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.
Parsons is also a teaching fellow with Ligonier Ministries.
This article was updated on 6/13/2025 to include a statement from Ligonier Ministries. Burk Parsons, senior pastor of St. Andrew’s Chapel and chief editorial officer and teaching fellow for Ligonier Ministries, has been found guilty ...
Upgrades for China Aid and Blessings International; Downgrades for American Association of Christian Schools, Ananias House
Upgrades for China Aid and Blessings International; Downgrades for American Association of Christian Schools, Ananias House
An email to the St. Andrews congregation noted the charges are not criminal in nature.
Burk Parsons, senior pastor at St. Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, Florida, and a teaching fellow at Ligonier Ministries, will be tried by the Central Florida Presbytery sometime between late April and mid-May, according to an ...
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A commission of the Central Florida Presbytery informed Parsons of the indictment and suspended him.
Dr. Burk Parsons, senior pastor at St. Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, Florida, and a teaching fellow at Ligonier Ministries, has been indicted by a commission of the Central Florida Presbytery and is currently suspended from ...
Below is a list of the largest media ministries in the country. These days, almost all ministries have some media component, Pastors write books. Journalists have podcasts. However, the list below is a list of ...
Organization has stopped releasing public 990s and audited financial statements
Ligonier Ministries has as its mission “proclaiming, teaching, and defending the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible,” including via an app, podcasts, video series, books, “Tabletalk” magazine, an ...
Hamid Hatami will serve as the leader of MEHR Ministries.
Last month, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a conservative evangelical denomination founded in 1973, ordained its first teaching elder of Iranian descent who was raised in a Muslim family.
The list includes media organizations — such as television and radio networks — as well as “teaching and preaching ministries” whose presence is primarily on radio and television.