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2 weeks ago | 
ministrywatch.com | Kim Roberts |Bob Smietana |Tony Mator |Christina Darnell
#ChurchToo Church Colleges & Universities Culture Featured Weekly Review Upgrades for Missionary Athletes International and Moody Bible Institute; Downgrades for Focus on the Family and Kids for the Kingdom Here at MinistryWatch, one of our goals is to equip donors with the information they need to make wise decisions with their giving.
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3 weeks ago | 
ministrywatch.com | Tony Mator |Bob Smietana |Kim Roberts |Bethany E. Starin
The following stories had the most page views at the MinistryWatch website during the month of March. We present them here in a “countdown” format, from 10 to 1. The first few sentences of each story are reproduced below. To read the entire story, click on the link. To read the Top 25 stories of 2024, click here. Clergy Act Would Give Pastors Second Chance to Join Social SecurityBy Tony Mator. Ministers who regret opting out of Social Security may soon get to reverse that decision.
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1 month ago | 
religionnews.com | Fiona Andre |Tony Mator
(MinistryWatch) — Samaritan’s Purse has confirmed that $19 million in frozen U.S. Agency for International Development funds has been released to the ministry. Payments to the North Carolina-based evangelical aid organization had been stalled since January, when President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all federal foreign aid.
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1 month ago | 
ministrywatch.com | Kim Roberts |Tony Mator |Jessica Eturralde |Yonat Shimron
The following stories had the most page views at the MinistryWatch website during the month of February. We present them here in a “countdown” format, from 10 to 1. The first few sentences of each story are reproduced below. To read the entire story, click on the link. To read the Top 25 stories of 2024, click here. Anglican Priest Calvin Robinson Demoted Over Nazi-Like SaluteBy Kathryn Post.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
ministrywatch.com | Tony Mator
A dispute between members of the United Methodist Church in Nigeria (UMCN) and the Global Methodist Church (GMC) escalated to violence Sunday, resulting in three fatalities. Nigerian news outlet The Guardian reported that the clash began after one group “unsealed” a church building, leading the other group to do the same. Local Methodist churches had previously been shut down by the state government to calm ongoing tensions.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
ministrywatch.com | Tony Mator
Educational Media Foundation (EMF), the parent organization behind the Christian noncommercial networks K-LOVE and Air1, is set to acquire Radio Nueva Vida—a Spanish-language Christian radio network—from the Association for Community Education (ACE). EMF and Radio Nueva Vida parent ACE announced the agreement on December 12.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
ministrywatch.com | Tony Mator
The federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed suit against a Pasco, Washington, pastor for allegedly roping his own congregation into a multilevel marketing scheme. A CFTC complaint accuses Francier Obando Pinillo of bilking “not fewer than 1,516 U.S. customers,” including members of his former Spanish-language congregation, Tiempo de Poder Church, out of at least $5.9 million. According to the Dec.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
religionunplugged.com | Tony Mator
Facing mounting debt and accreditation concerns, Episcopal-affiliated Saint Augustine’s University has eliminated 136 staff — about half its total workforce. The Triangle Business Journal reported the cuts were made as part of an emergency plan by the historically Black liberal arts school in Raleigh, North Carolina, to become compliant with its accreditation agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
ministrywatch.com | Tony Mator
Facing mounting debt and accreditation concerns, Episcopal-affiliated Saint Augustine’s University has eliminated 136 staff—about half its total workforce. The Triangle Business Journal reported the cuts were made as part of an emergency plan by the historically black liberal arts school in Raleigh, North Carolina, to become compliant with its accreditation agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
religionunplugged.com | Tony Mator
Archegos founder Bill Hwang, formerly one of the wealthiest evangelical philanthropists, will spend 18 years in prison for business practices that led to more than $10 billion in losses to Wall Street banks in March 2021. In what he called a case with “no precedent,” Manhattan U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein announced the prison sentence Wednesday, Nov. 20.
