Amazing Facts 
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Summary
Amazing Facts began in 1965 with a brilliant radio idea to attract listeners from all walks of life. Joe Crews, the ministry's first speaker, opened each radio broadcast with an amazing fact and then followed with a related biblical message that everyone could understand. At the end of each program, he offered a free Bible lesson to encourage listeners to study God's Word for themselves.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Amazing Facts
6615 Sierra College Blvd
Granite Bay, CA 95746
Website: amazingfacts.org
Phone: (916) 434-3880
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 822966470
CEO/President: Douglas Batchelor
Chairman: Jay Gallimore
Board size: 5
Founder: Joe Crews
Ruling year: 2018
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
Amazing Facts International is a worldwide, multifaceted, soul-winning ministry committed to proclaiming the gospel and the three angels' messages of Revelation 14. We believe in the imminent return of Jesus Christ and in doing our part to lift Him up to the entire world. We invite you to become involved in the following successful ministries:
Television: Amazing Facts TV programs broadcast on cable and satellite networks all around the world, including Daystar, Lifetime Network, Trinity Broadcasting Network, The Word Network, SAFE TV, 3ABN and the HOPE channel, MeTV in Israel, Good News TV in India, and Lifestyle TV in Scandinavia. We reach more than 2.3 billion households worldwide.
Radio: Bible Answers Live, a live call-in program hosted by Pastor Doug, is carried on more than 100 stations around North America including Sirius XM. It can also be heard around the world on the internet every Sunday night at 7 p.m. Pacific Time.
Training: Amazing Facts offers dynamic training for lay people and churches wanting to become effective soul-winners for Jesus. The Empowered Church and Center of Evangelism include classes on how to give studies, mastering Bible doctrines, turning churches into dynamic growth centers, leading seekers to conversion and baptism, methods to disciple and retain new converts, evangelistic preaching, and much more!
Internet: At www.amazingfacts.org, you can study the Bible, order powerful Christian resources, stream video and audio, and read inspiring articles and books absolutely free. For more great Bible study and dependable spiritual resources, you can also visit www.bibleuniverse.com and www.sabbathtruth.org!
Bible School: Amazing Facts has more than 100,000 students in our various internet- and mail-based Bible schools, reaching many not open to personal visits. Scores of Bible questions, referrals to local churches, and praises are received each day. The virtual mountain of mail each week tells story after story of blessings and miracles in the lives of the students.
Publishing: To provide seekers in-depth information on a variety of Bible topics, Amazing Facts publishes hundreds of books, tapes, and videos. These include books that address the most commonly asked Bible questions and an ever-growing library of DVDs and CDs. Recently, we've distributed more than a million Final Events of Bible Prophecy DVDs! We also publish a full-color catalog available by request without cost.
Inside Report: This bi-monthly, full-color magazine provides updates on the ministry, reports on the evangelists thrilling seminars, discusses current issues, and offers inspiring stories of souls who have accepted Christ. You'll also find resources to enhance your walk with Jesus.
Local Evangelism: Our highly trained and experienced team of evangelists hosts dozens of gospel, revival, and prophecy seminars each year throughout North America. They strive to turn new and established members into successful disciples and soul winners too.
Revival: Through such events as Oh' for Revival and Drawing Near, Amazing Facts serves the Christian church with programs designed to revive God's people to be on-fire for the gospel and evangelism.
Worldwide Evangelism: Amazing Facts has set the standard for large-scale worldwide evangelism outreaches via satellite. International programs such as Reach India, Millennium of Prophecy in New York, Faith Odyssey in Manila, and evangelistic outreaches in Africa, Korea, South America, and more have reaped more than 150,000 baptisms worldwide. Most recently, The Prophecy Code and Most Amazing Prophecies show Amazing Facts commitment to reach the world with a message that speaks to their issues and their hearts.
Mission statement
Our mission is to proclaim to the world the everlasting gospel of Revelation 14:6-12 and to encourage revival in the remnant church by leading people to embrace salvation by faith in Jesus, to establish them in the church, and to disciple all believers in the joy of leading others to Christ by word and example.
Statement of faith
We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God and is profitable for correction, reproof, and instruction in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16) and that it reveals the almighty God.
We believe that Jesus is the eternal, self-existent God and is not a created being. Even though He is fully God, He took upon Himself the form of a man to live and die for our sins.
We believe that the penalty for man's sin was paid on the cross of Calvary in Jesus' death. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23. By believing on Jesus Christ and accepting the grace of His shed blood, we receive the gift of eternal life. "Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:9.
Because we love Jesus for His sacrificial death, we want to obey Him as he commands in John 14:15. We are not saved by our works; but, because we are saved, we choose to keep His commandments as the guide for successful living.
We believe that prophecy reveals Jesus is coming again very soon. (See Matthew 24:32-51.)
