List of parachurch organizations

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Parachurch organizations are Christian faith-based organizations that usually carry out their mission independent of church oversight.

Most parachurch organizations, at least those normally called parachurch, are Protestant and Evangelical. Some of these organizations cater to a defined spectrum among evangelical beliefs, but most are self-consciously interdenominational and many are ecumenical.

Roles that parachurch organizations undertake include larger more national or international movements:

• Evangelistic crusade associations (patterned after the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association)
• Evangelistic and discipleship ministries (such as The Navigators, Cru (Christian organization), and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship)
• Music and print publishers, radio and television stations, film studios, online ministries
• Study centers and institutes, schools, colleges and universities
• Political and social activist groups

And smaller, more localized movements:

• Welfare and social services, including homeless shelters, child care, and domestic violence, disaster relief programs, food pantries and clothing closets, and emergency aid centers (such as the City Missions)
• Self-help groups
• Bible study groups