A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned in this column that you would see some subtle changes here at MinistryWatch in 2025. One of those changes would be in the way we cover stories that relate to ...
Duluth Vineyard publishes timeline about abuse allegations and investigation
As part of its effort to be transparent about abuse by former youth pastor Jackson Gatlin, his parents’ knowledge, and the church’s response, the Duluth Vineyard church has published an extensive timeline of events with ...
And if so, how?
While it’s not hard to imagine reasons for this decline in trust (we’ll get to that momentarily) what I want to focus on is the question, Should we trust churches?
Samaritan’s Purse and James Robison/LIFE Outreach Int’l had heaviest usage of private aircraft
EDITOR’S NOTE: Barry Bowen of The Trinity Foundation compiled the flight information for this project. This month’s spreadsheet contains flights by Christian ministries during the month of November. MinistryWatch, in collaboration with the Trinity Foundation, ...
Daystar, Chuck Adair, and Ministry Compensation
Conversations: Daystar, Chuck Adair, and Ministry Compensation
Healing after abortion, California fire disaster relief, training next-generation storytellers, equipping youth through short-term missions
Ministries Making a Difference: Healing after abortion, California fire disaster relief, training next-generation storytellers, equipping youth through short-term missions
School is being sued for failing to report alleged abuse by a coach, who was arrested in June 2024
Asheville Christian Academy faces a lawsuit claiming it was negligent in failing to report and intervene in a sexual abuse situation involving a student.
We should ask not just “what happened?” We should ask “what can we learn?”
We want to do a better job of saying why and how something happened, and to be more explicit about the lessons that we can learn from that story.
The best evidence on gentrification
Scientific research is a valuable resource for learning about charitable programs’ best practices. Often, a well-designed study does a better job of confirming or disproving our assumptions than anecdotal observations or deliberate outcomes measurement. In ...
Downgrades for Voice of the Martyrs, YWAM Colorado Springs; Upgrades for Ablelight, Christian Legal Society
I’ll be in Southern California in early February for a couple of speaking engagements and meetings. If you live in Los Angeles or Orange County, watch your inbox for invitations to events we’ll be doing ...
