Behrman Ministries Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Our first trip of the year was to Bulgaria January 2-10, meeting with pastors and leaders with the purpose of equipping and training in mobilizing believers to plant churches and be strengthened in their walk with the Lord. Later in the month Sue and I joined a team of church planting trainers from DCPI in Vista, California for a multi-track training with attendees from Asian and Africa.In February we taught two weeks in Xplore Nations Bible School in Seattle, Washington on the subject of Bible Doctrines. In the month of March we traveled to Switzerland to be a part of the European ministers conference and then Scott went on to Nepal to conduct for a 5 day conference in a western region of that nation. This trip was extra special in that Scott to go to several locations that his late father traveled 35 years before. We were so grateful for the grace of God and a fruitful time of ministry as we saw 42 believers filled with the Spirit and 600 trained in reaching the Unreached People Groups of Nepal.In April we traveled to 2 churches in Wisconsin and ministered on the importance of missions. Scott also had the privilege of speaking at a Teen Challenge graduation in Milwaukee. May brought us back across the ocean again to the country of Turkey. We had two 4 day church planting trainings in two different locations. While we were there we saw 17 believers baptized and 74 church leaders trained in church planting. After ministry travel and networking in June through August. We were able to introduce DCPI to a church planting network from Minnesota who has a big vision to see 50 churches planted in the next 5 years. We then hosted our annual prayer summit in Buena Vista with 80 pastors, leaders and missionaries attending for a prayer meeting. In October we hosted a mission team from Australia to conduct a medical camp and doministry in various locations in Eastern Nepal. The praise report was that 200 prayed to receive Christ and over 800 heard the Gospel. On our way back from Nepal we went to two new countries. Uzbekistan and Georgiawere the countries we hosted a gathering of church leaders to train in church planting with an international DCPI team. We were able to train 25 in Uzbekistan and 35 in Georgia.We are thankful for your love, your prayer and your support as we have traveled in 2024 and we look forward to continuing this wonderful work that we feel so honored to be a part of.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 98.1%; rating input score 98
• Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -33.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.5%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings