Weekly Review
ECFA Member Changes, On This Date at MinistryWatch, MinistryWatch 1000 Database Changes
ECFA Changes
The following organizations have had membership status changes in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
ADDITIONS: RockPointe Church (Flower Mound, Tex.) 
REMOVALS: Horizon International (Pendleton, Ind.)
On This Date at MinistryWatch
ONE YEAR AGO. Elevation Worship under fire for ticket prices topping $1000 for its Los Angeles concert. Read more here.
TWO YEARS AGO. Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church announced it would repay $4.4 million in Payroll Protection Program (PPP) funds. Read more here.
14 YEARS AGO. On this date in 2009, Franklin Graham made news by appearing in the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of highest paid non-profit executives not once, but twice. He made the list for his salary with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and again because of his salary at Samaritan’s Purse. The total compensation came to about $1.2-million. Read our story here.
On The MinistryWatch Podcast: Pregnancy Resource Centers Under Fire, The Ankerbergs Respond To Integrity Concerns, and Safety Concerns at Liberty University
On today’s program, we take a look at legal and verbal assaults on Pregnancy Resource Centers in California and New Jersey. Famous Christian apologist responds to the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability’s decision to terminate his membership. And a new report says churches and ministries kept more than $7 billion in Payroll Protection Plan funds. We’ll look at some of the details. We also look at a report from the Department of Education about Liberty University. The report says they may have underreported campus assault incidents.
We begin today with an update on a story we’ve been covering for a while—a Minnesota youth pastor accused of sexually assaulting multiple teenage girls has been arrested. Listen here.
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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:
Action International Ministries (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 41)
Adult & Teen Challenge, USA (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 74 to 70)
Adventist Development & Relief Agency (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 59 to 63)
Adventures in Mission (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 55)
African Vision of Hope (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
AGAPE Network (-2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 74 to 70)
All Nations Family (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 92)
Alternatives Pregnancy Center (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 88)
America World Adoption Association (AWAA) (-2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 88)
American Association of Christian Schools (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 41)
Ananias House (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92)
Arrow Child & Family Ministries (-2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Down 92 to 88)
Bethel Bible Village (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90)
BigStuf Ministries Inc (-2 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Up 71 to 75)
Bill Glass Behind the Walls (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 78 to 82)
Breck School (1 Star, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Down 61 to 57)
Camp Allen Camp and Conference Center (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Up 57 to 61)
Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92)
Care Net Pregnancy Center of Central Texas (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 88)
Center for Arizona Policy (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92)
Center for Bioethical Reform (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Down 75 to 71)
Central India Christian Mission (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 49)
Champion Ministries dba Groundwire (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
Children of the Nations (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 96 to 100)
Children’s Bible Ministries of NC dba New Life Camp (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
Children’s Shelter of Cebu (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 100 to 96)
China Aid Association (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
Christian Aid Ministries (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 84 to 88)
Christian HELP Foundation (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92)
Christian Worship Hour (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 92)
City Gospel Mission (1 Star, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 69 to 73)
CityServe International (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Down 79 to 75)
CJF Ministries (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 41)
College Golf Fellowship (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 64)
Concordia University – Mequon, WI (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 65 to 69)
Cornerstone Schools of Washington, DC (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 82)
Crisis Pregnancy Center of Tidewater (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92)
Crista Ministries (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Dow 76 to 72)
Criswell College (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78)
Crossroads Rescue Mission (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 92 to 88)
Crown College (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 77)
CURE International (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 78 to 82)
The following ministry has been added to the MinistryWatch database with the most recent year’s financial data:
Equipnet (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 75)
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.
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.
