Champions for Life/ Bill Glass

Summary

Founded in 1969 by Bill Glass, Champions for Life ("CFL') strives to evangelize individuals in prisons, schools, and cities-throughout America. The vision for the ministry is to significantly expand the scope and effectiveness of its key areas of ministry: prison evangelism, citywide celebrations, and youth outreach programs, while maintaining or increasing the quality of each program.

This organization is a nonprofit. Contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

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Purpose [ Back to top ]

Champions for Life ("CFL") is unique because they equip Christians for front-line evangelism and immediately put the soldiers for Christ on the front line in the world’s cities, schools and prisons. They like to say that their Ministry is 10% training and 90% application. CFL strives to evangelize individuals in prisons, schools, and cities-throughout America. The vision for the ministry is to significantly expand the scope and effectiveness of its key areas of ministry: prison evangelism, citywide celebrations, and youth outreach programs, while maintaining or increasing the quality of each program.

This organization is a nonprofit. Contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

Formerly Bill Glass Ministries, the name Champions for Life was adopted January 1, 2002. All those who come to know Christ as savior are “eternal winners,” hence the name “Champions for Life.”

Note: In 2004 the Organization changed its fiscal year from Deccember 31 to June 30. As a result, the latest financial statements are for a six month period only and will not be rated. The latest rating on 2003 financial data will stand until the next full reporting year.

Mission Statement [ Back to top ]

Champions for Life uses the following to communicate its mission:

To train, mobilize and prepare Christian volunteers for frontline evangelism in prisons, schools and cities so that the body of Christ is equipped and motivated to evangelize the world.

Program Accomplishments [ Back to top ]

• Champions for Life has gone in front of 2,874,801 people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and 844,537 alone were youth under 20 years of age.
• The Good News was shared by 87,312 Christian volunteers.
• In the last two years alone, 5,712 first-time volunteers were trained to share their faith.
• Since 1992, 623,372 people accepted Christ as Savior, redirected their lives to Jesus or were reassured of their salvation. Of these totals 203,956 were youth.
• In 2005, Champions hope to conduct Weekend of Champions or Day of Champions in 600 prisons annually across America, with 50,000 active teammates and 200,000 decisions annually.
• They will hold their first Virginia WOC event coming in the summer of 2005.
• Champions will have their first full-scale International Missions Trip in 2005; which includes taking a team of 75-100 volunteer teammates to minister in International prisons.

  Statement of Faith [ Back to top ]

  Champions for Life uses the following to communicate its faith:
  
  We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
  
  We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  
  We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father and in His personal return in power and glory.
  
  We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
  
  We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose dwelling, the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life.
  
  We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
  
  We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

  History [ Back to top ]

  In February 1969 the Bill Glass Evangelistic Association, Inc. was incorporated to proclaim and to publish the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ throughout the world. Effective January 1, 1987, the affiliate responsible for conducting prison ministries in several States merged its operations into the Bill Glass Evangelistic Association, Inc. Effective November 1995 the organization changed its name to Bill Glass Ministries. On January 1, 2002, the name Champions for Life was adopted.

  Ministry Needs [ Back to top ]

  Champions for Life asks for prayer in these specific areas:
  
  1. Openness to the Holy Spirit
  2. Safety and protection while traveling to and from prisons
  3. A 35% increase in new volunteer Teammates to share Christ in prison
  4. Adequate financing to share Christ with almost 250,000 inmates
  
  
  Champions for Life would also like people to get involved with them.
  
  Champions for Life asks to be supported financially. Virtually all of the organization's financial support comes from dedicated Teammates.

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  Transparency Grade [ Back to top ]

  Transparency Grade of : A
  Criteria category	Grade	Other Comments
  Timeliness:	100
  Financial Information:	100
  Foundational Clarity:
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