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Until their actions match their words, the Kingdom Accountability Project (KAP) should be viewed as a public relations smokescreen and not a serious reform effort.
Promoters of this project are not meeting the well-written, high standards which they are advocating. Unfortunately, some of these same folks have engaged in coverups and false teachings.
(Screenshot: Excerpt from page 11 of manual.)
KAP and the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) have much in common. The huge loophole in their standards: There is not a single mention of the “prosperity gospel” in the KAP manual or on the ECFA website.
John P. Kelly, president of the International Coalition of Apostles Inc. (ICAP), serves as the executive director of the KAP. Kelly’s ministries file Form 990s. Are they financially transparent? Do they provide whistleblower protection? No … and we’ve got the evidence.
According to the John P Kelly Ministries 2023 Form 990, John Kelly received no compensation from his ministry even though he reportedly worked 30 hours per week for the ministry.
How can Kelly afford his Colleyville, Texas, home if he receives no compensation from his personal ministry or ICAP? Fun fact: Kelly lives in the same city as Joni Lamb and James Robison.
John P Kelly Ministries has only two paid employees and no independent contractors. The Statement of Expenses page reports $157,777 in compensation for current officers, directors, trustees, and key employees. It looks like John and Helena Kelly are getting paid, but the 990 doesn’t show it. Is this reporting fraud?
It seems hypocritical for supporters of the KAP to call for financial transparency while failing to provide thorough financial data to donors for their own ministries.
And these are examples:
Dr. Randy Clark’s Apostolic Network of Global Awakening does not file Form 990s. Jewish Voice Ministries International, led by Jonathan Bernis, stopped filing 990s after 2020.
The KAP manual also recommends that churches and ministries adopt whistleblower protections. However, the ministries of John Kelly and Patricia King have failed to adopt whistleblower policies. This is disclosed on page 6, line 13 of 990s.
The KAP manual also fails to address rampant false prophecy in charismatic churches. Meanwhile, KAP contributing author Patricia King is false prophetess.
In 2018, King falsely prophesied, “2020 is the target year! The Lord revealed that the harvest is NOW and we are not to delay in laying the sickle into the fields, but 2020 will be the significant year for the greatest harvest of souls that has ever been reaped.”
However, 2020 turned out to be the year that Covid-19 spread across the globe and there was no great harvest of souls.
To the authors and promoters of the Kingdom Accountability Project: We will be watching you. 👀 If you are serious, match your actions with your rhetoric.