Heartland Christian Ministries is associated with Heartland Christian Academy and CNS International Ministries in Bethel, Missouri. Heartland's own materials describe a Christian community with a K-12 school, children and youth home, recovery programs, Bible college, and church life (Heartland campus tour, Heartland Christian Academy).

Heartland Christian Academy presents itself as a PreK-12 Christian school offering academics in a Christ-centered setting. Nonprofit profile materials for CNS International Ministries state that Heartland Christian Academy includes students in a residential-care program (Cause IQ).

The academy has repeatedly been involved in litigation and regulatory disputes. In 2021, the Missouri Independent reported that Heartland Christian Academy sued Missouri over a new law regulating unlicensed religious boarding schools after having negotiated changes to the legislation (Missouri Independent).