Christian Scholar-servant Ministriesinc

What it reported doing in 2024

In the nurturing of christian scholar-servants, cssm continued with its discipleship program in bangladesh. Having completed the bible survey, it was decided to focus on an individual book, paul's letter to the philippian church. Lessons for the life of the church as well as the individual believer. Five participated regularly on friday afternoons through the year, and a sixth university student joined in the fall 2024. After returning from bangladesh, dr. Corson met regularly in advance with one of the young men via zoom to prepare for the friday study and allowed this person to cultivate his gifts in leadership and teaching, even as he contemplates formal seminary training. Another two of the young men began their m.a. In english, having completed their undergraduate english honors program. Dr. & mrs. Corson provided guidance to each of these three young men in their future steps. A fourth began full-time work in the fashion design & technology industry.immanuel church continues to have 10-15 regular attenders. It held its first baptism in the summer 2024. Different visitors came during the course of the summer. In the fall 2024, dr. Corson began a series on "the christian, the church, and the state or government" in light of national events in bangladesh. A christmas program and dinner for the church as well as an outreach was held in december 2024; 29 attended with five absent due to a funeral.cssm continues to work in conjunction with immanuel church trust, which is a separate bangladesh entity. Its five-member board met formally on two occasions, including a day-long meeting in july 2024.though some of the planned larger gatherings were impeded, dr. & mrs. Corson did personal visitation with several families. Their travel was somewhat restricted because of an uprising in july 2024 with violent protests, national curfews, and for several days a national shutdown of the internet. The prime minister of ca. 15 years left the country on august 5 2024 and an interim government was installed on august 8 2024. All in all, however, the ministry went forward, including planning for 2025, even in the midst of the turmoil. Toward the end of the year, another pastor & his family joined the ministry at the recommendation of one of the young men who knew them well for many years through another association.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 23.3%; rating input score 23
• Program expense ratio: 26%; rating input score 26

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 10.5%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings