Warren Cole Smith, Author at MinistryWatch - Page 7 of 114
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Signs and Wonders” is a column that shares thoughts on news items that either do not rise to the level of a news story for MinistryWatch or are slightly (even significantly) outside of ...
Organization fights sexual abuse in the church
If you have been a reader of MinistryWatch over the years, you probably know about GRACE. GRACE is an acronym that stands for Godly Response to Abuse in Christian Environments. GRACE is also a nonprofit ...
Government money often comes with conditions, creates dependency
We know how to solve some of our nation’s most intractable problems, but will we? In this Extra episode, Warren Smith examines President Trump’s decision to cut $2 billion to nonprofits, some of them faith-based ...
Up about 8% for 2025, lagging stock market performance
ANALYSIS–The MinistryWatch Index jumped more than 7% in December, and 8% for the year. The sudden jump in December in part reflects a significant release of new financial data related to nonprofits from the IRS. ...
We know how to solve some of our nation’s most intractable problems, but will we?
OPINION—On Tuesday, the Trump administration cut $2 billion to nonprofits, some of them faith-based organizations, that deal with mental health and addiction recovery issues. On Wednesday, the administration restored those grants. It is not yet ...
PLUS: Carey Nieuwhof on Leadership
Warren Smith's weekly column that shares thoughts on news items outside the normal MinistryWatch charity and philanthropy “beat.”
Six of top 10 are coaches; High Point U’s Nido Qubein is top-paid president — again
A list of the 100 highest paid Christian college and university executives.
Regular listeners to MinistryWatch know that one of the things we like to do here is celebrate what I sometimes call the “non-celebrity” Christian leader. We’ve seen so many of the toxic effects of celebrity ...
Still, seeing a Christian leader fall is discouraging. For some it can be devastating. That is why thinking deeply about these stories is important, and ultimately good for us and the church. The producer for ...
The Philip Yancey news should motivate self-reflection in us all.
The idea of finishing well has been on my mind a lot lately. The nature of our work here is that sometimes we cover Christian leaders who do not finish well. We got another tragic ...
