Every Home for Christ
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Summary
Every Home for Christ (legally, World Literature Crusade doing business as Every Home for Christ) exists to serve the Church to reach every home on earth with the Gospel. The global Every Home for Christ (EHC) ministry operates under three unalterable convictions: 1) The Great Commission must be taken literally; 2) Without unity, finishing the task of world evangelization is impossible; 3) Prayer, alone, will remove every obstacle that stands in the way of fulfilling the Great Commission.
Every Home for Christ currently has an active presence in 152 nations of the world (a total of 179 individual offices), mobilizing and training indigenous believers to systematically present a printed or repeatable gospel message home by home, making face to face evangelism encounters and adding new believers as functioning members of the Body of Christ through ongoing discipleship and training.
In order to accomplish its global vision and mission of reaching every home in every nation of the world with the Gospel, EHC's ministry includes: the training indigenous believers; home-to-home evangelism outreaches in each nation where we have an active presence; in-depth follow-up of those who respond; discipleship of new believers through an extensive Bible correspondence course; church planting in areas where there are no local churches to integrate new believers (we call these Christ Groups and have planted more than 398,932 throughout the world); the mobilization, training and equipping of volunteers; mobile training centers for use in mass-group discipleship; Schools of Prayer, and, The Watchman Training Center and Prayer Wall.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Every Home for Christ
640 Chapel Hills Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Website: everyhome.org
Phone: (719) 260-8888
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 237093281
CEO/President: Tanner Peake
Chairman: Gary Larson
Board size: 16
Founder: Jack McAlister
Ruling year: 1985
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1980
Purpose
OUR VISION: That every person on earth would have a genuine opportunity to respond to the truth and love of Jesus.
Mission statement
OUR MISSION: To serve the Church by equipping and mobilizing believers to participate in sharing the truth and love of Jesus with every person and home on earth.
Statement of faith
We Believe... the Bible is the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
We Believe... that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We Believe... in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his miracles, in his vicarious and atoning death, in his bodily resurrection, in his ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in his personal return in power and glory.
We Believe... that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit through the shed blood of Jesus Christ is absolutely essential.
We Believe... in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We Believe... in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they who are saved unto the
resurrection of life and they who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
We Believe... in the spiritual unity of Christians in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Evangelism
This ministry has not been rated.
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 7% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 97% | 100% | 99% | 101% | 98% | 100% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 6% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 3% | 0% | 1% | -1% | 2% | 0% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 82% | 93% | 91% | 92% | 92% | 92% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 99% | 89% | 98% | 97% | 100% | 100% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 78% | 83% | 90% | 89% | 92% | 92% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 1% | 11% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 1% | 25% | 5% | 8% | 0% | 1% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 11% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.01 | 1.74 | 2.62 | 2.53 | 2.64 | 2.24 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.53 | 1.94 | 3.30 | 3.00 | 3.89 | 3.84 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.22 | 3.37 | 8.66 | 7.58 | 10.28 | 8.63 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 11.32 | 12.78 | 19.07 | 17.15 | 21.12 | 20.62 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.64 | 3.28 | 1.31 | 1.49 | 1.11 | 1.32 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 11% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 18% | 19% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 74% | 49% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 36% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Cash | $12,767,096 | $5,356,247 | $6,409,448 | $4,864,289 | $5,124,299 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $572,855 | $745,697 | $133,682 | $376,322 | $246,658 |
| Short-term investments | $2,201,888 | $744,000 | $747,024 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $15,541,839 | $6,845,944 | $7,290,154 | $5,240,611 | $5,370,957 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $8,454,616 | $8,797,551 | $8,149,480 | $8,135,097 | $8,506,357 |
| Other long-term assets | $6,120,507 | $6,955,840 | $6,396,127 | $7,032,190 | $6,765,054 |
| Total long-term assets | $14,575,123 | $15,753,391 | $14,545,607 | $15,167,287 | $15,271,411 |
| Total assets | $30,116,962 | $22,599,335 | $21,835,761 | $20,407,898 | $20,642,368 |
| Liabilities | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $1,216,089 | $358,950 | $425,156 | $248,176 | $260,515 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $1,216,089 | $358,950 | $425,156 | $248,176 | $260,515 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $3,352,565 | $3,048,185 | $3,145,660 | $3,392,583 | $3,663,726 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $3,352,565 | $3,048,185 | $3,145,660 | $3,392,583 | $3,663,726 |
| Total liabilities | $4,568,654 | $3,407,135 | $3,570,816 | $3,640,759 | $3,924,241 |
| Net assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Without donor restrictions | $12,690,186 | $10,429,205 | $9,288,236 | $9,471,429 | $9,567,192 |
| With donor restrictions | $12,858,122 | $8,762,995 | $8,976,709 | $7,295,710 | $7,150,935 |
| Net assets | $25,548,308 | $19,192,200 | $18,264,945 | $16,767,139 | $16,718,127 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Total contributions | $58,557,801 | $59,349,462 | $57,084,209 | $53,016,786 | $46,527,011 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $146,431 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9,443 |
| Other revenue | $2,504 | $860,255 | ($321,618) | $893,699 | ($32,526) |
| Total other revenue | $148,935 | $860,255 | ($321,618) | $893,699 | ($23,083) |
| Total revenue | $58,706,736 | $60,209,717 | $56,762,591 | $53,910,485 | $46,503,928 |
| Expenses | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Program services | $48,907,460 | $54,231,896 | $50,636,003 | $49,338,138 | $42,554,081 |
| Management and general | $2,248,464 | $3,071,578 | $2,776,000 | $2,738,361 | $2,316,654 |
| Fundraising | $1,194,704 | $1,978,988 | $1,852,782 | $1,784,974 | $1,461,546 |
| Total expenses | $52,350,628 | $59,282,462 | $55,264,785 | $53,861,473 | $46,332,281 |
| Change in net assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $6,356,108 | $927,255 | $1,497,806 | $49,012 | $171,647 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $6,356,108 | $927,255 | $1,497,806 | $49,012 | $171,647 |
Compensation
Compensation data for this ministry has not been collected.
