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World Vision remains atop the list while three new ministries join the top 10.
A list of the 50 largest Christian ministries curated from the MinistryWatch 1000 database as of October 29, 2025.
Revenue of large ministries has been flat for a record five months
This month’s sideways move means that the MinistryWatch Index has been essentially unchanged after a significant drop last October due to the release of new financial information from four of ministries that saw significant declines ...
In the call to love our neighbors, “we do not get to choose who is the person we’re gonna help.”
A Brownsville, Texas Bapist church is only seeing a slow trickle of migrants using its outreach programs under new Trump administration rules.
Terminations come despite two separate lawsuits aimed at Trump’s freeze of refugee program
President Donald Trump’s administration is making moves to shutter a decades-old partnership between the government and a group of mostly religious organizations to resettle refugees.
World Vision is Largest Recipient with over $661 million in total government grant money.
With the new Trump administration making news with its federal funding freeze proposals, the issue of nonprofits, and specifically Christian ministries, receiving government funding has been in the news and a matter of conversation. Recently, ...
Another preliminary injunction also restricted immigration raids at churches
Religious groups challenging President Donald Trump won a pair of legal victories this week, blocking the administration’s efforts to dismantle the refugee program and reinstating sensitive-location protections from immigration enforcement in some houses of worship.
Downgrades for Grove City College, Healing Hands International; Upgrades for CityGate Network, Deaf Bible Society
This week, we’ve added to that by providing a brief explanation of WHY a ministry score changed. You’ll find those beneath each database listing below. We hope it provides even more
Revenue of large ministries has been flat for four months
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.
World Relief scrambles to support 4,000 refugees already in midst of resettling
Nonprofit ministries that partner with the federal government to resettle refugees are facing widespread layoffs and furloughs after President Donald Trump’s administration suspended the refugee program.
The top four ministries remain the same as last year.
This month our list features the 50 largest Christian relief and development organizations.
