Samaritan’s Purse, BGEA and the ECFA
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The following stories had the most page views at the MinistryWatch website during the month of October. We present them here in a “countdown” format, from 10 to 1. The first few sentences of each story are ...
The fund grew out of the ministry’s own successful legal battles.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) has long been preaching the Gospel across the world, but now it is taking steps to ensure the message of salvation in Christ can be spread throughout the United ...
More ministries call themselves a ‘church’ or ‘association of churches’ to avoid disclosure requirements
Since 2020, more than 80 of the 1,000 largest Christian ministries in the US have asked the Internal Revenue Service to classify them as an “association of churches.”
Almost 200 ministries comprise this list, including some of the largest in the country.
This second list for March from the MinistryWatch 1000 database features the 189 Christian ministries that do not file a Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service. The groups are listed alphabetically, and some of ...
World Vision remains atop the list while three new ministries join top 10.
Below is a list of the 50 largest Christian ministries in the MinistryWatch database based on their revenue, which ranges from $77 million to $1.5 billion. This list does not include colleges and universities nor ...
The designation removes the requirement to file a Form 990.
In recent years, some Christian ministries have taken action to avoid the requirement to file a Form 990 return with the Internal Revenue Service.