Gods Holy Temple Ministry

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472856955
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,500
Expenses
$24,415
Assets
$1,144

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Jerry Allen (Bishop)
  • Curley West (Bishop)
  • Ruby L West (Recording Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

This organization serves as a religious institution with the goal to be witnesses for our Lord and savior Jesus Christ our heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit. We shall testify of Jesus Christs saving grace and give witness that only His glorious power can save all those who have sinned. The family of Gods Holy Temple Ministry seeks to welcome all who seek Him and to embrace our brothers and sisters who believe that Jesus is Lord.

What it reported doing in 2025

Group Missionary Travel Program - This service has helped Gods Holy Temple Ministry to accomplish fostering spiritual development and growth through service to others in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Members are financially supported to travel locally nationally and internationally to bring forth the wonderful knowledge of God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. This program provides an opportunity for all people no matter their diverse background to learn that God has no respect of person--He will save bless deliver heal and provide all of ones needs in life. Funding from this program is intended to cover travel costs for members e.g. vehicle rental fuel hotel accommodations travel-related miscellaneous purchases and the purchasing of passports if needed. This covers 2-3 members of Gods Holy Temple Ministry per missionary trip. When traveling on our missions it is beneficial to the hundreds of individuals in the congregations that are p

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -597.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 39.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.6% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -34.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.