| MinistryWatch.com
compiles the annual list of 30 ministries from the nearly 500
ministries for which it has financial and other information.
This is the 3rd year JAARS has made the MinistryWatch.com
“Shining Light” list. Those ministries on the list have
demonstrated outstanding effectiveness and efficiency in their
ministry and financial operations. “JAARS is truly one of the
‘best of the best,’” said Rusty Leonard, founder of
MinistryWatch.com. “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 recognize JAARS as a ministry that goes well beyond
the minimum. The staff and supporters of JAARS can be
justifiably proud of their fine organization.”
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.
You can view a complete list of the 30 “Shining Light”
ministries
here.
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.
More information on JAARS can be found at
www.jaars.org.
Congratulation Martin Popp Church Relations Coordinator JAARS, Inc.
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