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International Mission & Church Planting

01 International Mission & Church Planting · 145 edit slice
46
orgs
145
activities
9
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 46 organizations and 145 activities — Within Reach Global, SOM, ZIMZAM GLOBAL, SWAZISERVE and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Faith-Integrated Formation", run by 33 orgs.
who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 100% · 46 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 46

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America 1
Individuals
CLUB1040 1
Individuals
Here am I, Send Me Missions Scholarship Fund 1
Individuals
Plymouth Covenant Church 1
Corporate
Protestant & Catholic Churches 1
Individuals
Rotary Clubs 1
Individuals
Zondervan Publishers 1
Corporate
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Faith-Integrated Formation
87
24
Digital-First Faith Engagement
10
1
Community-Led Systems Change
11
4
Education for Self-Sufficiency
10
Faith-Centered Transformation
5
Service as Evangelism Gateway
6
Dignity-Centered Service
1
4
Low-Overhead Impact Maximization
3
1
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Facebook Network
shared by 2 orgs
Facebook Partner
shared by 2 orgs
YouTube Partner
shared by 2 orgs
416 on-the-ground partners Partner
shared by 1 org
9Marks Partner
shared by 1 org
Aaron Nelson Partner
shared by 1 org
Across Borders Ministries Partner
shared by 1 org
Adi Ban Partner
shared by 1 org
Africa Partner
shared by 1 org
African Gospel Evangelization (A.G.E.) Partner
shared by 1 org
Alex Lind Partner
shared by 1 org
Alliance For The Unreached Partner
shared by 1 org
Ancient Promise Tanzania Division Partner
shared by 1 org
Angelstone Partner
shared by 1 org
Anna Maria Montalvo Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona 2nd chance program Partner
shared by 1 org
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

funder shortlist · top 5

Orgs that combine the highest activity counts with the broadest strategy reach — the default entry points for a funder diligencing this field.

  1. #01 Within Reach Global Inc AZ · 15 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 SOM INC AZ · 10 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 ZIMZAM GLOBAL AZ · 8 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 SWAZISERVE INC AZ · 5 · shares w/ 0
  5. #05 CHURCHMEXICO AZ · 5 · shares w/ 0
scale of the field

rollup metrics

Aggregated scale claims from orgs in the slice. Treat as a floor, not a ceiling — many orgs don't publish these numbers, so totals underrepresent real reach. Extreme outliers (often unit-mismatches upstream) are filtered out.

2.2M
People served
from 11 orgs
12K
churches planted
from 2 orgs
8K
Partner organizations
from 11 orgs
482
Countries served
from 11 orgs
31
Staff
from 4 orgs