Two more resignations at New Life Church related to knowledge of Morris’ alleged abuse
Gateway megachurch is reducing the number of services at its campuses each weekend.
Guidance for giving to ministries helping in the flooding disaster
MinistryWatch encourages those who wish to support the disaster victims in Texas to exercise caution in choosing the organizations to which they donate.
A look at the ECFA and what current and former members say.
This article was updated on 7/9/2025 with responses from the ECFA. In an effort to restore donor confidence in Christian organizations and to avoid government intervention, in the late 1970s Sen. Mark Hatfield joined with ...
More than 80 people dead after floods swept through parts of TX overnight on Friday
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Crews trudged through debris and waded into swollen riverbanks Monday in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding over the July Fourth weekend that killed more 80 people in Texas, including ...
The One Big Beautiful Bill would raise the exemption to $15 million.
Raising the estate tax exemption has possible implications for family farms and businesses and for charitable giving.
Assistant pastor stole the money as church’s founding pastor was on his deathbed
Authorities have sentenced a former assistant pastor at New Progressive Christian Baptist Church in Oxnard, California, to two years in state prison for stealing $200,000 from the congregation while its beloved founder was on his ...
A conversation with Molly Worthen
Here at MinistryWatch, we have become all too familiar with the allure and the dangers of celebrity preachers. One of the things you will here me say often is that we humans are not meant ...
ServeNC initiative, AI to translate the Bible, pregnancy resource center work continues, and more.
One Year Ago: On July 9, 2024, MinistryWatch reported about the “ServeNC” initiative, in which more than 1,000 churches from across North Carolina pledged to take part in a statewide initiative in early August to ...
Despite scandals in 1980s and ‘90s, Swaggart remained in ministry 70 years
Jimmy Swaggart, a televangelist and gospel singer whose fall from grace in the late 1980s made national headlines, died Tuesday (July 1). He was 90.
Based on our research, these 169 ministries achieved a donor confidence score of 49 or lower.
In the MinistryWatch 1000 database, 169 ministries earn a donor confidence score (DCS) of 49 or below—a designation we believe warrants withholding donations.
