Summary
Summit Ministries (formal name American Christian College, Inc.) strives to teach, instruct and train young people from throughout the US about Christian values, America's Christian heritage and the Christian worldview, and to support and assist organizations which are organized and operated for similar purposes. Summit Ministries exists to train a generation of leaders who understand the times, know what it means to think biblically in every area of life, and are able to become leaders for Christ in their schools, communities, churches, families and country. Christian leadership training center helps young people understand how their faith relates to their everyday lives. Through various extensions, Summit Ministries challenges Christians to develop a biblical worldview, and to serve Christ and others by speaking, and living, the truth. Summit Ministries was founded in 1962. 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).
Contact Information: [ Back to top ]
| Mailing Address: | PO Box 207
Manitou Springs, CO
80829-0207 |
| Website: | www.summit.org |
| Phone: | (719) 685-9103 |
| Email: | You need to enable javascript to see the email |
Organization Details [ Back to top ]
EIN: 730792333
| CEO/President: |
Dr. David Noebel |
Tax Deductible: |
Yes |
| Chairman: |
Jeff Myers |
Fiscal Year End: |
March 31 |
| Board Size: |
6 |
Financial info from: |
990 |
| Founder: |
|
Member of ECFA: |
Yes |
| Year Founded: |
1962 |
Member of ECFA since: |
1988 |
Summit Ministries (formal name American Christian College, Inc.) strives to teach, instruct and train young people from throughout the US about Christian values, America's Christian heritage and the Christian worldview, and to support and assist organizations which are organized and operated for similar purposes. Summit Ministries exists to train a generation of leaders who understand the times, know what it means to think biblically in every area of life, and are able to become leaders for Christ in their schools, communities, churches, families and country. Christian leadership training center helps young people understand how their faith relates to their everyday lives. Through various extensions, Summit Ministries challenges Christians to develop a biblical worldview, and to serve Christ and others by speaking, and living, the truth. Summit Ministries was founded in 1962.
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).
Summit Ministries uses the following to express its mission:
...equipping servant leaders in worldview analysis, training champions of the Christian faith, and inspiring them to love God with their hearts and minds.
Program Accomplishments [ Back to top ]
- Updated Lightbearers Middle School Curriculum.
- Printed first grade of Building on the Rock Grade School Curriculum. Continuing in the development of grades 2-6.
- Went online with a completely new summit.org. Rebuilt from the ground up, summit.org now offers the user a much cleaner interface to navigate as well as many new tools and resources to better aid them in the development of a Christian worldview.
- Summit Alumni Association - This website is a tool for past Summit students to get involved on their college campuses and in their communities. Through this site Summit alumni can contact other Summit students and network with them. It is our hope that together they can make an impact for Christ.
- Just a Thought Discussion Board - Provides a forum of discussion between the Summit staff and Summit students. Topics for discussion include relevant worldview, apologetic, and cultural issues.
- Re-structured the summer program to bring all non-Colorado based programs under the umbrella of the Manitou Springs-based Ministry. This includes the two programs at Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee and a new program at Cedarville University in Ohio.
- Finished editing and made available the Summit Lecture Series. This series includes 121 lectures given at the Summit and at other events Summit Ministries has been asked to be involved. The series comes in mp3, DVD and Audio CD formats.
- Launched "Truth & Consequences," a monthly email worldview resource.
- Countering Culture was co-published with Broadman and Holman. This is a thirteen-week study of worldviews for youth, adults, college-age students and homeschoolers.
- Christians in New Zealand started a worldview program modeled after Summit's Summer Conference. They also used many Summit speakers including Dr. Noebel.
- Summit completed its 43rd summer of training high school and college students in comparative worldview and apologetics. Over 1,200 students came through the program in Manitou Springs, CO. In addition Summit programs continue in TN, OH and internationally in South Africa.
Statement of Faith [ Back to top ]
As a statement of faith, Summit Agrees with and holds to The Apostle’s Creed:
[We] believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
[We] believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living and the dead.
[We] believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. AMEN.
Dr. David Noebel founded the Summit in 1962 to help ground Christians in their faith, thereby enabling them to face the challenges whirling about on college campuses. From 1962 until 1988, what was a small series of camp-style conferences, hosting an average of 350 students each year, grew in 1989 to a program that hosts eight two-week conferences every summer, with over 1300 students graduating each year. In 1991, the curriculum department of Summit launched a year-long program for Christian high school seniors with the same basic goals – to teach Christians how to analyze competing worldviews and to defend their faith. Each year 3,500 high school seniors graduate from this program. Currently, Summit’s conferences have expanded to offer programs to adults, parents, pastors, and educators. Their curriculum department has grown as well and now offers curriculum materials for individuals, churches, Sunday schools, home schools, Christian middle schools, and soon Christian elementary schools.
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Research Analysis
Transparency Grade [ Back to top ]
| Transparency Grade of : B |
| Criteria category | Grade | Other Comments |
| Timeliness: | 70 | 10/28/2011 8:37:55 PM: Organization made financial information available greater than 7 ½ months. |
| Financial Information: | 90 | |
| Foundational Clarity: | 100 | 10/28/2011 8:38:08 PM: Descriptive information was abundant and thorough. |
| Level of Cooperation: | 100 | |
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MinistryWatch.com 5 Star Financial Efficiency Ratings [ Back to top ]
| Ranking Category | Rating | Overall Rank | Christian Growth Sector |
|---|
| Overall Efficiency Rating |  | 185 of 348 | 12 of 37 |
| Fund Acquisition Decision |  | 185 of 348 | 12 of 37 |
| Resource Allocation Decision | | of 348 | 28 of 37 |
| Asset Utilization Decision | | of 348 | 28 of 37 |
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