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Transparency grade
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Educational Media
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 992 of 1118 | 42 of 46 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 933 of 1119 | 41 of 46 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 625 of 1119 | 28 of 46 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 1019 of 1118 | 43 of 46 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 7% | 15% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 16% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 7% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 14% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 92% | 84% | 89% | 90% | 91% | 91% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 6% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 17% | 19% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 8% | 16% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 82% | 80% | 79% | 76% | 73% | 72% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 94% | 97% | 84% | 72% | 57% | 76% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 76% | 77% | 66% | 55% | 41% | 54% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 6% | 3% | 16% | 28% | 43% | 24% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 7% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 18% | 9% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 11% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.76 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.25 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.44 | 2.14 | 2.15 | 2.35 | 2.99 | 2.72 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.41 | 0.64 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.66 | 0.69 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 14.11 | 32.72 | 33.56 | 33.63 | 12.20 | 13.19 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 7.08 | 18.06 | 19.25 | 19.13 | 16.63 | 16.14 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 5% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 103% | 328% | 351% | 381% | 423% | 376% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Cash | $12,447,095 | $12,294,008 | $25,355,201 | $26,972,192 | $25,035,993 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $3,480,941 | $2,925,705 | $1,917,179 | $1,973,197 | $1,418,134 |
| Short-term investments | $33,265,455 | $32,299,812 | $14,420,026 | $1,047,855 | $4,000 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $49,193,491 | $47,519,525 | $41,692,406 | $29,993,244 | $26,458,127 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $48,154,468 | $48,588,093 | $49,652,340 | $51,559,530 | $40,995,751 |
| Other long-term assets | $8,023,011 | $6,228,459 | $6,715,609 | $8,222,506 | $4,605,909 |
| Total long-term assets | $56,177,479 | $54,816,552 | $56,367,949 | $59,782,036 | $45,601,660 |
| Total assets | $105,370,970 | $102,336,077 | $98,060,355 | $89,775,280 | $72,059,787 |
| Liabilities | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $1,503,641 | $1,415,872 | $1,239,640 | $2,458,444 | $2,006,015 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $1,503,641 | $1,415,872 | $1,239,640 | $2,458,444 | $2,006,015 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $3,175,238 | $1,759,056 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $3,175,238 | $1,759,056 |
| Total liabilities | $1,528,641 | $1,440,872 | $1,264,640 | $5,633,682 | $3,765,071 |
| Net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Without donor restrictions | $93,547,752 | $93,087,084 | $86,044,577 | $75,742,560 | $61,709,131 |
| With donor restrictions | $10,294,577 | $7,808,121 | $10,751,138 | $8,399,038 | $6,585,585 |
| Net assets | $103,842,329 | $100,895,205 | $96,795,715 | $84,141,598 | $68,294,716 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Total contributions | $27,713,878 | $30,329,629 | $31,719,780 | $32,045,704 | $21,718,184 |
| Program service revenue | $1,480,484 | $1,176,566 | $1,424,862 | $902,407 | $580,703 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $1,747,919 | $406,848 | $134,537 | $237,686 | $434,002 |
| Other revenue | $1,879,239 | $2,325,650 | $1,915,835 | $1,861,996 | $1,264,992 |
| Total other revenue | $5,107,642 | $3,909,064 | $3,475,234 | $3,002,089 | $2,279,697 |
| Total revenue | $32,821,520 | $34,238,693 | $35,195,014 | $35,047,793 | $23,997,881 |
| Expenses | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Program services | $25,186,939 | $22,692,452 | $19,317,958 | $14,519,897 | $13,068,986 |
| Management and general | $2,288,482 | $2,025,453 | $2,075,196 | $1,879,797 | $1,670,773 |
| Fundraising | $4,205,026 | $4,018,356 | $3,983,102 | $3,471,984 | $3,443,009 |
| Total expenses | $31,680,447 | $28,736,261 | $25,376,256 | $19,871,678 | $18,182,768 |
| Change in net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $1,141,073 | $5,502,432 | $9,818,758 | $15,176,115 | $5,815,113 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $1,141,073 | $5,502,432 | $9,818,758 | $15,176,115 | $5,815,113 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Jean Ross | V. Pres. Eva | $208,755 |
| Mr Douglas E Batchelor | President | $188,454 |
| Alden Ho | Partner Rela | $153,495 |
| Rodney Thompson | VP Corporate | $152,960 |
| Andrew Taylor | V. Pres. Dev | $150,385 |
| Anthony Scarpino | Partner Rela | $149,021 |
| Michael Rich | V.pres Finan | $146,818 |
| Pablo Ayala | Director of | $145,115 |
| Teri Fode | Director Ofm | $141,717 |
| Eric R Kippel | Director of | $140,648 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2023
Response from ministry
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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 3/28/2024. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
Amazing Facts began in 1965 with a brilliant radio idea to attract listeners from all walks of life. Joe Crews, the ministry's first speaker, opened each radio broadcast with an amazing fact and then followed with a related biblical message that everyone could understand. At the end of each program, he offered a free Bible lesson to encourage listeners to study God's Word for themselves.
Step by step, Amazing Facts expanded its outreach by publishing dozens of Christ-centered books and creating a free mail-based Bible school accessible to any one. Not long after, the ministry also began sending trained young men to preach the gospel around the country, winning souls in a winsome way.
Then in the mid-1980s, Amazing Facts expanded its increasingly popular media outreach to television. The clear, Bible-based programs proved to be powerful, life-changing messages for thousands of viewers around the world.
In 1994, Doug Batchelor, an energetic soul-winning evangelist and author, took the reins of the ministry. Pastor Doug is an innovative speaker with an unusual ability to communicate not only to churchgoers, but also the unchurched throughout the world. Under his dynamic leadership, the ministry has grown exponentially - reaching more people in more ways than ever before. (Watch Pastor Doug's Testimony)
For instance, Amazing Facts now broadcasts multiple television programs and a live call-in radio program, Bible Answers Live, on hundreds of media outlets around the world. Moreover, Pastor Doug has presented dynamic, soul-winning seminars in New York, Africa, India, the Philippines, South Korea, and South America, resulting in thousands upon thousands of baptisms and new lives in Christ.
In every area of outreach - whether radio or TV, publications, prophecy seminars, training programs, Bible schools, or the internet - Amazing Facts is giving people the biblical answers they need to make an informed and heartfelt decision for Christ, and equipping them to lead others to Him.
Program accomplishments
Needs
Please remember, Amazing Facts is a faith-based ministry, fully dependent on God to work through people like you to keep these ministries funded, and moving forward, according to His will. Thank you, and God bless you.