Troubled St. Louis Pro-Life Org Resigns From ECFA

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 By Tony Mater - Posted at MinistryWatch:

Published April 24, 2025

Move follows leadership shakeup, closures

ThriVe St. Louis, once a leading provider of pro-life pregnancy resources in the St. Louis area, resigned in March from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

ThriVe’s departure from the EFCA has halted the accountability group’s investigation into a potential standards violation as the embattled ministry attempts to bounce back from a leadership scandal and near-total shutdown.

“At the time of their resignation, ThriVe was under review related to ECFA Standard 2 (Governance),” ECFA President Michael Martin told MinistryWatch without further elaboration.

According to the ECFA website, Standard 2 requires that “every organization shall be governed by a responsible board of not less than five individuals, a majority of whom shall be independent, who shall meet at least semiannually to establish policy and review its accomplishments.”

While the resignation listing does not specify how ThriVe fell afoul of Standard 2, the ministry’s board of directors has been under the microscope for its handling of abuse allegations against the former director, Bridget VanMeans.

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