What we list

What gets listed

• It is Christian, in line with our statement of faith.
• It gives you a way to get involved or to grow: somewhere to serve, something to join, something to read, watch, or study.
• It has a working link to the organization’s own site.
• It is active now.

The statement of faith is here. It is five lines long.

What does not

• Churches and groups outside the statement of faith.
• Prosperity-gospel teaching.
• Political campaigns, lobbying, and advocacy groups. Grain is not political.
• Anything with an open, credible safeguarding concern.
• Paid placement. Nobody can buy a listing.

What the labels mean

Verified

Reviewed in full: the organization, what it believes, and its link.

Provisional

Found and link-checked, but not yet reviewed in full.

Flagged

A concern was raised. Being looked at again.

What a listing is not

• A listing is not an endorsement of everything an organization holds.
• Where a listing shows public filings, they come straight from ProPublica’s copy of IRS Form 990 data. Grain does not edit them.
• Not being listed is not a verdict. Most of what is missing has simply not been added yet.