Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Integrity standards== As an accrediting organization, ECFA provides a seal of approval to those members who adhere to Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship(TM)<ref>ECFA, [https://www.ecfa.org/Content/Standards Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712024611/https://www.ecfa.org/Content/Standards |date=2020-07-12 }}, ecfa.org, USA, retrieved June 20, 2020</ref> (Standard 7 is divided into five sub-standards). Voluntary resignations, mergers, and dissolutions are frequent reasons for terminations. However, ECFA's list of former members also includes terminations for failure to provide information or fully comply with the standards.<ref name="urlECFA Former Members">{{cite web | url = http://www.ecfa.org/FormerMembers.aspx | title = ECFA Former Members | publisher = ECFA | access-date = 2016-02-21 | archive-date = 2017-06-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170622080637/http://www.ecfa.org/FormerMembers.aspx | url-status = live }}</ref> A notable former member is [[Gospel For Asia]] (one of EFCA's charter members), whose membership was terminated in October 2015 after allegations of donation misuse. In a 2004 survey, ECFA was seen by respondents as an effective accreditation program that provided assurance of financial propriety for its members.<ref name="urlwww.trustenablement.com">{{cite journal | url = http://www.trustenablement.com/local/Trends_in_self-regulation_and_transparency_of_nonprofits_in_the_US.pdf | title = Trends In Self-Regulation And Transparency Of Nonprofits In The U.S. | author = Bothwell, Robert O. | date = April 24, 2004 | publisher = The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law | journal = The International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law | volume = 2 | issue = 3 | pages = 9 | quote = "The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) was seen by several survey respondents as the epitome of an umbrella organization with a code and accreditation program that was effective.... The ECFA seal of approval thus provides donors with assurances of members’ legitimacy. This is a code with the teeth of a serious accreditation program." | access-date = 2016-02-21 | archive-date = 2016-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302093401/http://www.trustenablement.com/local/Trends_in_self-regulation_and_transparency_of_nonprofits_in_the_US.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page