Response from ministry
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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 4/28/2023. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
In 1946, a young Canadian pastor named Jack McAlister encouraged his radio audience to help provide gospel literature to missionaries through the Tract Club of the Air. In 1952, he founded World Literature Crusade - known today as Every Home for Christ to further coordinate the placement of millions of gospel messages in bulk in countries around the globe. Yet no real systematic distribution strategy began until 1953, when he went to Japan with a fellow visionary.
At a Tokyo train station, they realized that for every person they gave the gospel to, ten slipped by them. That night they prayed desperately over maps of Tokyo and all of Japan asking, "How can we reach everybody and have a measurable sense of what has been accomplished?" This vision was given to them: Take the gospel to every home. Divide the city of Tokyo in a strategic way, and find people willing to go to every home.
God planted a similar vision in the heart of Dick Eastman in 1966. Following a five-week, home-to-home outreach in Central America-a decade before he joined Every Home for Christ and 20 years before being appointed its international president-he thought, "Someone should do this all over the world; mapping out every nation, taking the gospel to every home, and implementing a mechanism to disciple each person."
Since 1953, home by home, Every Home for Christ staff and volunteers have systematically and strategically taken over 4.7 billion gospel messages to over 1.7 billion homes worldwide. Taking the great commission literally, we partner with passionate Christians around the globe in sharing their faith right where they live. The fruit has been extraordinary. Every Home outreaches have been conducted in around 200 nations around the world.
Over 243 million decisions and responses for Christ have reached Every Home for Christ offices and have been followed-up. To continue their discipleship, new believers are encouraged to attend established local churches. In places without an established local church, Every Home for Christ forms new Christ Groups to disciple new believers. Over 400,000 groups have been planted in the course of Every Home for Christ's history.
1946 - Young pastor Jack McAlister begins "Tract Club of the Air" (later to become World Literature Crusade and Every Home for Christ) in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Radio listeners are encouraged to sponsor literature distribution campaigns overseas.
1953 - The first "Every Home Crusade" is launched in Japan by founder Jack McAlister and fellow missionary to Japan, Ken McVety.
1957 - The first World Literature Crusade TV program airs with missionary statesman Dr. Oswald J. Smith. Upon examining tens of thousands of decision cards at the World Literature Crusade office in Tokyo, Japan, Smith declares, "There is nothing like this happening in the world."
1960 - World Literature Crusade's World Prayer Map is unveiled.
1972 - The first Christ Group is established in Madras, India. To date more than 400,000 have been formed worldwide in areas with few or no churches.
1976 - Operation Hope is launched in every country where World Literature Crusade is active. This is a carefully planned outreach to every university student, prisoner, hospital patient, blind person, seaman, semi-literate person, and political and business leader in each country who cannot be reached through general house-to-house distribution.
1986 - A Nuclear plan explosion in Chernobyl, Russia, sends a radioactive cloud of death over vast areas of the Soviet Union. Within a few years, World Literature Crusade would plant more than 33 Christ Groups within the shadow of Chernobyl. One fellowship, some 60 miles away, would ultimately grow into a congregation of more than 3,000 believers.
1987 - Every Home for Christ celebrates reaching 10,000 hospital patients worldwide in a single month with the good news of Jesus Christ.
1988 - Dick Eastman is named the international president of Every Home for Christ, a position he holds to this day.
1989 - Dick Eastman returns to Berlin, Germany where he had prayed a year earlier to see the wall come down. Within six months of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Every Home for Christ's West German office processes more than 120,000 requests for Bible follow-up materials.
2003 - The Jericho Center for Global Evangelism is completed and dedicated as both the international headquarters of Every Home for Christ and a place for continual prayer for the nations. Since its dedication and the outflow of prayer efforts, we have seen a 212% increase in the number of homes reached, a 626% increase in the number of people responding to the gospel, and a 758% increase in the number of Christ Groups planted.
2011 - Every Home for Christ reaches the milestone of 100 million responses to the gospel worldwide.
2012 - Dick Eastman challenges our international staff with the "Why not All, Why not Every?" initiative. Twenty-five nations were opened in two years after Dick gave this challenge.
Program accomplishments
Since 1946:
Homes Reached 2,344,229,353
Responses to the Gospel 243,847,817
Christ Groups Founded 400,255