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: Vision Africa (Dallas, Tex.), Servants (Red Lion, Penn.), Community Pregnancy Center (Middletown, Ohio), Baptist Foundation of Indiana (Martinsville, Ind.), Score International (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
On the Podcast: On today’s program, in an unprecedented move, the current president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Bart Barber, has released a sharp rebuke of one of his predecessors in that role, Johnny Hunt. We’ll explain why the rebuke, and why it’s important. Also on today’s program, MinistryWatch releases its “Shining Light Awards.” We’ll tell you how we arrived at the list, and who some of the winners are. We begin today with the latest chapter in the ongoing saga at Liberty University. A former administrative dean for academic operations is suing Liberty University for $20 million, alleging they fired him because he was a whistleblower. 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: Paul Anderson Youth Home Inc. (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78), Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78), Save The Storks (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Ankerberg Theological Research Institute (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 92 to 96), BEE World (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 82 to 96), Children’s Shelter of Cebu (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 86 to 100), China Ministries International (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 82), DOOR International (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 60 to 81), E3 Partners Ministry (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Eureka Rescue Mission (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 79), Evangel Home (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 82), Faith Comes By Hearing / Hosanna Ministries (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 55 to 69), Fellowship Missions (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 75), International Messengers (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90), Life Centers (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 96 to 100), Shared Hope International (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), Springfield Victory Mission Inc (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90), Women’s Resource Medical Centers of Southern Nevada (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 84 to 88), WordPartners (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 84 to 96). The following ministry has been added to the MinistryWatch database with the most recent year’s financial data: CityServe International (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Up 47 to 79)
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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: Marcus Lamb, a prominent Christian broadcaster known for his outspoken opposition to COVID-19 vaccines, has died after contracting the virus. He was 64. Read more here. THREE YEARS AGO: On this date (Dec. 3) in 2019, MinistryWatch published a conversation with Kay Warren about sexual abuse, mental health, suicide, and the church. You can read it here. NINE YEARS AGO: Paul Crouch, the founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, died on Nov. 30, 2013. Read more here.
