

Name

anglican church

Legal name

Anglican Frontier Missions

Website

https://anglicanfrontiers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Anglican Frontier Missions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that mobilizes Anglican churches to equip and send missionaries who plant indigenous churches among the world's 4,800 unreached Frontier People Groups, primarily across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Missionary Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF), Ministerial Training Institutes (Clergy Formation) (EDAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Missionary society services
• Frontier mission training
• Cross-cultural worker support
• Church planting ministry
• Charitable donation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

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, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations and Gifts: AFM operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit missionary organization funded entirely through charitable donations from individuals, churches, and organizations. Donors can give to specific cross-cultural workers, designated funds, or the general Great Commission Fund.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Anglican Frontier Missions (AFM) is a 501(c)(3) missionary society sending Anglican missionaries to frontier unreached people groups across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. It equips and supports cross-cultural workers through pre-field training, ongoing member care, financial services, and prayer networks, while partnering with Anglican churches to plant biblically based, multiplying, indigenous churches and dioceses among the 4,800 Frontier People Groups with a combined population of 1.9 billion.

Product overview

Anglican Frontier Missions (AFM) operates as a missionary society offering a portfolio of services focused on frontier missions and church planting among unreached people groups. The core offering includes missionary sending programs (short-term, mid-term, long-term, vision trips, and Strategy Coordinator positions) supported by training, member care, financial, and prayer services. Digital products include the Fulfilling the Great Commission Anglicanly for Adults curriculum and Frontier Missions Kids curriculum. The organization also provides a comprehensive online giving platform with various donation vehicles (Donor Advised Fund, stock donations, planned giving/bequests, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Charitable Lead Trusts, and Qualified Charitable Distributions). Additional resources include a video content library on YouTube and speaker services for churches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Short-Term Missions Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 58 Anglican Churches planted in Nepal with 9,000 baptized members
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Church of Nigeria / Diocese of MakurdicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998AFM Nigeria was founded through AFM founder Tad de Bordenave's relationship with Bishop Nathan Inyom of the Diocese of Makurdi. AFM Nigeria has adopted the Baka Pygmies of Eastern Cameroon and conducts Strategic Mission Training and Discipleship/Church Planting Movement Training.
• Anglican Global Mission PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFM is a member of Anglican Global Mission Partners, an organization connecting Anglican mission agencies and churches for collaboration in global mission efforts.
• Anglican Diocese of SingaporecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFM partners with the Diocese of Singapore to send cross-cultural workers to Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam) for terms ranging from one month to a career.
• New Wineskins (RoleCall)secondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerAFM partners with New Wineskins through RoleCall, which identifies, equips, supports, and mobilizes the next generation for effective engagement among the unreached and marginalized.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mission to the World (MTW): Mission-sending agency of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). MTW is the most direct denominational analog to AFM — a confessional, Reformed mission agency sending long-term missionaries to unreached people groups with pre-field training, member care, and church-planting focus. Comparable scale, structure, and GTM.
• Pioneers: Inter-denominational church-planting mission agency focused on unreached people groups. Pioneers shares AFM's emphasis on church-planting movements among Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists, with comparable sending, member-care, and training infrastructure and similar small-headcount operating model.
• Frontiers: Frontiers is explicitly focused on church planting movements among the world's least-reached people groups, with teams in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia — directly overlapping AFM's frontier geography and church-planting methodology.
• SEND International: SEND International is a faith-based mission agency that sends missionaries to unreached people groups in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East with training, fundraising, and member-care support analogous to AFM's full-service mission ecosystem.
• Christar: Christar is an evangelical mission agency focused on church planting among unreached people groups, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia. Shares AFM's small-team, cross-cultural deployment model and emphasis on indigenous church formation.

Broad incumbents

• Serving in Mission (SIM): SIM is one of the largest evangelical mission agencies in the world, with thousands of workers across frontier and post-frontier fields. Same broad mission category as AFM but materially larger in headcount, country footprint, and budget; not denominationally specific.
• OMF International: OMF (formerly Overseas Missionary Fellowship) focuses on East Asia's unreached peoples, with church planting, member care, and missionary training infrastructure comparable to AFM's. Larger and geographically narrower, but operationally analogous.

Emerging players

• Africa Inland Mission (AIM) International: AIM is a historic evangelical mission agency focused on church planting in Africa and increasingly among unreached people groups. Overlaps with AFM Nigeria but is a broader, longer-established organization rather than a frontline frontier peer.

Others

• Anglican Church Planting Initiatives: GAFCON and associated Anglican mission networks (e.g., the Anglican Mission in the Americas) operate as movement-level coordinating bodies for Anglican church planting globally. They overlap AFM strategically through shared GAFCON-aligned identity but do not directly send missionaries; relevant as ecosystem partners.
• Samaritan's Purse: Large evangelical humanitarian and mission-adjacent organization with international relief and partner-church support work in countries where AFM operates (Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India). AFM board member Rev. Matt Foster previously worked at Samaritan's Purse, indicating direct ecosystem adjacency.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@anglicanfrontiermissions/videos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anglican-frontier-missions

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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