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: Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (Detroit, Mich.), The Christian Academy (Brookhaven, Penn.), Missions to Military (Norfolk, Va.) 
On This Date at MinistryWatch
FOUR YEARS AGO: The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) terminated Harvest Bible Chapel’s membership in its organization for “significant violations” of ECFA standards. Yet three former Harvest elders say they warned ECFA President Dan Busby of serious financial and governance issues at the church six years earlier. But they say instead of investigating Harvest, Busby dismissed their concerns, and continued to allow Harvest to use the ECFA seal to tout its alleged financial integrity. Read more here.
THREE YEARS AGO: LifeWay Christian Resources’ board of trustees authorized a recommendation for the organization’s executive team to pursue viable options for the disposition of Ridgecrest Conference Center and Summer Camps including, but not limited to, transfer or sale to SBC entities, state conventions or other external parties. Read more here.
TWO YEARS AGO: Former reality star Josh Duggar was arrested by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and is being held without bond in an Arkansas jail on unspecified charges. Read more here.
ONE YEAR AGO: A Michigan church has paid $8.3 million for a Tampa-area estate in Florida that formerly belonged to Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-owner Darcie Glazer Kassewitz and her husband, according to a deed filed in Hillsborough County. The Kingdom of God Global Church of Taylor (Mich.) secured a $4.9 million mortgage to purchase the 28,893-square-foot main house and a 2,620-square-foot guest house in Avila, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reported. The church’s address is listed on the mortgage as a Chesterfield, Missouri, residence that was sold in March, per TBBJ. Kingdom of God, based in the Detroit suburb of Taylor, Michigan, is led by pastor David E. Taylor, who is also the head of Joshua Media Ministries International (JMMI),
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On the Podcast: John Ankerberg Sues Whistleblower, Hillsong’s Brian Houston Pleads Guilty, and Hope For The King’s College
On today’s program, popular Christian apologist John Ankerberg has been under scrutiny after a former fundraiser for the organization filed a whistleblower complaint and shared it with both the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, and with MinistryWatch. Now, Ankerberg has sued the whistleblower. We’ll have details.
And Hillsong’s Brian Houston has pled guilty to DUI charges following a 2022 incident in California.
Later in the program we’ll have the latest from The King’s College. This Christian liberal arts college in New York City has been on the verge of closure, but dramatic developments last week are giving supporters of the school a glimmer of hope.
We begin today with televangelist Perry Stone. A grand jury in Tennessee has ruled that an FBI investigation into sexual misconduct claims has not produced enough evidence to charge him with crimes.
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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 ministry has been added to the MinistryWatch database with the most recent year’s financial data: A Partners dba The Antioch Partners (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), African Vision of Hope (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Alternatives Pregnancy Center (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), America World Adoption Association (AWAA) (-2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), American Association of Christian Schools (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: N/A), Ananias House (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), As Our Own (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Blue Letter Bible (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), But God Ministries (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Care Net Pregnancy Center of Central Texas (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Champion Ministries dba Groundwire (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Children’s Bible Ministries of NC dba New Life Camp (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), China Aid Association (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), CJF Ministries (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: N/A), Crisis Pregnancy Center of Tidewater (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Davar Partners International (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Design Outreach (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Elim Bible Institute & College (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: N/A), Evangelical Child and Family Agency (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), FAME – Fellowship of Associates of Medical Evangelism (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Fellowship Deaconry Ministries (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: N/A), Filter Of Hope (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Forward Edge International (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Foundation For His Ministry (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: N/A), Friends of the Great Commission Foundation (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Go To Nations (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: N/A), Great Lakes Christian College (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Heaven’s Family (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), In His Image International (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), JesusOnline Ministries (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), LIFE International (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Life Without Limbs (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Mission Lazarus (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Operation Care International (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Pennsylvania Family Institute (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), People International USA (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Project MedSend (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Resource Health Services (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Sacramento Camp and Conference Center (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), ServeNow (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Serving Orphans Worldwide (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Shepherds Theological Seminary (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), SonSet Solutions (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), The CALL (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), The For All Mankind Movement (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), The LAMB Institute (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), To Every Tribe (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Trail Life USA (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Trinity Center for World Mission (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Youth Haven (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Zola Levitt Ministries (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A)
MinistryWatch and Sex Crimes. We’ve written a larger than normal number of stories this week about pastors and ministry leaders involved in sex crimes. That’s why I thought it might be a good time to re-post this story, which explains why we think covering these crimes are necessary: Why MinistryWatch Reports on Sex Crimes. As always, your feedback is welcome.
Drop A Dime On Us. Do you have a story idea for MinistryWatch? If so, send us an email. A lot of the stories we do originate from our readers and listeners. They send us news tips, press releases, emails, questions, and links. So, if you have a story you’d like us to cover, or a ministry that you think needs a closer look, please email us. Our email is [email protected]. That will come directly to my desk, and we’ll take it from there.
Salary Data Now In MinistryWatch Database. We now have salary information for 4,000 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.
If you’d like to see who the highest paid executives are, take a look at our recently published lists of Highly Paid Ministry Executives and Highly Paid Christian College and University 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.
A Guide To Giving For Disaster Relief. When disaster hits, Christians give. But where they give can make a big difference? Which organizations are most effective in these post-disaster situations? MinistryWatch has published a list of organizations that are doing relief work and which have an “A” Transparency Grade and a 3-, 4-, or 5-star rating for Financial Efficiency. It’s a list of about 30 ministries, and you can find it on the front page of our website. I’ll also include a link in the show notes to this program. Link to list HERE.
Ukraine Giving. If you want to give specifically to ministries working in and near Ukraine, click here. We posted this link before, but we’ve added a few new ministries recently.
