Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability

“Ecfa has over 2,100 member organization's which it accredits as being in compliance with ecfa's standards on board governance, financial accountability, and fundraising/stewardship practices.”

“Any changes in the corporate bylaws and standards must be approved by the members. Board members are elected by the members.”

“The board may propose changes to the bylaws and standards that must be approved by the members. The board nominates individuals for election or re-election to the board and the members vote on the nominees.”

“The board reviewed the form 990 before if was filed.”

“The board and key staff members annually disclose potential conflicts of interest. These potential conflicts of interest are monitored by the board development committee to ensure adherence to the organization's policy.”

“The compensation of the organization's president is determined by the board with the president recused from this process. The compensation is determined after obtaining appropriate comparable data for similar organizations. After appropriate deliberation by the board, the compensation determination is formally recorded in board minutes.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are distributed upon request.”

“Enhancing trust in christ-centered churches and ministries. The first word in the name of our organization is evangelical. We are evangelicals serving evangelicals. Evangelicals are christians who define themselves, their faith, and their lives according to the good news of jesus of nazareth. This evangelical principle is the heart of who we are as followers of jesus. It is not unique to us. We assert it not to attack or to exclude, but to remind and to reaffirm, and so to rally and to reform. As followers of jesus christ, evangelicals stress a particular set of beliefs that we believe are true to the life and teachings of jesus himself. Taken together, they make us who we are. We believe: 1. The bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative word of god; 2. That there is one god, eternally existent in three persons: father, son and holy spirit; 3. In the deity and humanity of christ, in his virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his miracles, in his vicarious and atoning death through his shed blood, in his bodily resurrection, in his ascension to the right hand of the father, in his present rule as head of the church and in his personal return in power and glory; 4. That for the salvation of lost and sinful men regeneration by the holy spirit is absolutely essential; 5. In the present ministry of the holy spirit, by whose indwelling the christian is enabled to live a godly life; 6. In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the barrenness of damnation; and 7. In the spiritual unity of believers in our lord jesus christ, with equality across racial gender, and class differences.”