Some info on Every Child Ministries

A few posts ago I posted a story about a ministry group trying to help people with albinism in Uganda. I knew someone out there would help me out and look them up. Karen got in touch with her church and their global ministries department, and here's what she found out. Thanks Karen!

Hi Karen!

I'm Pastor Lynn Everswick's administrative assistant. I'll make sure that he sees your email regarding Every Child Ministries. Unfortunately, it's getting close to Fall Global Celebration, so it might be awhile before he sees it, so I've done a little digging around to check ECM out.

Lori Lewey has a reference book of Evangelical missions agencies, and ECM is listed there as having been founded in 1985. So they are a recognized group, and they've been around for over 20 years.

One thing we always look for is membership in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). ECFA holds ministries accountable for how they use money donated to them. Every Child Ministries is a member -- here's a link to ECFA's data on them:
http://www.ecfa.org/MemberProfile.aspx?ID=11253

It's pretty impressive that they spend over 96% of donations on program expenses.

So, it looks to us like it's a legitimate ministry, with appropriate financial accountability. ECM's website is http://www.ecmafrica.org/Default.aspx.

Hope that helps!

Beth

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