Start a Kingdom Business
Become self-sustainable. Use your business to make disciples and plant churches.
Challenges of Movements
Right now there are 1,855 level 5 movements of the gospel in the world consisting of 99 million believers and 6.8 million churches.
Most of these movements take place among the unreached places and have multiple challenges:
Source: 24:14 Global Dashboard 2022
It takes time, patience, and perseverance to connect with unreached.
Traditional missionary models of sending people based on support has become more difficult. There are more barriers to securing visas for difficult to access places.
The dependency on donor money for local indigenous workers is not reproducible or sustainable.
Sustainability is a barrier among workers and movements.
Our Approach
Pioneer Business Planting
Pioneer Business Planting is a strategy focused on reaching the unreached people groups and extending the reach of the Gospel while creating financial sustainability for church planters and other leaders and believers. It works very well alongside Church Planting Movements.
The intended outcome is a viable, legitimate, profitable business that provides a product or service that does not currently exist in the region in order to serve the local community through meeting physical, social, and spiritual needs.
Teaser Training
11 videos
Short animated videos, each 2–3 minutes. Get a quick overview of how Kingdom businesses can fuel disciple-making movements.
Watch FreeFull Course
40 videos
Animated videos with practical exercises and certification. Everything you need to plan, start, and run a Pioneer Business.
Enroll NowAfter completing the course, get connected with a personal coach who has real-world experience.
Our Approach
Everything You Need
Bookkeeping
Track daily income and expenses, weekly summaries, and build your reserve funds.
Business Assignments
SWOT analysis, Business Model Canvas, family and business budgets — turn learning into action.
Personal Coach
Get connected to a real coach who reviews your work, gives feedback, and encourages you.
Bible Reader
Read and listen to Scripture in your own language — text and audio, right in the app.
Group Chat
Message your coach and training group. Share progress, ask questions, stay connected.
Works Offline
Download lessons and use the app without internet. Perfect for limited connectivity.
Certificate
Earn a certificate upon completing the course — proof of your achievement.
Watch the first lesson
Pioneer Business Planting in Numbers
2010
Started
48
Countries
2500+
Businesses Started
The Pioneer Business Planting online training is simple and practical! The Business Model Canvas provided inspiration for laying out all of our ideas in a clear and concise way which inspired a new vantage point and suggested simple changes on a previously inoperable model to make it profitable and appealing for our expat family to provide value to the people of another country that we may not have been otherwise able to stay in long term!
— Jay
Real Impact
Gastern’s Story — Malawi
Before PBP
Gastern Phuzo from Monkey Bay, Malawi was struggling with alcoholism and poverty. He had no savings, no budget, no business skills.
The Journey
In 2020 he attended a Pioneer Business Planting training. He learned budgeting, saving, and bookkeeping. He discovered traveling fishermen needed food and lodging — and started a restaurant and lodge with his own savings, without any external funding.
While serving meals, he plays the audio Bible in the local language. He prayed for a fisherman whose wife had left — she came back. Several men came to faith and house churches were formed.
After PBP
40
Employees
3
Businesses
2
Fishing Boats
$120
Daily Revenue
"In 10 years I have grown my business... my faith in Jesus Christ will grow strong day by day."
— Gastern Phuzo, Malawi
Global Reach
Available in 7 Languages
Our training is fully translated and available for learners around the world.
In progress: 🇫🇷 French, 🇵🇰 Urdu
Take PBP Anywhere
Download the Pioneer Business Planting app on your phone. Access all courses, videos, and quizzes offline — even without internet. Perfect for areas with limited connectivity.
Available for
Android
Available for
iPhone
Partners
Pioneer Business Planting is a joined effort of multiple organizations and is aimed to serve every denomination and organization that is working among the unreached.
Pioneer Business Planting is an open source project funded by generous donors. Content can be used, distributed, and shared anywhere. We request that videos not be modified. Questions regarding content use should go to support@pioneerbusinessplanting.org.