Weekly Review
ECFA Membership Changes, MinistryWatch Database Changes, What's On The Podcast, and On This Date at MinistryWatch
ECFA Changes. The following organizations have had membership status changes in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. ADDITIONS: NONE REMOVALS: Church Doctor Ministries (Corunna, Ind.)
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.
On This Date at MinistryWatch. THREE YEARS AGO: On March 20, 2020, MinistryWatch reported that James MacDonald, though “disqualified” from ministry, had returned to the pulpit. Read more here. TWO YEARS AGO: After nearly a year of controversy, conservative activist Charlie Kirk left Liberty University’s Falkirk Center. Read more here. ONE YEAR AGO: Bruxy Cavey, a Canadian megachurch pastor, resigns after sexual misconduct probe. Reported on March 8, 2022, here.
On the Podcast: Kanakuk Victims Speak, Tony Dungy and James Brown Pull Out of Andrew Wommack Conference, The King’s College Gets A Temporary Reprieve.
On today’s program, Super Bowl winning NFL coach Tony Dungy has backed out of a conference hosted by Prosperity Gospel Preacher Andrew Wommack. CBS anchor James Brown has, too. We explain why later in the program.
Allen Stanford, who amassed billions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme that used unwitting Christian financial planners to sell his investment products, is now serving what will likely amount to a life sentence in jail. More than a decade after his sentencing, some of his victims may get some of their money back.
Prosperity Gospel preachers and others made more than 300 flights on private aircraft during the month of February alone. We’ll have the latest in our “Pastors and Planes” project.
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MinistryWatch 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: Children’s HopeChest (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Christian Camps Inc / Deerfoot Lodge (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86), Favor International (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Hope Gospel Mission (3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Horizons International (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Oliver Gospel Mission (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Pulse Outreach (2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Refuge for Women (1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Second Mile Mission Center (5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), Union Mission Ministries (4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: N/A), All God’s Children International (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), American Family Association (Down 4 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), Atlas Free (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), Awana (Up 2 to 3 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Black Diamond Camps (Up 4 to 5 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Brother Bryan Rescue Mission (Up 1 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: Up 69 to 73), By The Hand Club For Kids (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 86 to 82), Carriage Town Ministries (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 96), Center for Bioethical Reform (Down 5 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: D, DCS: 75), China Outreach Ministries, Inc. (Down 3 to 2 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86), FaithBridge Foster Care (Down 5 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 100), Forest Springs Camp and Conference Center (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86), Geneva Camp and Retreat Center (Down 2 to 1 Star, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: Down 78 to 74), Global Scholars previously International Institute For Christian Studies (Up 3 to 4 Stars, Transparency Grade: A, DCS: 86)
MinistryWatch and Sex Crimes. We’ve written a larger than normal number of stories this week 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.
