Village Missions 
The information on this page was last updated 7/28/2023. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
Village Missions is committed to helping country churches not only survive, but thrive. Since 1948, we have been helping country churches thrive all across North America.
We place pastors in rural churches and help those churches get back on their feet. We care about the country church and are working to keep the church a vibrant and vital presence in more than 230 rural communities throughout North America. We're here when crisis hits, when the community is searching for somewhere to turn for answers.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Village Missions
696 E. Ellendale Ave
PO Box 197
Dallas, OR 97338-0197
Website: www.villagemissions.org
Phone: (503) 623-4107
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 436043847
CEO/President: John and Candy Adams
Chairman: Pete Corak
Board size: 9
Founder: Rev. Walter Duff Sr.
Ruling year: 1951
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1994
Purpose
We believe that the church is central to keeping a Gospel presence in rural America, impacting Christians and unbelievers alike. We exist to glorify Jesus Christ by developing spiritually vital churches in rural North America and to help country churches thrive.
The goal of Village Missions is to provide a Christ-centered community church program capable of involving the entire population of a local community with worship services, personal contacts in homes, Sunday schools, home and group Bible studies, special youth and adult activities, Vacation Bible Schools, and other activities.
In order to accomplish this, Village Missions places spiritually qualified missionary-pastors in churches at the invitation of local rural communities. These missionary-pastors serve in a full-time capacity, preaching the Word and loving the people. We support the leadership through prayer as well as financial and other logistical assistance.
Mission statement
It is the aim of the dedicated leaders of Village Missions to provide a Christ-centered community church program capable of involving the entire population.
Statement of faith
We Believe:
The supernatural and plenary inspiration of the Scriptures - that they are inerrant and that their teaching and authority are absolute, supreme, final and complete;
The trinity of the Godhead - God, the Father; God, the Son; and God, the Holy Spirit;
The personality of God - the personality and deity of Jesus Christ, begotten of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, very God and very Man; the personality of the Holy Spirit;
The resurrection of Jesus Christ - that His body was raised from the dead according to the Scriptures, and that He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God as the believer's Advocate;
The sinfulness of man - that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, are totally depraved and need a Savior from sin;
The Atonement - that Jesus Christ became the sinner's sacrifice before God and died as the propitiation for the sins of the whole world;
The necessity of the new birth - salvation is by grace through faith and not of works; saving faith will maintain good works in the life of the believer;
The literal resurrection of the body, both of the just and of the unjust;
The everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost;
The evangelization of the world - the supreme mission of the church in this age is to preach the gospel to every creature;
The second coming of Christ according to Scripture.
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Evangelism Support
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 465 of 1106 | 14 of 35 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 345 of 1107 | 11 of 35 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 736 of 1107 | 18 of 35 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 420 of 1106 | 15 of 35 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 6% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 99% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 98% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 84% | 84% | 83% | 82% | 82% | 84% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 97% | 84% | 101% | 97% | 103% | 107% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 83% | 70% | 84% | 80% | 85% | 89% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 3% | 16% | -1% | 3% | -3% | -7% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 4% | 154% | 4% | -14% | 27% | 43% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 12% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.17 | 1.35 | 1.30 | 1.60 | 1.69 | 1.67 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.35 | 1.43 | 1.53 | 1.56 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.69 | 1.80 | 1.76 | 2.28 | 2.59 | 2.60 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 39.03 | 5.17 | 2.63 | 5.56 | 4.71 | 4.49 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.22 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 6.59 | 5.39 | 4.24 | 4.32 | 3.66 | 3.59 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 6% | 83% | 138% | 134% | 118% | 125% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 79% | 13% | -29% | -22% | -11% | -15% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Cash | $2,603,026 | $2,751,266 | $1,800,219 | $1,731,274 | $1,570,260 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $424,873 | $293,751 | $229,461 | $153,006 | $130,785 |
