wfn.org | Adventist Relief Agency Receives Top-Ten Ranking

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June 28, 2001
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Adventist Humanitarian Agency Receives Top-Ten 
Ranking

Silver Spring, Maryland/USA.      MinistryWatch, an 
independent group that tracks faith-based organizations 
in the United States, has ranked the Adventist Development 
and Relief Agency International (ADRA) in the top ten 
agencies in the relief and development sector. 

Organizations in this category meet the food, clothing, 
shelter, and medical needs of people around the world.

MinistryWatch, a nonprofit organization, based in Charlotte, 
North Carolina/USA, awarded ADRA International a five-star 
rating with its overall rank of 13 out of 380 entities.

"We work diligently to manage the agency's financial resources 
in the best possible way so that a maximum number of lives are 
transformed around the world," says Byron Scheuneman, senior 
vice president of ADRA International. "We welcome the review 
of MinistryWatch as an independent source."

MinistryWatch provides an online database profiling more 
than 400 of the largest faith-based organizations in the 
United States. Its goal is to provide high quality research 
and ratings that can be easily understood by potential donors. 
According to its Web site, MinistryWatch does no fundraising 
and it does not "promote, endorse, recommend, or represent 
any ministry, charity, or nonprofit."

Additional information about ADRA can be found on its Web site 
at www.adra.org