Every Nation (Maranatha Campus Ministries successor)
Reformed successor to the dissolved Maranatha Campus Ministries (1972–89). Operates global campus and church-planting network. Documented shepherding-style discipling persists in modified form.
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
0 — international campus and church-planting network founded after 1989 Maranatha collapse; documented shepherding-style discipling continues.
Profile facts
In context
Every Nation was launched in the early 1990s by former Maranatha leaders including Rice Broocks. The international church-planting and Victory campus-ministries network operates in 80+ countries. Critics note continuity of personal-pastor 'discipling' patterns from Maranatha — though significantly less coercive than the 1980s pre-collapse predecessor.
Key control doctrines
- Apostolic leadership continuity from Maranatha
- Personal-discipler accountability
- Strategic-prayer mission urgency
Recovery resources
See the full curated list at /resources.
Legal cases & controversies
- Inherited reputation from Maranatha
Evidence by BITE axis
- Personal discipler reviews dating, finances, schedule
- Tithing and ministry-financial expectations
- Aggressive campus recruitment
- Substantial weekly time commitment
- Apostolic leadership's interpretation authoritative
- Outside Christian materials minimised
- Apostolic-prayer-team framework
- Doubt treated as spiritual immaturity
- Strong in-group community
- Severance from departing members in some chapters
- Family pressure to remain
Timeline
- 1989Maranatha dissolves
- 1994Every Nation launched by former Maranatha leaders
- 2010s+Global expansion to 80+ countries
Sources
- Christianity Today historical coverage of Maranatha search ↗
- Rice Broocks publications search ↗
- Multiple ex-member testimonies search ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗ runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-20Source-density flags derived from existing free-text sources[]: investigative journalism, ex-member sources. Heuristic auto-flag; subsequent editorial pass will populate structuredSources[] with reliability tiers.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
Relevant hubs
Curated entry points on CLCI Hub for situations connected to this group.
You may also want to explore
Found something wrong on this profile?
We accept correction requests from anyone — current and former members, researchers, journalists, family members, and the listed organisation. Submissions are reviewed by an editor; we do not auto-publish.