| Short-term investments | $1,086,865 | $1,106,994 | $1,078,459 | $707,771 | $894,859 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $4,114,764 | $4,152,011 | $3,108,139 | $2,592,051 | $2,595,904 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $1,176,453 | $1,259,684 | $1,312,701 | $1,372,401 | $1,440,542 |
| Other long-term assets | $190,590 | $193,665 | $11,200 | $12,250 | $11,200 |
| Total long-term assets | $1,367,043 | $1,453,349 | $1,323,901 | $1,384,651 | $1,451,742 |
| Total assets | $5,481,807 | $5,605,360 | $4,432,040 | $3,976,702 | $4,047,646 |
| Liabilities | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $795,725 | $1,575,904 | $559,429 | $549,844 | $577,656 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $795,725 | $1,575,904 | $559,429 | $549,844 | $577,656 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $3,749,185 | $6,162,345 | $5,395,455 | $4,158,400 | $4,466,092 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $3,749,185 | $6,162,345 | $5,395,455 | $4,158,400 | $4,466,092 |
| Total liabilities | $4,544,910 | $7,738,249 | $5,954,884 | $4,708,244 | $5,043,748 |
| Net assets | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Without donor restrictions | $221,962 | ($2,552,796) | ($1,851,643) | ($1,079,850) | ($1,256,292) |
| With donor restrictions | $714,935 | $419,907 | $328,799 | $348,308 | $260,190 |
| Net assets | $936,897 | ($2,132,889) | ($1,522,844) | ($731,542) | ($996,102) |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Total contributions | $8,704,925 | $7,033,611 | $7,177,225 | $6,403,568 | $6,207,831 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $74,945 | $105,580 | $72,608 | $46,585 | $47,423 |
| Other revenue | $53,917 | $66,451 | $40,182 | $53,207 | $60,020 |
| Total other revenue | $128,862 | $172,031 | $112,790 | $99,792 | $107,443 |
| Total revenue | $8,833,787 | $7,205,642 | $7,290,015 | $6,503,360 | $6,315,274 |
| Expenses | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Program services | $6,174,593 | $6,022,553 | $5,800,123 | $5,529,513 | $5,630,137 |
| Management and general | $833,802 | $923,774 | $885,332 | $853,967 | $793,312 |
| Fundraising | $383,452 | $341,262 | $394,360 | $319,230 | $316,428 |
| Total expenses | $7,391,847 | $7,287,589 | $7,079,815 | $6,702,710 | $6,739,877 |
| Change in net assets | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $1,441,940 | ($81,947) | $210,200 | ($199,350) | ($424,603) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $1,441,940 | ($81,947) | $210,200 | ($199,350) | ($424,603) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| John Adams | Executive Director | $102,455 |
| James Cross | CFO | $98,001 |
| Jonathan Hansen | Assistant Director | $95,397 |
| Keith Walker | Board Member/Emp | $49,339 |
| Brian Wechsler | Exec Director (Retired 8/1/2020) | $16,642 |
| Gilbert Doebler | Board Member/Retired EE, Retired 11/2020 | $3,075 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2021
Response from ministry
Village Missions lives by the values of openness and transparency in our relationship with all our constituents and the public. We operate efficiently, as demonstrated by the metrics displayed here and compared to other ministries. Our program outcomes demonstrate that we serve effectively, impacting many lives through faithful and consistent preaching of the Good News of Jesus Christ in rural communities.
In past years Village Missions had a negative net worth position due to the impact of our pension plan. As a part of our longstanding commitment to honoring missionaries in retirement, Village Missions has had a defined benefit pension plan since 1974. Like many pension plans, we have been affected by increased life spans, lower interest rates, and poor investment returns. In 2018, we stopped accepting contributions to the defined benefit plan and opened a 403(b) contributory retirement plan. We have seen significant progress toward reducing this long-term obligation.
The Lord has blessed Village Missions with adequate resources to meet our ongoing ministry needs and is expanding our direct service to field missionaries, further increasing ministry effectiveness.
For more information, see our complete financial statement at www.villagemissions.org/annual-report or call our Director of Finance, Debbie Schendel at 800-617-9905 x 101
The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 7/28/2023. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
In 1912, an evangelist named Rev. Walter Duff Sr. moved his family from Ireland to the United States. As a young man, Walter Duff Jr. joined in his father's evangelism efforts and went on to pastor his own large church. However, through the prompting of both his father and his sister, Helen Duff Baugh (founder of Stonecroft Ministries), Walter Duff Jr. committed to spend the rest of his life recruiting and sending out of missionaries to country churches without leadership.
Rev. Walter Duff Sr. challenged his son to "send out 100 missionary pastors to rural North America. Thus, on September, 9, 1948, Village Missions was born, a ministry dedicated to sending out missionaries to rural communities across North America with the gospel of Christ. " During his lifetime, Rev. Duff Jr. directed the sending out of over 600 missionaries.
Ever since, Village Missions has served a variety of rural and urban communities across the United States and Canada. God continues to call us to send out dedicated, called, and gifted Village Missionaries to "Preach the Word and love the people." Today, Village Missions has 230 Village Missionaries currently serving across the North America. Only heaven can measure the impact this ministry has had on individual lives, communities, churches and the world.
For a timeline, visit: villagemissions.org/our-history/