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! == Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations == In January 2011, Senator [[Charles Grassley]] (R-IA), a member of the [[Senate Finance Committee]], asked ECFA to facilitate responses from the ministry community concerning a series of legislative proposals prepared by his staff. ECFA formed the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations to assist in this process.<ref>The United States Senate Committee on Finance. ''Grassley Releases Review of Tax Issues Raised by Media-based Ministries'', January 06, 2011. [http://finance.senate.gov/newsroom/ranking/release/?id=5fa343ed-87eb-49b0-82b9-28a9502910f7] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108051906/http://finance.senate.gov/newsroom/ranking/release/?id=5fa343ed-87eb-49b0-82b9-28a9502910f7 |date=2011-01-08 }}</ref> The Commission included a variety of religious representatives, including Judaism and Islam. In addition to the religious panel, there was also a legal panel, and a non-profit panel.<ref name="urlCommission Overview">{{cite web | url = http://religiouspolicycommission.org/Content/Summary-of-Commission | title = Commission Overview | publisher = Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations | access-date = 2016-02-21 | archive-date = 2016-03-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303163818/http://religiouspolicycommission.org/Content/Summary-of-Commission | url-status = live }}</ref> In April 2011, ECFA named members to the commission.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecfa.org/Content/Members-Named-to-Commission-on-Accountability-and-Policy-for-Religious-Organizations |title=Members Named to Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations |access-date=2012-07-27 |archive-date=2012-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123170210/http://www.ecfa.org/Content/Members-Named-to-Commission-on-Accountability-and-Policy-for-Religious-Organizations |url-status=live }}</ref> ECFA was the sponsor and host for the commission and responsible for the logistical costs of the commission. Public contributions were solicited in support of the commission's activities.<ref name="urlCommission Overview"/> The commission has produced two reports; one addressing the original financial issues, the second related to government control of religious speech touching on the political realm.<ref name="urlCAPRO Reports">{{cite web | url = http://religiouspolicycommission.org/CommissionReport.aspx | title = Commission Reports | publisher = Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations | access-date = 2016-02-21 | archive-date = 2016-02-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160217013648/http://religiouspolicycommission.org/CommissionReport.aspx | url-status = live }}</ref> *''Enhancing Accountability For The Religious and Broader Nonprofit Sector''<ref>{{cite book |author=Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations |date=3 December 2012 |title=Enhancing Accountability For The Religious and Broader Nonprofit Sector |location=Winchester, VA |publisher=Author |isbn=978-1-936233-05-2 |url=http://religiouspolicycommission.org/Content/Commission-Report-December-2012 |access-date=8 August 2017}}</ref> *''Government Regulation of Political Speech by Religious and Other 501 (c)(3) Organizations'' 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