MinistryWatch

MinistryWatch
Formation1998; 26 years ago (1998)
FounderRusty and Carol Leonard[1]
Legal statusNonprofit 501(c)(3)
HeadquartersMatthews, North Carolina
President
Warren Cole Smith
CEO
Rusty Leonard
Websiteministrywatch.com

MinistryWatch is an independent American evangelical Christian organization that evaluates protestant ministries for financial accountability and transparency, and to provide independent advice to individuals considering making donations to these ministries.[2][3]

MinistryWatch posts daily journalism related to Christian ministries at its website.[4] It also has a database of the 1000 largest Christian ministries in the country. That database, called the MinistryWatch 1000, has financial information and ratings for these ministries.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Leadership Team". MinistryWatch. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Ole Oops". Dallas Observer. August 8, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  3. ^ "About". MinistryWatch. 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  4. ^ "About MinistryWatch". MinistryWatch. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  5. ^ "MinistryWatch Database". MinistryWatch. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  6. ^ Darnell, Christina (December 22, 2023). "MinistryWatch Reaches 1000 Ministries in its database". MinistryWatch. Retrieved October 30, 2024.