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: GoTEN (Phoenix, Ariz.), Love One International (Brentwood, Tenn.), Big Table (Spokane, Wash.), Kentucky Mountain Bible College (Jackson, Ky.), Youth for Christ of Northern Indiana (Ft. Wayne, Ind.), My Sister’s Place of Gainesville (Gainesville, Ga.) REMOVALS: AdventureServe Ministries (Wilmore, Ky.) 
On the Podcast: On today’s program, Christian groups are being vandalized by pro-gay and pro-abortion activists. We’ll have two stories that highlight this growing and troubling trend. And a new report from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability indicates that – despite uncertainties in the economy – giving to evangelical groups is up. We begin today with news that megachurch pastor Matt Chandler will be reinstated to the pulpit after a three-month leave of absence. Dallas-area megachurch pastor Matt Chandler returned to the pulpit Sunday (Dec. 4) after a leave of absence. The Village Church’s board of elders reinstated him following disciplinary actions for Chandler’s “inappropriate” social media relationship with a woman who is not his wife. You can hear the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and other podcast apps, or you can simply click here.
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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: Precept Ministries International (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Prison Fellowship Ministries (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86), Project PATCH (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 87), Re:Center Ministries (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 69), Redwood Gospel Mission (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), American Leprosy Missions (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 92 to 96), Bible Study Fellowship / BSF (Down 5 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 82), Changed Lives AKA One On One (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 92 to 88), Christian Encounter Ministries, Inc. (1 Star, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 65 to 69), Deaf Bible Society (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 92), Hope and Home (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Down 96 to 71), Hope House Ministries (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Keys for Kids Ministries (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 96 to 100), Life Challenge of Southeastern Michigan (Down 5 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 75), Lionheart Children’s Academy (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 92), Mexican Medical Ministries (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 92 to 96), Mission of Hope Ministries Inc. (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 88 to 92), MorningStar Mission Ministries (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 79 to 83), Providence Ministries (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: From C to D, DCS: 67), Redeemer City to City (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 88 to 84), The New York City Leadership Center / Movement.org (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 72), Trinity Forum, Inc. (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90), Water for Life (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 78 to 88), Willow Creek Association / Global Leadership Network (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 39 to 73), Worldwide Discipleship Association, Inc. (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 86 to 90), Your Story Hour (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Up 69 to 73), YWAM San Diego / Baja (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 57), City Relief / The Relief Bus (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92), Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Inc. (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 92 to 96), Not For Sale (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 67), Open Air Campaigners US Incorporated (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86), Open Door Mission (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92), ORPHANetwork (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), Pioneer Bible Translators (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 76 to 72), Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 79), SIL International (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 72)
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: Reality TV star and ministry leader Josh Duggar convicted of child porn possession. Read more here. NINE YEARS AGO: The excellent podcast “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” has become a phenomenon, but MinistryWatch was covering this story nine years ago. Read our story from this date (Dec. 16) in 2013 here.
