My apologies in advance: I'm
My apologies in advance: I'm a Methodist, but I've got to highlight this item.
How does the United Methodist Women spend $305,000? United Methodist Women's Division grants for 2000
Of all the organizations mentioned in this list, I can't find one doing actual Christian mission work with this money. Liberal religious types may say that it contributes to "social justice" but this money isn't doing anything supporting what Christ told the church to do: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations
What about compassion for the poor? Yeah right, like these activist organizations have compassion.
- The National Council of Churches played a huge role in the Cuban propaganda which Janet Reno used to justify sending Elian Gonzales back to Cuba - yeah that's real compassionate, sending a six-year-old kid back to Cuba to grow up under Communism;
- ACORN opposes welfare reform, which has been shown to benefit, not hurt, the poor;
- Many of the organizations listed are active in gay-rights causes, which has nothing to do with compassion, and everything to do with subverting Christian morality (my position on homosexuality: it is appropriate to recognize equal and individual rights for gay and heterosexual people in our secular society, but it is not appropriate to pretend that the practice of homosexuality is compatible with Christian teaching on morality)
- The Center for Economic Justice believes the West is rich at the expense of the Third World, and opposes free-trade policies which would benefit the Third World
There are many others, but I could not find a single organization in this list which is dedicated to either preaching the Gospel or showing true compassion for people in need.
Posted by joelfuhrmann at November 14, 2002 08:38 PM