bbfi missions

What bbfi missions does

BBFI Missions is the international missions sending arm of Baptist Bible Fellowship International, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1950 and headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. The organization recruits, trains, credentials, deploys, and provides ongoing support for Christian missionaries serving across more than 19 countries including Brazil, England, Korea, the Philippines, Spain, Mexico, Belgium, Russia, Canada, Costa Rica, Kenya, South Sudan, Uruguay, Thailand, Japan, Australia, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico. Since its founding, BBFI Missions reports having sent over 1,200 missionaries, and is accredited by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

The organization's core offerings are structured as multiple participation pathways: a Career Missionary track for long-term field deployment, an Intern Missionary track for early-career candidates, a WIN program for skilled professionals seeking short-term service, and a Beyond Borders short-term missions program. BBFI Missions supports missionaries through deputation assistance, an annual Advanced Mission Training (AMT) program, and operational partnerships with entities such as Moneycorp for currency exchange and Baptist Bible College for a formal Missions Certificate Program introduced in 2022. The organization also produces a portfolio of digital content products including Design Packs, Missionary Resource Packs, Guide to GO, The Bridge, the 938 Docuseries, the Project 938 Podcast, Global Partners Magazine, and Kidz4Missionz, which serve as both missionary field resources and donor/prayer-partner engagement tools. Project 938, launched in 2021, anchors a global prayer initiative that broadens the organization's reach into supporter communities.

BBFI Missions is funded entirely through charitable donations from supporting churches and individual donors; no commercial revenue, fees, or investment capital is disclosed. In October 2022 the organization broke ground on a new Springfield, Missouri facility that will include missionary retirement housing and an event center, indicating infrastructure investment tied to long-term missionary lifecycle support rather than commercial scaling. The operating model is therefore that of a faith-based non-profit: capital inflow is donation-driven, the customer base is a distributed network of sending churches and supporters, and the principal outputs are deployed missionaries, trained cohorts, and produced engagement content rather than commercial goods or services.

Name

bbfi missions

Legal name

Baptist Bible Fellowship International

Website

https://bbfimissions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Short description

BBFI Missions is a 501(c)(3) Christian missionary sending organization founded in 1950 and headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, that recruits, trains, and supports missionaries across 19+ countries through Career, Intern, WIN, and Beyond Borders programs funded by church and individual donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Missionary Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI), Faith-Based Group Travel (Church/Mosque/Temple) Organizers (THAKAHAH)

Keywords

• Missionary sending agency
• Church planting support
• Missions training programs
• Missionary deputation services
• Christian nonprofit missions

Headquarters

HQ city

Springfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Support: BBFI Missions generates revenue through charitable donations from churches and individuals who support the organization and its missionaries. Churches provide financial support through faith promises and regular contributions. Missionaries raise personal support through deputation visits to churches. The organization also accepts planned giving and specific project support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

BBFI Missions is a religious nonprofit missionary sending agency that recruits, trains, deploys, and supports missionaries through multiple pathways (Career Missionary, Intern Missionary, World Initiative Network, and Beyond Borders short-term trips). The organization provides churches with missions resources (Design Packs, video series, curriculum) and equips missionaries with deputation training, Advanced Mission Training, financial reporting, currency exchange services, and ongoing field care.

Product overview

BBFI Missions is a missionary sending organization offering multiple pathways for missionary service (Career Missionary, Intern Missionary, and WIN programs), complemented by digital resources including the Project 938 prayer initiative, Design Packs for church missions emphasis, the Guide to GO video training series, The Bridge digital content hub, 938 Docuseries, the Project 938 Podcast, Missionary Resource Packs, and Advanced Mission Training. The organization operates The Bridge as its primary digital resource platform and offers short-term mission opportunities through the Beyond Borders program. Global Partners magazine provides missionary updates and fellowship content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Bridge: Resource hub and digital content platform providing articles, videos, and missionary resources
• Project 938
• WIN (World Initiative Network)
• Beyond Borders
• Kidz4Missionz
• Global Partners

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MoneycorpcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2021Global currency exchange firm partnership providing BBFI missionaries with lower fees on USD wires ($10 flat fee vs. $38 traditional) and favorable currency exchange rates for international wire transfers. Missionaries saved over $23,752 in first 14 months of partnership.
• Baptist Bible CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBaptist Bible College in Springfield, MO partners with BBFI Missions on missions education, including a new Missions Certificate Program covering all six courses required for BBFI Career Missionary Approval. BBC also partners to support international institutions of higher education led by BBFI missionaries.
• MANNA WorldwideminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that works with BBFI missionaries to provide food relief and community outreach programs in various regions where missionaries serve.
• ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability)coreOthersBBFI Missions maintains ECFA accreditation as a 501(c)(3) organization, demonstrating financial accountability standards to donors and churches.
• World Initiative Network (WIN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWIN is a BBFI program pathway for skilled professionals to serve as missionaries. BBFI provides services and support for WIN missionaries including training, resources, and field support.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism): ABWE is a Baptist missionary sending agency very similar to BBFI, recruiting, training, deploying, and supporting career missionaries through church partnerships. Same constituency profile (Baptist sending churches), same business model (deputation and donations), and same geographic footprint (multi-continent).
• SEND International: SEND International is a faith-based missionary sending organization with similar church-partner recruitment, training, and field deployment of career missionaries, including pathways for short-term service comparable to BBFI's Beyond Borders.
• Mission to the World (MTW): MTW is the mission-sending agency of the Presbyterian Church in America, recruiting and supporting missionaries through sending churches using the same deputation model and church-centered partnership approach that BBFI uses within the Baptist Bible Fellowship.
• WorldVenture: WorldVenture is an inter-denominational mission agency recruiting and supporting career missionaries through church partnerships, with a comparable training, deputation, and field-care pipeline to BBFI's Career Missionary program.
• Pioneers: Pioneers is an inter-denominational mission agency focused on church planting among unreached people groups, with a comparable recruitment and field-support model to BBFI's Career Missionary program and Project 938 prayer mobilization.
• The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM): TEAM is an inter-denominational faith-based mission agency that recruits, trains, and deploys missionaries through church partnerships worldwide, using donation funding and deputation, making it functionally equivalent to BBFI across all core activities.
• Avant Ministries: Avant is a church-planting mission agency that mobilizes, trains, and supports missionaries through partner churches, operating a near-identical recruitment-deployment-support pipeline to BBFI's Career and WIN pathways, with comparable funding via donations and deputation.

Broad incumbents

• North American Mission Board (NAMB): NAMB is the Southern Baptist Convention's North American missions agency that sends and supports missionaries through church partnerships and Cooperative Program giving, the largest Baptist-affiliated counterpart to BBFI and a benchmark for organizational scale.
• International Mission Board (IMB): IMB is the Southern Baptist Convention's international sending agency, deploying thousands of missionaries globally through church partnerships and Cooperative Program funding, the dominant Baptist mission incumbent and a clear benchmark for BBFI's scale and operational scope.
• SIM (Serving In Mission): SIM is one of the largest evangelical mission agencies in the world, sending thousands of missionaries globally and operating across the same donation-and-deputation model as BBFI. SIM is a larger incumbent with broader denominational reach than BBFI's Baptist-only network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PL7aLFrHSM02wwpPbG_SA_bK4ThDrlxKWl
• Facebookfacebook.com/938challenge

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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