WEEKLY REVIEW: Database Changes, Podcast Highlights, and More Ratings Drop for Multnomah U., Network of International Christian Schools; Fargo Union Mission; Up for Ohio Christian U., Persecution Project

Changes to the MinistryWatch database

MinistryWatch now has over 1,000 ministries in its database. These ministries represent over $44 billion in total revenue, the majority of which comes from evangelicals. The profiles of the following ministries have been updated with the most recent year’s financial data. Each ministry’s Financial Efficiency rating is shown in parentheses. Where this rating represents a change from the previous year, that change is noted:

TeenPact Leadership School (5 stars, transparency rating: D, DCS: 70)

The Colson Center for Christian Worldview (2 to 4 stars, Transparency Rating: A, DCS: 83 to 98)

The Dunham School (4 stars, transparency rating: D, DCS: 63)

The Episcopal Academy (3 stars, transparency rating: D, DCS: 61)

The Episcopal School of Dallas (1 star, transparency rating: D, DCS: 50)

The Exodus Road (3 to 4 stars, transparency rating: C, DCS: 77)

The Foundry Ministries (down from 5 to 3 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 87)

The Luke Society (3 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 98)

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (down from 2 to 1 star, transparency rating: C, DCS: 48)

The New York City Leadership Center / Movement.org (down 2 to -2 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 60)

The Rutherford Institute / John Whitehead (5 stars, transparency rating: D, DCS: 71)

Timothy Christian Schools (3 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 77)

Trail Life USA (1 to 2 stars up, transparency level: A, DCS: 83)

Trinity College of Florida (2 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 75)

Trinity Episcopal Schools Corporation (1 star, transparency rating: D, DCS: 46)

Truth For Life (3 to 4 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 100)

Turlock Gospel Mission (downgraded from 5 to 4 stars, transparency rating: D, DCS: 73)

UnfoldingWord (3 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 100)

Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles (4 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 90)

Union University (5 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 90)

University of Northwestern – St. Paul (5 stars, transparency rating: C, DCS: down from 88 to 86)

Valley Rescue Mission (down from 3 to 2 stars, transparency rating: D, DCS: down from 66 to 51)

Vanguard University of Southern California (down from 5 to 4 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 66)

Victory Mission + Ministry (2 to 4 stars up, Transparency Level: A, DCS: 75 to 90 up)

Vision New England (3 stars, transparency rating: D, DCS: 68)

VisionTrust International (down 2 to -2 stars, transparency level: A, DCS: 85)

Wall Watchers / MinistryWatch.com (2 to 3 stars up, Transparency rating: C, DCS: 65 to 80 up)

Walter Hoving Home Inc (down from 4 to 3 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 77)

Waterfront Rescue Mission (4 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 100)

West Dallas Community School (2 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 70)

Westminster Theological Seminary (1 star, transparency rating: A, DCS: 75)

Wheaton College (down 3 stars to 1, transparency rating: C, DCS: down 76 stars to 61)

Wingfield Ministries (1 star, transparency rating: A, DCS: 85)

Winter Haven Christian School (5 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 98)

World Orphans (5 stars, transparency rating: A, DCS: 100)

World Renew (1 star, transparency rating: A, DCS: 82)

World Vision, Inc., USA (4 stars, Transparency rating: A, DCS: down from 86 to 84)

On the MinistryWatch Podcast

Dave Ramsey, Andrew Wommack, Gordon College

Today’s program revived a lawsuit against Dave Ramsey’s company. A former employee claims he was fired because he didn’t share Ramsey’s religious beliefs about how to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. We look at the court’s latest ruling in the case.

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And a Southern Baptist pastor in Florida faces a minimum sentence of life in prison without parole for harrowing child abuse allegations. But new state laws mean the death penalty is also on the agenda.

Andrew Wommack also announced that he plans to pass the baton to a new leader at Charis Bible College in Colorado.

But first, Gordon College was denied forgiveness for $7 million in COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program loans. It appealed, but in July a judge dismissed most of the college’s claims.

Listen here.

ECFA changes

The following organizations have undergone changes in their membership status in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

ADDITIONS: NOT

MOVES: NO

Advice on giving

Ukraine gives. If you would like to donate specifically to ministries active in and around Ukraine, click here. We have posted this link before, but we have recently added a few new ministries.

Israel gives. We have compiled a list of ministries that work in Israel that we recommend. You will also find some ministries that work there that we do NOT recommend. You can list here.

Salary data now in MinistryWatch database

We now have salary information for 4,000 executives in our database, placed in our profiles. Check out this new addition by clicking the red button at the top of this page, or here. That will take you to our database. The search engine is there, and you can type in the name of a ministry you are interested in and our profile will appear immediately – now, with compensation information for the top executives.

If you want to know who the highest paid executives are, check out our recently published lists of Well-paid government department executives And Well-paid Christian college and university administrators.

A guide to disaster relief donations. When disaster strikes, 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 disaster relief organizations that have an “A” Transparency rating and a 3, 4, or 5 star Financial Efficiency rating. It is a list of about 30 ministries and you can find it on the front page of our website. I will also include a link in the show notes for this program. Link to list HERE.

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MinistryWatch and Sexual Crimes. We write a lot about pastors and ministry leaders involved in sex crimes, so I thought it would be a good time to repost this story, which explains why we think it’s necessary to cover these crimes: 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 explaining what we do here at MinistryWatch and why. If you are new to MinistryWatch, I hope you will check it out. To find it, click here.