Weekly Review
ECFA Membership Changes, MinistryWatch Database Changes, 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: Tenfold BPO (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Children’s Lantern (Defiance, Ohio),
On This Date at MinistryWatch
THREE YEARS AGO: Gospel for Asia has filed for creditor protection in Canada, claiming fallout from the coronavirus and lawsuits in the United States and Canada have led to declining donations. Read more here.
TWO YEARS AGO: July 29, 2021: A federal judge has ordered Hobby Lobby, the arts and crafts chain whose president is Museum of the Bible founder Steve Green, to forfeit an ancient tablet bearing a rare fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Read more here.
ONE YEAR AGO: Controversial charismatic evangelist Mario Murillo recently finished a 4-day revival, The Living Proof Tent Crusade, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was joined by worship artist Catherine Mullins. Read more here.
On The MinistryWatch Podcast: International Justice Mission, David C. Cook, Matt Redman, and Remembering Salem Media’s Stu Epperson Sr.
On today’s program, we discuss a BBC investigation that calls into question some of the so-called child “rescues” in West Africa initiated by the International Justice Mission. Also, financial troubles continue to plague Christian publisher David C. Cook. We’ll have details. And we’ll take a look at the latest state measures that could undermine donor privacy. We begin today with news of popular worship leader Matt Redman. He took to social media last week, saying that he and his wife had both suffered what he called “harmful behavior and mistreatment” by UK pastor Mike Pilavachi. Listen here.
MinistryWatch Database Changes
MinistryWatch now has more than 1,000 ministries in its database. These ministries represent more than $41-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:
Capital City Rescue Mission (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 73 to 77)
Christian Legal Society / CLS (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86)
Philly House pka Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 92)
Raleigh Rescue Mission (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
TreeHouse (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: N/A)
Valley Rescue Mission (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 73)
Winston-Salem Rescue Mission (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 100 to 96)
The following ministry has been added to the MinistryWatch database with the most recent year’s financial data:
Empart USA (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A)
First Baptist Church Scripture Publishing Ministry / Bearing Precious Seed (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: N/A)
Hope is Alive Ministries Inc. (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A)
Multiplication Network Ministries (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: N/A)
New Covenant Mission (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: N/A)
Operation Underground Railroad (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: N/A)
Radical Inc / formerly Disciple-Making International (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A)
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MinistryWatch and Sex Crimes. We write a lot 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.
MinistryWatch In The News. MinistryWatch is often called upon by Christian and secular media to comment on what is going on in the evangelical world. You can find some of these news reports here.
