Michael Howard sang, played in ‘resident artist band’ TrueSong
A rising contemporary Christian music artist and Dove Award nominee faces 80 charges of sexual abuse and sodomy of a minor.
Organization no longer makes Form 990s public, IRS status has changed to “a church”
A number of MinistryWatch ratings for the American Family Association (AFA) changed this week.
Dad’s Place Pastor Chris Avell plans to appeal after being fined and given suspended sentence.
Dad’s Place, a church in Bryan, Ohio, has been battling with the city since last winter to provide shelter to homeless persons in the area.
How $4 an Hour Changed the Trajectory of a Young Mom’s Life
What began in Kayla Carter's home 15 years ago is now a thriving nonprofit called For Her, providing a network of support for women navigating the complexity and loneliness of the welfare system so they ...
Alistair Begg, John Ortberg, Museum of the Bible
On this Date at MinistryWatch: Alistair Begg’s comments about LBGTQ weddings, churches leave Acts 29, AME president charged with fraud and conspiracy, Museum of the Bible, concerns at Ortberg’s Menlo Church
Index tracks revenue of large Christian ministries
The MinistryWatch Index is based on the revenue of 38 large Christian ministries, ministries that represent all of the 21 ministry segments tracked by MinistryWatch.
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, ...
