WEEKLY REVIEW: ECFA Membership Changes, MinistryWatch Database Changes, On This Date At MinistryWatch
MinistryWatch 1000 Database Changes. MinistryWatch now has more than 1,000 ministries in its database. These ministries represent more than $38-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: Kalamazoo Area Christian Retirement Association, dba Park Village Pines (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: From A to D, DCS: 92), Key Life Network, Inc. (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 68), Kingsburg Community Assistance Program (KCAPS) (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 69), Love Justice International (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 88 to 96), Love Worth Finding Ministries (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 86 to 90), Lutheran Hour Ministries (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Down 44 to 40), MAOZ Israel Ministries (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 82 to 74), Media Dream / Alkarma TV (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 70 to 82), Mission Aviation Fellowship (1 Star, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 82 to 86), Mission Training International (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 55 to 59), Modern Day Missions (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 92 to 82), New Horizons Ministries (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 78 to 82), Olympia Union Gospel Mission (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 83), Partners International (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 67 to 71), Pilgrim Africa (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: 79), Precept Ministries International / Jack and Kay Arthur (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Ramesh Richard Evangelism and Church Health /, RREACH (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 92 to 96), Rescue Mission Alliance (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86), Rest Haven Homes (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 88 to 92), Rockford Rescue Mission (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 92 to 96), Shared Hope International (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Up 96 to 100), SIL International (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 72), Springfield Victory Mission Inc (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: From C to A, DCS: Up 77 to 90), TCM International Institute (1 Star, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 59 to 73), Touching Lives / James Merritt (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 96 to 92), World Witness, the Board of Foreign Missions (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: C, DCS: Up 41 to 63), Yakima Union Gospel Mission (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 88), YUGO Ministries (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 88), Zoe Empowers (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 86 to 82)
On the Podcast: James Dobson, Politics and Preachers, and Bob Jones University. On today’s program, James Dobson is stepping aside from the ministry he founded after turning Focus on the Family into an evangelical powerhouse. We’ll have details. And during this election week, we have a couple of stories of pastors who are mixing politics and the pulpit. At least one is under investigation. We begin today with an interesting story coming from one of the bastions of fundamentalism in this country: Bob Jones University. You can hear the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and other podcast apps, or you can simply click here.
ECFA Changes. The following organizations have had membership status changes in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. ADDITIONS: Eastern European Mission (Hurst, Tex.), Southern California Youth For Christ (Long Beach, Calif.), Lifeline Pregnancy Care Center (Nampa, Idaho), Jeremiah House (Chandler, Okla.), The Foundry (Bessemer, Ala.) REMOVALS: None
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Salary Data Now In MinistryWatch Database. We now have salary information for nearly 6,000 executives from more than half of the ministries in the MinistryWatch 1000 database. So check out this new addition by clicking on the red button at the top of this page, or click 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.
75 Red Flags. MinistryWatch has released a new free booklet, “75 Red Flags To Consider Before Donating For A Christian Ministry.” To read more, and to download your free, printable copy of the 18-page booklet, click here.
MinistryWatch Video. A reminder that we have created a 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.
On This Date At MinistryWatch.com
ONE YEAR AGO: Frankin Graham, President of both Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, underwent heart surgery at The Mayo Clinic. Read more here.
THREE YEARS AGO: On Nov. 21, 2019, an independent report into the operations of Harvest Bible Chapel found “massive corporate governance failure apparently developed over several years” at the church primarily because of its former senior pastor, James MacDonald. Read more here.
NINE YEARS AGO: John Piper shares his thoughts on pastor compensation here.
