Turning Point Ministries

Summary

Turning Point Ministries, Inc. ("TPM") is a nonprofit organization that provides training, materials, and services to churches and para-church organizations to help people with life-controlling problems. Turning Point Ministries is an equipping ministry whose goal is to assist local churches in mobilizing itself to help people within its sphere of influence to overcome life-controlling problems. The Turning Point team is committed to an interdenominational and intercultural ministry through the media of seminars and curriculum. They operate from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Some of their materials include programs in Focused Discipleship, Marriage and Family, General Discipleship, Leadership Training, and Youth Groups. In addition some of these materials are translated into Spanish, Russian, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, and Czech. A Board of Directors governs TPM, and it 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 ]

Turning Point Ministries, Inc. ("TPM") is a nonprofit organization that provides training, materials, and services to churches and para-church organizations to help people with life-controlling problems. Turning Point Ministries is an equipping ministry whose goal is to assist local churches in mobilizing itself to help people within its sphere of influence to overcome life-controlling problems. The Turning Point team is committed to an interdenominational and intercultural ministry through the media of seminars and curriculum. They operate from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Some of their materials include programs in Focused Discipleship, Marriage and Family, General Discipleship, Leadership Training, and Youth Groups. In addition some of these materials are translated into Spanish, Russian, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, and Czech. A Board of Directors governs TPM, and it 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).

Mission Statement [ Back to top ]

Turning Point Ministries uses the following to communicate its purpose:

Turning Point's purpose is to assist the local church in establishing an effective, on going, biblically based, small group ministry to help people overcome and/or remain free of life-controlling problems.

Program Accomplishments [ Back to top ]

• 2,500 churches have participated in Turning Point Ministries with some 500,000 participants. Sixteen countries outside the USA are at various levels of development of the ministry. The curriculum has been or is in the process of being translated into 12 foreign languages.
  
  Some of TPM's programs include:
  
  Focused Discipleship: Insight Group, Insight Group for Youth, Codependency, 12- Step, Depression, Spiritual Freedom, Anger, Loss and Grief, Eating Disorders, Racial Reconciliation, Shame
  
  Marriage and Family: Parenting, Marriage Foundations, Marriage Reconciliation, Overcoming Abusive Relationships, Single Adults
  
  General Discipleship: Knowing God, Ten Commandments, Romans 1-8 & 12, Godly Heroes of Hebrews 11, Godly Heroes for Youth, Angels
  
  Leadership Training: Living Free video-based small group training series, Caring Enough to Confront, Small Group Skills Guide
  
  Youth: Insight, Group for Youth, Godly Heroes Youth Edition, Character Counts, "Drug Monster" Video, Student Handbook, Prevention Resource Guide, Friendship 911 Series
  
  Other Group Resources: The Search for Significance, The Healthy Christian Life
  
  Spanish Language: Core Team Manual, Insight, Concerned Persons, Restoring Families
  
  Russian Language: Insight, Concerned Persons, Ten Commandments, Knowing God, Stepping Into Freedom, Small Groups Skill Guide, Living Free video
  
  Other Languages: German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Croatian, French/Dutch (Belgium), French/Italian/German (Switzerland), Hungarian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Dutch/English (Aruba), French
  
  
  
• In cooperation with National Center for Youth Issues (NCYI), TPM has completed the “Capacity Enhancement Campaign.” They now have a new training facility and warehouse which is paid for in full. They have also purchased their present office building with a down payment of $100,000 and their monthly payments being lower than their previous lease payments.
• TCM Has added over 147 churches along with 23,676 participants to their programs.
• They have begun the production for the Spanish language version of the Living Free video training series. It should be available in April 2004.
• TCM is working with representatives from Book of Hope, Global Teen Challenge, and Russian nationals to finalize plans for distributing Turning Point materials in Russia.
• They are also in the initial stages for beginning programs in France.
• TCM has developed a new curriculum for cell groups, Sunday school, and follow-up discipleship groups called Authentic Living in an Artificial World.

  Statement of Faith [ Back to top ]

  Turning Point Ministries uses the following to communicate its values:
  
  (1) We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
  (2) We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  (3) We believe in the deity of 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.
  (4) We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
  (5) We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
  (6) 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.
  (7) We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  

  History [ Back to top ]

  Founded in 1988 by Dr. Jimmy Ray Lee in response to an invitation by a local church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to help some members struggling with personal problems, Turning Point has grown from 38 participants to over 100,000 participants. Dr. Lee has years of experience helping struggling people overcome problems. He is the founder of two Teen Challenge Centers and Project 714, a national school-based prevention and intervention program for students.

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  Research Analysis

  Transparency Grade [ Back to top ]

  Transparency Grade of : C
  Criteria category	Grade	Other Comments
  Timeliness:	70	11/18/2011 10:56:08 AM: Organization made financial information available greater than 7 ½ months.
  Financial Information:	90
  Foundational Clarity:
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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		298 of 348	30 of 37
  Fund Acquisition Decision		298 of 348	30 of 37
  Resource Allocation Decision		of 348	25 of 37
  Asset Utilization Decision		of 348	25 of 37

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