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The Faith and
The faith and flourishing ecosystem spans 450,000+ churches, ministries, and organizations united by one purpose: to help people flourish.
The ministry landscape has changed.
The Faith & Flourishing Ecosystem consists of millions of men and women across 450,000 organizations committed to serving others and helping people flourish.
The Faith and Flourishing Ecosystem is a vast, interconnected collective of nonprofit and for-profit organizations worldwide. In the U.S. alone, the ecosystem includes more than 450,000 unique entities, more than double the number of fast food restaurants in the country and quadruple the number of public libraries. Organizations like local churches, anti-human trafficking groups, and addiction recovery centers; denominations, Bible translators, and campus ministries. It is not a formal organization or a movement with a single headquarters. It is something more organic than that, a living community of millions of leaders and institutions spanning centuries, traditions, and geographies, all working toward a shared
purpose: to help people flourish in their lives and livelihoods. When one church strengthens a family, a neighborhood grows healthier. When one ministry equips a leader, impact multiplies far beyond what any single organization could achieve alone. When a nonprofit restores dignity to one person, hope is restored. This resilient force for good has existed for millennia, but our ability to see it clearly, name it, and understand how its many parts fit together has not. When this ecosystem brings together its time, its talent, and its resources for a single purpose, the world sees its collective strength come to life.
When one church strengthens a family
a neighborhood grows healthier.
When one ministry equips a leader
impact multiplies far beyond what any single organization could achieve alone.
When a nonprofit restores dignity to one person
hope is restored.
How to Move Forward
Human flourishing is a state in which all aspects of a person’s life are going well, spanning spirituality, relationships, purpose, finances, health, character, and contentment.
These seven dimensions are deeply interdependent. Someone can flourish in their career while struggling in their closest relationships. Another person may be surrounded by community but feel a deep lack of purpose. Holistic flourishing requires attention to all seven, and the ecosystem exists precisely to serve people across every one of them.
450,000
organizations nationwide
The ministry landscape has changed.
Connect communities
Bring people together through tools that strengthen relationships and belonging.
Equip leaders
Give mission-minded leaders the resources to serve with greater confidence.
Share insights
Turn shared knowledge into a deeper understanding of people and their needs.
Multiply impact
Help organizations work together to advance human flourishing at scale.
The ministry landscape has changed.
Gloo powers the technology and reach of organizations across the Faith & Flourishing Ecosystem. Through leading solutions and a portfolio of Capital Partners committed to serving, Gloo is impacting both sides of the ecosystem, helping them do more of what they’re called to do.
These two groups reinforce each other. When network capability providers grow stronger, the frontline organizations they serve can do more of what they’re called to do. When more frontline organizations thrive, the providers who serve them, in turn, grow. It’s a self-reinforcing relationship, and Gloo is at the center, powering tech and reach with applied AI that helps leaders do more of what they’re called to do.
Champion Frontline Organizations (CFL)
On one side are the churches, recovery centers, anti-trafficking programs, and nonprofits that serve people directly. These champion frontline organizations (CFLs) sit with families in crisis, run safe houses, and lead small groups. They’re on the front lines of helping people live flourishing lives.
Network Capability Providers (NCP)
The other side of the ecosystem is the thousands of organizations, both for-profit and nonprofit, that equip the frontline champions. These network capability providers (NCPs) provide the donor services, marketing, research, content, and technology that frontline organizations rely on but rarely have the capacity to build themselves.
