Weekly Review
ECFA Member Changes, On This Date at MinistryWatch, MinistryWatch 1000 Database Changes
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ECFA Changes
The following organizations have had membership status changes in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
ADDITIONS: Coaches Honor (Jacksonville Beach, Fla.), Church Army USA (Aliquippa, Penn.), ROSE Women’s Foundation (Potomac, Md.), Bridge Street Mission (Wausau, Wisc.), Thomas Charities (Landenberg, Penn.), Servants Of our Lord – Soul Church (Mesquite, Tex.), Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission (Niagara Falls, N.Y.), Finger Lakes Pregnancy Care (Ithaca, N.Y.)
REMOVALS: Prodigal Sons and Daughters (Turlock, Calif), Race Track Chaplaincy of America (Lexington, Ken.), Miqlat (Campo, Calif),
On This Date at MinistryWatch
ONE YEAR AGO. An abuse victim who signed a non-disclosure agree as a condition for settling with Kanakuk Kamps sued Kanakuk for fraud. Read more here.
TWO YEARS AGO: Marcus Lamb, a prominent Christian broadcaster known for his outspoken opposition to COVID-19 vaccines, has died after contracting the virus. He was 64. Read more here.
FOUR YEARS AGO: On this date (Dec. 3) in 2019, MinistryWatch published a conversation with Kay Warren about sexual abuse, mental health, suicide, and the church. You can read it here.
TEN YEARS AGO: Paul Crouch, the founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, died on Nov. 30, 2013. Read more here.
On The MinistryWatch Podcast
IHOP Kansas City, Scott Sauls Resigns, & The Dynamics of Church Hopping
On today’s program, the International House of Prayer in Kansas City has stripped its founding leader Mike Bickle of his duties pending a formal investigation into allegations of clergy sexual abuse. We’ll have details. Also, Bible publishers—are they stewards of God’s Word…or profiteers? We take a closer look. Then, later in the program, church switchers share the reasons behind their congregational change.
We begin today with news that pastor and author Scott Sauls has resigned from leadership at his Nashville megachurch. 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:
Advancing Native Missions / ANM (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 92)
Advent Christian Village (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 78 to 82)
Aglow International (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 86)
Alpha USA (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86)
American Heritage Girls (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86)
Arizona Baptist Children’s Services (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 92)
Bible League International (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 59 to 63)
Bridgeport Rescue Mission (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 86 to 82)
Center for Christian Growth / T Bar M Camps (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 88 to 92)
Christ for All Nations (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 70)
Christianity Today International (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 78 to 82)
Dallas Life (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 88 to 92)
Decision Point (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 92)
Denison Ministries (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 69 to 73)
DOOR International (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 81)
Dynamic Youth Ministries (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 82)
Eagle Ranch (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90)
Faulkner University (Down 5 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 63)
Feed My Starving Children (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 69)
Fellowship of Christian Athletes / FCA (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90)
Fellowship of Christians in Universities and Schools (FOCUS) (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 82)
Global Disciples (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 92)
Good News Rescue Mission (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 79)
Gospel Volunteers / Camp of the Woods (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78)
Hope Walks (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 92 to 88)
International Care Ministries (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 61)
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 75 to 79)
International Students Inc. (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 81 to 85)
Kentucky Mountain Bible College (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90)
Lake Ann Camp (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96)
Life Action Ministries (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 96 to 100)
Living Proof Ministries (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78)
Living Stream Ministry (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 55)
Louisiana Christian University (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 65)
Luis Palau Evangelistic Association (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 86 to 82)
Marketplace Ministries, Inc. / Marketplace Chaplains (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 92 to 88)
Mennonite Brethren Foundation (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 53)
Messianic Vision, Inc. (Down 5 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 55)
Paraclete Mission Group, Inc. (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100)
Preemptive Love Coalition (1 Star, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Down 63 to 59)
San Diego Rescue Mission (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 86 to 82)
Shared Hope International (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100)
Slavic Gospel Association (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 77 to 81)
Snowbird Outfitters (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 92)
The Exodus Road (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 83)
The Global Orphan Project (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 92 to 88)
The Pocket Testament League (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 90)
Town and Country (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 77 to 73)
Trinity Christian Academy – Addison, TX (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 84 to 88)
Truth For Life (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100)
Upward Unlimited / Upward Sports (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 96 to 100)
Waterfront Rescue Mission (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100)
WaterStone Support Foundation Inc. (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 88 to 92)
Women’s Resource Medical Centers for Southern Nevada (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 88 to 92)
World Compassion Terry Law Ministries (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 78)
World Hope International (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 86 to 90)
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. / WBT (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86)
Youth Haven (Down 4 to 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.
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.
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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.
Israel Giving. We have compiled a list of ministries working in Israel that we recommend. You will also find some ministries working there that we do NOT recommend. You can find the 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.
