This revised system altered Compassion's 4-star rating to a 3, less than three months after awarding Compassion a 4-star rating for the exact same numbers. 2010 5,750 In the mid-1990s, Bright was one of the co-founders (along with James Dobson, Larry Burkett, D. James Kennedy, Donald Wildmon, and Marlin Maddoux) of the Alliance Defense Fund (now Alliance Defending Freedom) that according to Human Rights Campaign Vice President Fred Sainz is easily the most active antigay legal group ( see: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/us/legal-alliance-gains-host-of-court-victories-for-conservative-christian-movement.html ) and which has emerged as a significant force in the World Congress of Families that internationally has rallied social conservatives worldwide against gay rights, and reproductive and womens rights. But the very existence of the movement serves to move the Overton Window, by making positions that might otherwise seem extreme look moderate by comparison. That place, or those places, may be inhabited by the demonica base of operations. (Freedom Tools, pages 76-77). In an April 2014 CBN commentary bemoaning the impact of the Obama administration and their allies, Pat Robertson stated, Something has got to be done, we have to get free of these people because its like a mass of termites that is eating away at the structure of this great edifice we call the United States of America and theyre burrowing in and theyre getting paid to destroy us. (see: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pat-robertson-lambasts-obama-administration-termites-destroying-america), Robertsons use of the term termites was not new. 2012 19,500, The First Academy (of Central Florida) (EIN 59-0696287). The former head of late TV preacher D James Kennedys now defunct dominionist Center For Reclaiming America For Christ, Gary Cass has been a featured speaker at Christian Reconstructionist conferences (see: http://www.alternet.org/story/55717/). people from each child's community to care for them so that, regardless of location, our In a May 27, 2010 AFA column (see: http://www.afa.net/blogs/blogpost.aspx?id=2147494882) Fischer wrote, Homosexuality gave us Adolph Hitler, and homosexuals in the military gave us the Brown Shirts, the Nazi war machine and six million dead Jews. As a January 2013 report ( http://www.southerneducation.org/getattachment/135f0b35-4738-441e-a2ac-013eaa255183/Georgia%E2%80%99s-Tax-Dollars-Help-Finance-Private-Schools.aspx ) from the Southern Education Foundation Georgias Tax Dollars Help Finance Private Schools with Severe Anti-Gay Policies, Practices, & Teachings describes, The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) accredited 94 private schools in Georgia at the beginning of 2012, 76 of which were eligible to receive tax-funded scholarships. Compassion International has 3,000 employees, of which 39 are in a leadership position. Compassion International Process Improvement Analyst III- Global Programs Remote 7d $84K-$105K Per Year (Employer est.) These factors limit their rights and access to essential services such as education, employment, and health care, and pervasive discrimination and exclusion prevent meaningful inclusion in broader development efforts. 2011 47,000 We are with you. and according to New Vision Mitala said homosexuality was one way of making the world extinct.. 2004 20,000 Two weeks after Bahati tabled the Anti Homosexuality Bill (activated it within the legislative process of Ugandas parliament), from October 31 to November 1, 2009 College of Prayer International President Fred Hartley III led the first COP teaching module in Uganda, for COP Ugandan Parliament members including David Bahati and Nsaba Buturo, Ugandas head of the Office Of Ethics and Integrity. A brief history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender social movements/Bonnie J. Morris, PhD. What is the mission of Compassion International? Years 2002-2013 of those forms can be downloaded here, from the National Center For Charitable Statistics. (More) Rating Information Great While NCF funding of LaBarbera/AFTAH has been minor, it is nonetheless surprising given LaBarberas long history of inflammatory anti-LGBT rhetoric (see extensive Truth Wins Out coverage at http://www.truthwinsout.org/tag/peter-labarbera/ ). 2012 100,893, Minneosta Teen Challenge (EIN 41-1517351), Teen Challenge is a an international network of addiction recovery centers run by the Pentecostal denomination the Assemblies of God. It presupposes complementary but distinct roles for men and women. 2005 16,000 When a homosexual person confesses and repents the sin, we can tell the spirit to leave and the homosexual desire will also go When we engage in ungodly sex, we are enjoining our spirit to the demonic spirit behind it, and this destroys our lives.Ungodly sex allows our spirit to be penetrated by the demonic power behind the ungodly act. (see: http://www.exgaywatch.com/2007/11/uk-charismatic-leader-sexual-abuse-causes-spirit-of-homosexuality/), Matthew Bennett, Christian Union co-founder, could be found in 2014 among the 15 listed leaders of a new entity, called the Princeton Group, formed for developing and deploying an action plan to protect marriage and preserve religious liberties. World religions have done the same with the systematic indoctrination of their youngeven the Taliban places great emphasis on recruiting children. 