Word for the World Baptist Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 582255069
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Rossville, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7068668826
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,438,120
- Expenses
- $4,397,716
- Assets
- $588,895
- Liabilities
- $454,567
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- M R Rudy Stembridge Jr (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- M R Rudy Stembridge Jr (Executive Director): $5,500 total reported compensation
- Kevin Stembridge (Assistant Director): $1,300 total reported compensation
- Cyndie Stembridge (Office Manager): $1,150 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to help Churches and missionaries fulfill the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ to "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel." To peach the Gospel, disciple new converts, baptize them into a local Church, train men to preach the Gospel and ordain men to the Gospel ministry as pastors, deacons, evangelists, and missionaries.
What it reported doing in 2024
During 2024, Word for the World Baptist Ministries helped over 1,900 Churches, Businesses and Individuals to financially support 61 missionary families and 56 special mission project funds to accomplish the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ found in scripture to: "Go ye into all the world and Preach the Gospel". These missionary families have preached the Gospel, started Churches, Bible Institutes, Christian Day Schools, Radio Stations, Medical Clinics, Printing Ministries and Orphanages in 22 countries around the world. These missionary families have helped reach the people in their respective countries with the Gospel of Jesus Chrsit and have helped to disciple new converts in the teachings of Holy Scripture. Word for the World Baptist Ministries also helped Churches here in the United States to expand their mission programs through the promotion of Faith Promise Mission Conferences. God blessed our ministry with a new member of our Home Office Staff. Bro. Kevin Stembridge has joined out staff in the Home Office in obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit. We are happy and excited to have him and his family a part of our staff.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 0th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.77; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $6K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 22 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 8 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.