Weekly Review
ECFA Membership Changes, MinistryWatch Database Changes, Glenn Beck and Afghanistan on the Podcast
On the Podcast: Glenn Beck and Thomas McKenzie. Each week, MinistryWatch brings you news about Christian ministries, as well as the latest in charity and philanthropy, news that we examine from a Christian worldview perspective. Our goal is to help us become better stewards of the resources God has entrusted to us. On today’s program, a beloved Nashville pastor and author died in a car crash this week. We’ll remember Thomas McKenzie. And the Assemblies of God denomination settles a sex abuse lawsuit involving the youth program Royal Rangers. We begin today with a slate of stories motivated by the crisis in Afghanistan. You can hear the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and other podcast apps, or you can simply click here.
MinistryWatch EXTRA Episode. This week’s EXTRA episode on the podcast features Dr. Michael Bennett. His new book is Two Masters and Two Gospels, and he takes aim at talk radio and cable news – including Christian talk. Listen here.
ECFA Changes. The following organizations have had membership status changes in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. ADDITIONS: NONE REMOVALS: Leadership Vistas International (Plano, Tex.), KidZ at Heart International (Mesa, Ariz.)
MinistryWatch Database Changes. MinistryWatch now has financial and other information for nearly 1000 ministries in its database. These ministries represent more than $37-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: United World Mission / UWM (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C), Village Missions (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), Water for Life, Inc. (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), World Gospel Mission (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C), World Reach (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), World Renew (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), World Witness, the Board of Foreign Missions (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C), YUGO Ministries (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), Across Nations, pka Western Indian Ministries, Inc. (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), Bill Glass Behind the Walls (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), Christian Solidarity International (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: D), Corporate Chaplains of America (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), Jews for Jesus (Down 2 to 1 Stars, Transparency Grade: C), Lamb & Lion Ministries (Down 5 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), Westminster Seminary California (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C).The following ministries have been added to the MinistryWatch database with the most recent year’s financial data: Help the Persecuted (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C), Louisiana College (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C)
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The following ministries have been added to the MinistryWatch database with the most recent year’s financial data: Deer Run Retreat Center (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), Geneva Camp and Retreat Center (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A), Grace Adventures (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A)
Salary Data Now In MinistryWatch Database. We now have salary information for 3,000 executives from about 500 of the 850 ministries 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.
On-Line Training For Ministry Leaders. Thanks to a partnership with Dunham + Co., MinistryWatch is now able to offer on-line training “short courses” in such topics as change management, fundraising, social media, and the use of cryptocurrencies such as BitCoin. To read more about these courses, click here.
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.
New 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.
