Weekly Review
ECFA Membership Changes, MinistryWatch Database Changes, What’s on the Podcast? On This Date at MinistryWatch
ECFA Changes. The following organizations have had membership status changes in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. ADDITIONS: None REMOVALS: None
On the Podcast: Each week, MinistryWatch brings you news about Christian ministries, as well as the latest in charity and philanthropy, news that we examine from a Christian worldview perspective. Our goal is to help us become better stewards of the resources God has entrusted to us. On today’s program, Tennessee pastor and MAGA celebrity Greg Locke has been banned from YouTube. We asked why. Charis Bible College, founded by prosperity gospel preacher Andrew Wommack, was rocked this week by a murder-suicide. We’ll have details. We also take a look at the explosive growth of a ministry called Children’s Hunger Fund. We begin today with an influential Hispanic pastor under investigation for violating wage and hour laws. You can hear the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and other podcast apps, or you can simply click here.
MinistryWatch Database Changes. MinistryWatch now has more than 1,000 ministries in its database. These ministries represent more than $38-billion in total revenue, most of that donor revenue from evangelicals. The following ministries have their profiles updated with the most recent year’s financial data. The Financial Efficiency rating of each ministry is in parenthesis. If this rating represents a change from the previous year, that change is noted: Raleigh Rescue Mission (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Shared Hope International (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), Shelter KC: A Kansas City Rescue Mission (Down 4 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92), The Bowery Mission (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86), The Mailbox Club (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), The Path of Citrus County (Up 1 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 78 to 82), Topeka Rescue Mission (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 87), Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90), Vision House (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), AbleLight / formerly Bethesda Lutheran Communities (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 82), Bread of Life Mission (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 96 to 100), Eureka Rescue Mission (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 79), Every Generation Ministries (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 82 to 92), Feed the Hunger, formerly New Directions International (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 100 to 96), Habitat for Humanity International (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Down 65 to 61), Help The Persecuted (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 61 to 69), India National Inland Mission (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 88 to 84), Liebenzell Mission of USA, Inc. (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Down 53 to 49), Maranatha Volunteers International (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 65), Mastermedia International (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 92 to 96), Memphis Union Mission (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 92 to 88), Mighty Oaks Foundation (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 83), Muncie Mission Ministries (1 Star, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 75 to 79), Paul Anderson Youth Home Inc. (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 74 to 78), Salina Rescue Mission (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 86), Society of Anglican Missionaries & Senders (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Down 59 to 45), Springfield Victory Mission Inc. (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90), Terri Savelle Foy Ministries Inc (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: From D to F, DCS: 34), The Exodus Road (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 79 to 83), The Foundry Ministries (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: From C to A, DCS: 69), The Navigators (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 61), The Samaritan Women / The Institute for Shelter Care (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 92), Uncharted Ministries (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 88 to 92). The following ministry has been added to the MinistryWatch database with the most recent year’s financial data: Eastern European Mission (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 41), Hope Walks (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Penfield Addiction Ministries (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78)
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Salary Data Now In MinistryWatch Database. We now have salary information for 6,000 executives in our database posted in our profiles. So check out this new addition by clicking on the red button at the top of this page, or here. That takes you to our database. The search engine is right there, and you can type in the name of a ministry you’re interested in and our profile will pop right up – now, with compensation information for the top executives.
Audio Version of Faith-Based Fraud Now Available. Thanks to those of you who made my new book Faith-Based Fraud a best-seller in several Amazon categories this week. It’s now available in paperback and e-book versions. To get your copy, click here. This week, the new audio version released. You can get that from Audible by clicking here.
MinistryWatch Video. In closing, a reminder that we have created a new, short (3.5 minutes) video that explains what we do here at MinistryWatch, and why. If you’re new to MinistryWatch, I hope you’ll check it out. To find it, click here.
On This Date at MinistryWatch. ONE YEAR AGO: The Village Church completed its multi-year plan to transition away from the multi-site church model that it had earlier helped pioneer. Read more here. THREE YEARS AGO: An independent report into the operations of Harvest Bible Chapel found “massive corporate governance failure apparently developed over several years” at the church primarily because of its former senior pastor, James MacDonald. Read more here
