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MinistryWatch.com releases annual list of
30 “Shining Light” Christian ministries

These ministries are the “best of the best,”
says MinistryWatch.com founder Rusty Leonard

Matthews, N.C.--MinistryWatch.com has issued its annual list of 30 “Shining Light” Christian ministries. 

“At a time when Sen. Charles Grassley is calling on some of the worst organizations to live up to their minimum responsibilities of financial self-disclosure, we are pleased to highlight those ministries that go well beyond the minimum,” said Rusty Leonard, founder of MinistryWatch.com.  “These organizations are truly the ‘best of the best’ when it comes to financial dealings, and when it comes to actually doing what their mission statements say they do.”

MinistryWatch.com makes its annual selections based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, said Rod Pitzer, Managing Director of Research for MinistryWatch.com.  “Making the selection is challenging, given the selfless work so many fine ministries do,” Pitzer said.  But he added that these ministries were truly “exemplary” in the following categories:

• They have a legitimate non-profit ministry and purpose.
• They treat donors fairly by earning a Transparency Grade of “A” from MinistryWatch.com
• They are unashamed of being identified as an evangelical Christian ministry.
• MinistryWatch.com knows of no issue that would be of concern to donors.

A complete list of the 30 “Shining Light” ministries is attached.

MinistryWatch.com is a donor advocate, with the mission of helping Christian donors make more informed and effective giving decisions.  The organization’s MinistryWatch.com website contains detailed financial and worldview information for nearly 500 of the largest Christian ministries in the country.  The site is viewed by more than 30,000 unique visitors each month, and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the major television and radio networks, and scores of local and Christian media outlets. 


The 2007 list of Shining Light Ministries

Following is a list, in alphabetical order, of the 2007 Shining Light ministries, as chosen by MinistryWatch.com

AmeriTribes 
AnGeL Ministries 
Answers in Genesis 
Awana Clubs International 
Bethany Christian Services 
Bridges for Peace 
Care Net 
Child Evangelism Fellowship 
Children’s Hunger Fund 
Christian Legal Society 
Compassion International 
Crown Financial Ministries 
EvanTell 
Fellowship International Mission 
International Aid 
JAARS
Medical Teams International
Military Community Youth Ministries
Moms In Touch International
New Tribes Mission
Prison Fellowship Ministries
Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries
Scripture Union USA
Stand to Reason
Truth for Life
Turkish World Outreach
The Voice of the Martyrs
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Young Life

 

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