Weekly Review
Johnny Hunt, Chris Tomlin, Ravi Zacharias, Jerry Falwell Jr., Chuck Grassley, and More
On This Date at MinistryWatch 
ONE YEAR AGO: Chris Tomlin recently announced he will continue with his planned tour with the scandal ridden Hillsong United this fall. Read more here.
TWO YEARS AGO: A southwest Missouri prosecutor charged five employees of a private Christian boarding school with abusing students—far fewer than the number of charges recommended by state investigators. The five employees of the Agape Boarding School near Stockton were charged with a total of 13 third-degree felony assault counts, Cedar County Prosecuting Attorney Ty Gaither said. Read more here.
THREE YEARS AGO: New accusations regarding the behavior of Ravi Zacharias has prompted the ministry he founded to open an investigation. Read more here.
FOUR YEARS AGO: Benny Hinn says he is renouncing his prosperity gospel teaching, but critics are not so quick to take him at his word. Read more here.
On The MinistryWatch Podcast: Liberty University, The SBC’s Leadership Meets, Andy Stanley, and World Vision Answers Sen. Grassley
On today’s program, new conflicts between Liberty University and Jerry Falwell, Jr. Now his brother Jonathan Falwell is in the mix. Andy Stanley, the pastor of Northpoint Church in Atlanta, is facing criticism for hosting a conference that many observers say affirms homosexuality.
Plus, the Episcopal Church continues its decades-long decline, we’ll have facts and numbers. And the Southern Baptist’s leaders met last week in Nashville, and – well – things are still a mess. We’ll have a report.
We begin today with news that Sen. Chuck Grassley wants to investigate the Christian ministry World Vision. Listen here.
ECFA Changes
The following organizations have had membership status changes in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
ADDITIONS: NONE
REMOVALS: NONE
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:
Park Christian School (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 65)
Partners Relief and Development (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
People International USA (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
Pregnancy Resource Center (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78)
Radical Inc / formerly Disciple-Making International (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92)
Ratio Christi (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90)
Reach the Forgotten Jail Ministry (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92)
Refuge for Women (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
SAT 7 / SAT-7 North America (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100)
Save The Storks (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
Shared Hope International (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100)
Siloam Health (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A)
South East Asia Prayer Center (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78)
South Side Mission of Peoria (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 41)
Sozo Children (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 76)
Spring Hill Camps (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78)
The Anglican Relief and Development Fund (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 82)
The Colson Center for Christian Worldview (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
The For All Mankind Movement (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
The Hope Center / Hope Center Foundation (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 73)
The New York City Leadership Center / Movement.org (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 72)
The Potter’s House (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78)
Time to Revive (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92)
TreeHouse (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 78)
Truth At Work (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 72)
Vapor Ministries (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78)
Winston-Salem Rescue Mission (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 96 to 100)
With Open Eyes Foundation (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 74)
Youth Haven (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 84)
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.
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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.
Maui Giving. If you want to give specifically to ministries working to provide relief in Maui, click here.
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.
