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 ...
Daniel Mayfield still facing over 160 charges across multiple counties in SC
Daniel Kellan Mayfield, a former youth pastor at First Baptist Church Gowensville in South Carolina, this week pleaded guilty to federal charges for possessing illegal child sexual abuse images. The 36-year-old pleaded guilty on November ...
Allegations come from former employee who says she has struggled with her faith since.
Line of Fire radio program host Michael Brown has agreed to a third-party investigation after allegations of sexual impropriety surfaced this week.
Significant changes in revenue, expenses and net assets over 5-year period
Revenue and expenses for Opportunity International, a global poverty-fighting nonprofit, dropped significantly over the last 5 years. Its Donor Confidence Score also recently fell to 58— an “Exercise Caution” designation. According to its website, Opportunity ...
Layoffs part of $17 million budget reduction
Facing mounting debt and accreditation concerns, Episcopal-affiliated Saint Augustine’s University has eliminated 136 staff—about half its total workforce.
Report says Georgia refusing asylum claims
Despite fears of persecution, the asylum claims of Iranian Christians have consistently been refused by Georgian authorities, a new report released on Monday has found.
Federal judge ruled last week that county policy likely violates First Amendment.
Two historic New Jersey churches won a preliminary injunction in federal court that blocks a policy excluding them from a funding program for historic buildings.
MinistryWatch reported on one survivor last year. Now, there are four more.
A California pastor arrested last year for allegedly molesting a minor has pleaded guilty to forcible rape and child molestation. The plea now involves 19 charges and five underage victims. Last December, MinistryWatch reported on ...
Chi Alpha leader resigns, Pastor arrested for elder fraud, James MacDonald sues, Food for the Poor donor alert
ONE YEAR AGO: On December 4, 2023, MinistryWatch reported that Scott Martin, the national director of Chi Alpha—the college ministry branch of the Assemblies of God denomination—resigned his post effective Monday, November 20. Read more ...
Isabella Willingham suffered severe injuries in November 2023.
A former student who suffered severe injuries at Asbury University in Kentucky last year has filed a lawsuit for negligence, breach of contract, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.