2009 10,000 2010 5,600 2011 2,800 Up into 2014, the ADF offered a book as a complementary gift to ADF donors, that was co-authored by ADF founder and president Alan Sears and which claimed that [homosexual] activists have followed a strategy akin to what Hitler used back in the 1920s and 1930s to take over Germany. Healing Rooms Ministries [10][11][12], Children in the child sponsorship program are provided food and clean water, medical care, education, life-skills training, and spiritual guidance through a direct sponsorship. 2009 974,130 And its a great honor to serve them.. Gods opinion of homosexuality has not changed.. 2008 57,485 2007 10,000 California Family Council 2011 1,260,040 2013 1,000. 2010 3,550 patterns of culture. 2007 1,453,751` 2004 38,942 Reese ministry is promoted by the NCF-funded Mastering Life Ministries. 2005 4,600,955 In a December 13, 2005 op-ed titled The War on Christianity posted on the TVC website, Rev. LGBTQI+ people may also experience rejection from families, religious communities, and other social networks. 2007 113,200 States prominent Christian Reconstructionist David Chilton, The Christian goal for the world, is the universal development of Biblical theocratic republics.. In September 2009, AIs Africa affiliate Advocates Africa hosted a conference (see: http://www.advocatesinternational.org/content/advocates-africa-0), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at which ADF Senior Vice President Jeffery Ventrella led a plenary session with the title Religious Freedom, the Homosexual Agenda and Advocacy. Coral Ridge Ministries church. 2007 25,900 2010 1,700 Join the Compassion International team See Our Latest Jobs 5.0 Current Employee, more than 8 years Great mission & Great company Jan 26, 2023 - L&D Specialist Recommend CEO Approval Business Outlook Pros 2013 0. Warren also met with First Lady Janet Museveni and spoke at Uganda Christian University. 2005 20,750 During Campus Crusades Pamoja III conference, as described in a Truth Wins Out special report which broke the story on the virulently anti-gay conference, the other featured speaker was Ethiopian Dr. Seyoum Antonios, who. Another of Howard Ahmansons projects has been the funding of efforts to promote schisms within mainline Protestant denominations, over divisive wedge issues such as same sex marriage and the ordination of gay clergy. 2009 4,000 2011 91,195 2007 64,300 Compassion tackles global poverty one child at a time, serving more than 2 million babies, children and young adults in 25 of the world's poorest countries. Another data point in AIs pattern of anti-LGBT rights activism came in 2008 at the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights when, At the 44th session in Abuja, Nigeria in November 2008, a further draft resolution was proposed at the NGO forum condemning violence and the culture of impunity of violations of human rights of LGBTI people. 2003 10,000 2008 4,667,026 2006 30,823 We are to exercise godly dominion and influence (pp. Dr. Antonios worked the crowd into a frenzy, shouting that Africa will become a graveyard for homosexuality! multiple times. (see: http://www.truthwinsout.org/news/2013/05/35215/). His national group, he noted, is like an 800-pound giant compared to Colorado for Family Values, which has a half dozen people in a one-room office. Howard Ahmanson is a frequent attendee at The Gathering who has been one of the most significant funders of anti-LGBT rights activism on the evangelical right. 2012 0 2005 155,635 Children who participate in Compassion's programs are, more likely to finish secondary Compassion International, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. I was told that it was the devil trying to control me and lie to me. ( see: http://thetruthaboutmercy.wordpress.com/tag/nancy-alcorn/ ), 2001 200 bisexual behaviorsLev. Teen Challenge centers receive public funding. 2010 1,000 2006 65,000 2008 326,185 2013 2,168,986 (does not include local FCA branches), Fidelis Center For Law and Policy (EIN 20-2787890). Do nothing about them without them means that we thoughtfully consult with LGBTQI+ individuals and groups before and throughout any engagement designed to support them and their priorities. 2008 432,000 2008 5,000 2005 44,750 Barfoot was co-rector of a Kansas Episcopal church which broke with the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) over the 2003 ordination of openly gay Gene Robinson as ECUSAs bishop for the state of New Hampshire. We had laws in Texas til 2002 that we sent them to prison! 2006 11,200 2002 1,000 Noebels book characterized homosexuality as a kind of national death wish which sought to change the natural order created by God himself.. 2012 2011 4,045,406 significance, and moral discernment. MDentistry Core Values: Compassion, Leadership, Excellence, Responsibility, Trust, Creativity, Inclusion The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan . 