Is the 'Julie Hardison Green' listed at Greystone Baptist the same person as the founder of Julie Green Ministries, and what public records reconcile the two?
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Executive summary
Available public records and organizational pages establish that a "Julie Hardison Green" is a named member of Greystone Baptist Church [1] and that a separate entity, Julie Green Ministries (JGM), is a registered nonprofit with public filings and an active web presence [2] [3] [4], but the documents in the supplied reporting do not explicitly link the Greystone listing to the founder named on JGM records; therefore a definitive match cannot be made from the provided sources alone [1] [2] [3].
1. The Greystone listing: a full name in a congregational context
Greystone Baptist Church’s author/profile page explicitly identifies "Julie Hardison Green" as a long‑standing member of that congregation — a church personnel or author biography that ties that exact full name to Greystone but contains no professional or nonprofit affiliation details in the excerpt provided here [1].
2. The nonprofit trail: JGM’s filings and public footprint
Julie Green Ministries appears in public nonprofit databases: ProPublica hosts an organization page and full filing for the entity, indicating that tax filings and officer data are available through that channel [2] [3], and third‑party nonprofit trackers list JGM as a public charity with significant grant activity in 2023 (Instrumentl reports $2,077,770 in grants) suggesting an organized, reportable legal entity in Iowa [5].
3. The ministry’s own messaging and third‑party portraits
JGM’s official site and “About” page present the ministry’s beliefs and identity and state that the organization is led by Julie Green, while also warning of impersonators on social media — an implicit signal that name authenticity and identity are operational concerns for the ministry [4] [6]. Independent biographical and fan sites repeat that the ministry was founded by “Julie Green,” but these secondary sites do not supply primary, legally verifiable linkage to a middle name [7] [8].
4. What the public records supplied can and cannot resolve
The ProPublica/nonprofit record system is specifically called out by the reporting as a source where tax filings and officer names can be downloaded [2] [3], which means a clear reconciliation — if it exists in the filings — would be found by inspecting JGM’s 990s or registration paperwork for officer names, addresses or identifying information; however, the snippets provided here do not include those officer details or a copy of a 990 that names "Julie Hardison Green," so the present reporting does not produce a primary record tying the Greystone full name to the nonprofit founder [2] [3].
5. Corroboration challenges and contextual signals
Additional context complicates a quick affirmative identification: generic people‑finder and records aggregators show hundreds of similar names (Radaris cites hundreds of Julie Greene/Greens) which underscores the risk of conflating distinct individuals with similar names without cross‑referenced public records [9]; JGM’s warning about impersonators further cautions against assuming online name matches are authoritative [6].
6. Conclusion — what is provable now and what remains to be checked
From the supplied reporting, it is provable that Greystone lists a member called Julie Hardison Green [1], and separately provable that Julie Green Ministries exists as a registered nonprofit with public filings and an online presence [2] [3] [4] [5], but there is no explicit public record in the provided excerpts that reconciles the church‑listed full name with the nonprofit founder; confirming the match requires consulting JGM’s actual 990 filings or incorporation documents on ProPublica or state charity registries to see whether the officer/founder name there matches "Julie Hardison Green" [2] [3].