Warren Cole Smith, Author at MinistryWatch - Page 25 of 113
The Bible teaches us that what we call things matters
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from Warren Smith’s forthcoming book A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church, to be published by MinistryWatch in January. The ancient parable of the Blind Men and the ...
Ratings Drop for Operation Blessing; Rise for Advancing Native Missions, Audio Scripture Ministries
This week we published our annual list of Shining Lights. These are ministries that scored the highest possible ratings in all three categories MinistryWatch evaluates: Transparency, Financial Efficiency, and Donor Confidence. We hope you will ...
On today’s program, MorningStar Fellowship Church in South Carolina reaches a settlement with York County after a decade-long dispute over Heritage Tower—a building originally owned by Jim Bakker’s Praise the Lord Ministries. We’ll have details. ...
On today’s EXTRA episode I take a look at MinistryWatch’s annual “Shining Light” awardees. These are ministries that earned the top rating in the three categories MinistryWatch evaluates: financial efficiency, transparency, and overall donor confidence. ...
Donors beware when it comes to these fundraising tools
What are matching gifts? How do they differ from challenge gifts? Are they legitimate fundraising tools, and do they make a difference? MinistryWatch attempts to briefly answer these questions.
Editor’s Note: Most Saturdays we will feature this “Editor’s Notebook” column. MinistryWatch President Warren Smith will offer his opinion on stories in the week’s news or, sometimes, offer a behind-the-scenes look at how and why we ...
On today’s program, a former member of Village Church of Bartlett in Illinois is suing the church for defamation after the pastor allegedly accused her of an affair. Another family who supported the victim was ...
Liberty University, Scott Lamb, and Mac Hammond had heaviest usage of private aircraft
MinistryWatch, in collaboration with the Trinity Foundation, each month publishes a list of the private planes belonging to pastors and Christian ministries as well as basic information about their usage by pastors and ministries.
Christian ministries need volunteers. Christian retirees need purpose and meaning. It’s a match that models for the world the Kingdom of God. Articles or other resources mentioned in today’s podcast: Article in Yahoo Finance explaining ...
