WEEKLY REVIEW: Database Changes, Podcast Highlights & More
MinistryWatch Database Changes 
MinistryWatch now has more than 1,000 ministries in its database. These ministries represent more than $44-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:
Adult & Teen Challenge, USA (Down 2 to 1 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 69)
Answers in Genesis (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 66)
Baptist Medical & Dental Mission International (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 88 to 90)
Christian Appalachian Project (Down 5 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 65)
Christian Community Action (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 87 to 100)
David C. Cook (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: From A to C, DCS: Down 98 to 58)
Erskine College (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 64 to 70)
Haven of Rest Ministries – Akron, OH (Up 1 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 43 to 58)
Institute for Creation Research / ICR (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 90 to 100)
Jews for Jesus (1 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Down 56 to 54)
Las Vegas Rescue Mission (1 Stars, Transparency Grade: From A to C, DCS: 81)
Lutheran World Relief (1 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 50 to 53)
Messenger International (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 48)
Patrick Henry Family Services (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 87)
Prison Fellowship Ministries (Down 2 to 1 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 75)
Show-Me Christian Youth Home (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 98 to 83)
Strategic Resource Group (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 91 to 98)
The Mission at Kern County / Bakersfield Rescue Mission (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Down 73 to 58)
World Gospel Mission (1 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 46 to 48)
XO Marriage (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: F, DCS: 83)
The following ministry has been added to the MinistryWatch database with the most recent year’s financial data:
Orange/The Rethink Group (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 73)
The Gospel Coalition (N/A Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 46)
On The MinistryWatch Podcast
SBC News Round-Up, Tony Evans, and K-Love
On today’s program, almost 11-thousand Southern Baptists gathered in Indianapolis this week, facing a long list of key decisions, including abuse reform, a constitutional amendment about women pastors, and the election of a new president. We’ll take a look .
Also, megachurch pastor and bestselling author Tony Evans is stepping away from his pastoral role due to ‘sin.’ Details have been few, but we’ll tell you what we know.
And, seven key executives at K-LOVE have left in the last 18 months…we’re asking ‘why?’
But first, Southern Baptists elect a new convention president. Clint Pressley, a North Carolina megachurch pastor known for a conservative but even-keel approach to leadership, was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Pressley, who has led Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte for the past 14 years, prefers a suit and tie and a more traditional approach in worship, and he has indicated that his more formal style will translate into his leadership. “It seems like the kind of rhetoric and the temperature is really high and I’d like to see it come down a good bit,” Pressley told Religion News Service earlier this year.
ECFA Changes
The following organizations have had membership status changes in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
ADDITIONS: Twelve Ministries (Plano, Tex.), Kingdom Growth Foundation (Covington, Ga.), Never Alone Widows (Milton, Ga.), Courage for Life (Marietta, Ga.), The Power Company Kids Club (Pontiac, Mich.), North Star Initiative (Lititz, Penn.), Samaritan Village (Orlando, Fla.), Charlotte Passport Program (Charlotte, N.C.),
REMOVALS: Pregnancy Cere Center of Tiftarea (Tifton,Ga.), Pomona North Foursquare Church (Pomona, Calif.)
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
