Leadership Ministries Worldwide 
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Summary
Leadership Ministries Worldwide is a non-denominational missions organization committed to equipping pastors and leaders with the Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible along with related resources for gospel-centered ministry worldwide.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Leadership Ministries Worldwide
1928 Central Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37408
Website: lmw.org
Phone: (423) 855-2181
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 570957346
CEO/President: Neil Harper
Chairman: Ron Lyles
Board size: 9
Founder: Board of Directors
Ruling year: 1994
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1995
Purpose
The Vision: To distribute one million copies of LMW resources including the Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible® (POSB) and Outline Bible Resources (OBR) to pastors, teachers, and leaders worldwide in 2022.
The Purpose: To glorify God by equipping pastors, teachers, and leaders with the Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible® and Outline Bible Resources worldwide for gospel-centered ministry to enrich their understanding, preaching, and teaching of God's Word, resulting in healthy churches prepared for ministry work.
Mission statement
We exist to equip ministers, teachers, and lay-leaders in their understanding, preaching, and teaching of God's Word by publishing and distributing worldwide the Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible® and related Outline Bible Resources to reach and disciple men, women, boys, and girls for Jesus Christ.
Statement of faith
Leadership Ministries Worldwide subscribes to the following statement of faith:
We believe in the verbal and plenary inspiration of the whole Bible as God's inerrant, infallible revelation to man, and to be the only supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
We believe in the only one true and triune God, the sovereign majesty, creator and sustainer of the universe, eternally existing in three persons -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- co-eternal in being, nature, power, and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections.
We believe in Jesus Christ's deity, virgin birth, sinless humanity, substitutionary death, atoning blood, bodily resurrection, and ascension to heaven.
We believe in salvation by faith in Jesus Christ alone, without works, and solely by grace -- by believing and receiving Jesus Christ as personal Savior.
We believe that the Holy Spirit regenerates, indwells, and baptizes into the body of Christ, the one true church, consisting of all believers, and that it is God's desire and will that believers demonstrate the fruits of the Spirit in their lives (Gal. 5: 22-23), and that believers set an example of love and oneness in spirit, walking in love and standing fast for the faith of the gospel.
We believe in the need for spiritual growth through Bible study, prayer, witnessing, sacrificial giving, and affiliation in a Bible-believing church.
We believe in obedience to our Lord's command to reach and lead people of all nations to faith and maturity in Jesus Christ.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all mankind -- the saved to eternal life and the unsaved to judgment and punishment without end.
We believe in the imminent rapture of the church, and Christ's personal return to establish His kingdom on earth.
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Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Leadership Training
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 247 of 1022 | 8 of 27 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 715 of 1025 | 17 of 27 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 49 of 1025 | 3 of 27 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 339 of 1022 | 11 of 27 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 11% | 14% | 15% | 18% | 39% | 18% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 7% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 16% | 9% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 95% | 56% | 66% | 49% | 40% | 52% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 13% | 9% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 5% | 44% | 34% | 51% | 60% | 48% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 77% | 86% | 86% | 83% | 80% | 77% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 94% | 103% | 121% | 129% | 117% | 105% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 70% | 89% | 103% | 107% | 93% | 82% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 6% | -3% | -21% | -29% | -17% | -5% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 9% | -7% | -40% | -51% | -21% | -6% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 13% | 7% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 14% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.48 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.14 | 1.46 | 1.16 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.17 | 1.43 | 1.61 | 1.41 | 1.37 | 1.24 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.04 | 2.86 | 3.22 | 3.01 | 2.01 | 1.43 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 9.74 | 9.70 | 9.26 | 37.80 | 313.94 | 41.94 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.12 | 3.77 | 3.32 | 3.88 | 5.96 | 8.17 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 13% | 7% | 13% | 5% | 2% | 3% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 53% | 47% | 43% | 44% | 67% | 84% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Cash | $243,752 | $279,671 | $406,436 | $368,463 | $333,254 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $98,493 | $66,273 | $102,589 | $396,620 | $706,548 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $3,063 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $342,245 | $349,007 | $509,025 | $765,083 | $1,039,802 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $147,691 | $214,015 | $209,332 | $284,141 | $240,526 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6,885 |
| Total long-term assets | $147,691 | $214,015 | $209,332 | $284,141 | $247,411 |
| Total assets | $489,936 | $563,022 | $718,357 | $1,049,224 | $1,287,213 |
| Liabilities | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $35,292 | $37,676 | $13,466 | $2,437 | $24,792 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $35,292 | $37,676 | $13,466 | $2,437 | $24,792 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $37,705 | $24,363 | $20,727 | $17,057 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $37,705 | $24,363 | $20,727 | $17,057 |
| Total liabilities | $35,292 | $75,381 | $37,829 | $23,164 | $41,849 |
| Net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Without donor restrictions | $387,136 | $454,810 | $676,278 | $857,949 | $974,363 |
| With donor restrictions | $67,508 | $32,831 | $4,250 | $168,111 | $271,001 |
| Net assets | $454,644 | $487,641 | $680,528 | $1,026,060 | $1,245,364 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Total contributions | $526,143 | $615,074 | $583,789 | $522,666 | $731,253 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | ($21,170) | $164 | $18,192 | $0 | $194 |
| Other revenue | $439,742 | $315,789 | $586,943 | $793,115 | $681,461 |
| Total other revenue | $418,572 | $315,953 | $605,135 | $793,115 | $681,655 |
| Total revenue | $944,715 | $931,027 | $1,188,924 | $1,315,781 | $1,412,908 |
| Expenses | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Program services | $837,977 | $963,031 | $1,274,320 | $1,222,874 | $1,154,294 |
| Management and general | $65,876 | $68,210 | $154,731 | $106,973 | $201,808 |
| Fundraising | $73,859 | $92,673 | $105,405 | $205,238 | $134,038 |
| Total expenses | $977,712 | $1,123,914 | $1,534,456 | $1,535,085 | $1,490,140 |
| Change in net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($32,997) | ($192,887) | ($345,532) | ($219,304) | ($77,232) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($32,997) | ($192,887) | ($345,532) | ($219,304) | ($77,232) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Randall Collins | Vice President | $120,834 |
| David Worland | President | $115,154 |
| Noah Craig | President | $49,442 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2019
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
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History
Leadership Ministries Worldwide (LMW) formed in 1992 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation dedicated to publishing and distributing The Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible® (POSB). This one-of-a-kind, 44-volume series outlines every verse of scripture and provides a well-resourced commentary on every point. Hundreds of resources were used in writing the POSB, drawing upon a wealth of information as well as theology and original language studies from Christianity's 2,000-year history. There are POSB volumes in 177 countries, with portions of the works translated into 20 languages.