Setting the Wolves to Guard the Flock? Evangelicals Named to Ministry Watchdog Panel
Secularists, however, say the panel’s all-evangelical leadership will be unable to police other evangelicals.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, asked the council to lead an independent review of “self-reform” of religious organizations after he concluded a three-year probe of alleged lavish spending by six major broadcast ministries.
On Wednesday (April 13), the ECFA said the 15-member panel will include Oral Roberts University President Mark Rutland, Campus Crusade for Christ President Stephen Douglass and megachurch leaders Joel Hunter and Bishop Kenneth Ulmer.
Sean Faircloth, executive director of the Secular Coalition for America, criticized the choices.
“Stacking this so-called ‘independent’ commission with people representing only one narrow religious viewpoint is entirely inappropriate,” he said.