Transforming Congregations Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261906798
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Cordova, TN, USA
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,850
Expenses
$90,141
Assets
$167,372

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Pastor Terry Tieman (Executive Director)
  • Richard Elseroad (President)

People named in this filing

  • Pastor Terry Tieman (Executive Director)
  • Art Snyder (treasurer)
  • Dale Meyer (BOD)

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

Transforming congregations and churches thru training and motivation of staff and church members to make the congregation more focused on its mission thru its use of its now trained staff teachers and members with supporting material outlines and seminars.

What it reported doing in 2025

Missions International was the main thrust by giving support of cash and prayer and counsel to a wonderful non profit

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.9%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -34.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.