2012 -1,800,186, Traditional Values Coalition (EIN 33-0625188). 2005 0 Our ministry to children is twofold: We work through local churches to provide child development programs to deliver children from economic, physical, social and spiritual poverty, enabling them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. Many believed it helped defuse the radical leftist movement on that campus. Franais | | Espaol. Eldredges paean to manly aggression has been unexpectedly popular among the former head of the ultra-violent Mexican drug cartels La Familia Michoacana and its successor the Knights Templar, which established their fearsome reputation by committing mass decapitations. 2007 16,824 At Compassion, one of our highest goals is to help children grow to reach their full, God-given potential. TruthXchange 2006 42,725 2007 6,000 Treat any marriage, domestic partnership, civil union or similar arrangement as valid. (see: http://kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2453_00_0000.pdf). For boys in Mathare, drugs and crime were so prevalent that making it to the age of 16 became a milestone because they had escaped prison or death. The Villars Statement on Relief and Development (see: https://disciplenations.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/the-villars-statement-on-relief-and-development1.pdf ), signed by the 40-odd evangelicals attending Villars, stressed 13 key points: [W]e raise our concerns over the following issues. According to Kennedy, Mathare is not a place people are proud to say they are from. 2012 9,900, Formed in 2003 under the name Christian Witness To a Pagan Planet, TruthXchange claims homosexuality and yoga advance an anti-biblical pagan agenda and promotes the sort of Christian presuppositionalist worldview precepts also advanced by Summit Ministries (and which closely resemble Christian Reconstructionist presuppositionalism.). When working to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+ people, USAID abides by two foundational principles: do no harm and do nothing about them without them. Do no harm means that we take measures to ensure that our efforts do not put LGBTQI+ individuals or groups at increased risk of harm or raise their public profile in a way that could lead to backlash. As characterized in 2009 by the Washington Post, E&PPC studies the link between Judeo-Christian morality and national and foreign policy., Founded in 1976 by Ernst LeFever, E&PPC was one of the original incubators for the neoconservative movement; its leaders and fellows have over the years supported the Reagan Administrations Star Wars missile defense initiative (which, charged critics, would have dramatically increased chances for all-out nuclear war between the US and the former Soviet Union), launched PNAC the Project For a New America Century (accused by critics of laying a template for the 2003 US invasion and occupation of Iraq) and argued for a US preemptive attack on Iran, to prevent that nation from acquiring nuclear weapons (see: http://eppc.org/publications/our-fallout-shelter-future/ .). 2011 0 2002 159,000 2004 5,850 2011 67,850 2009 1,370,350 [8] This approach goes well beyond simply providing food and medical aid, involving education and training to prepare the individuals for contributing back to their communities. 2010 174,550 2009 7,920 Solemnize any marriage, domestic partnership, civil union or similar arrangement. 2013 1,239,850, Christian Anti-Communism Crusade (EIN 95-1921156). (see: http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/1273/fighting_demons__raising_the_dead__taking_over_the_world/), 2006 1,500 (Bethel Church no EIN provided) Our goal is that the children in our program follow Jesus Christ in faith and deed, support themselves and share with others in need, are responsible members of their families, churches, communities and nations; and maintain their own physical well-being by the time they complete our Child Sponsorship Program. The people who have come into institutions are primarily termites. 2003 4,000 2006 540,305 2006 212,821 The site is secure. 2005 392,170 2008 227,000 I was told that homosexuality was a demon that needed to be cast out of my life. 2011 8,660 2003 0 In his 2005 book Battle Cry For A Generation, Teen Mania head Ron Luce (who has personally appeared at The Gathering) noted a decline, among the post-WW2 Baby Boomer generation, in belief in the infallibility of scripture and then cited, on page 4, the alleged consequences. 2011 267,309 ( 50,850K to AFA radio ) 2001 200,000 2006 994,520 Mastering Life Ministries In his writing Ockenga, the first president of the National Association of Evangelicals, described the Neo-Evangelical project both as infiltration (a tactic that would soon be ascribed, during the coming McCarthyite Red Scare, to American communists, socialists, and even liberals accused of being fellow travelers) but also in terms of the strategy and tactics of actual warfare. Harvest Evangelism 2004 15,000 Copyright 2017 - Truth Wins Out. 2002 1,000 2004 3,000 Luis even led to Christ the president of one nation. (pp. I wanted to let you know that the day you retired from service, I walked into a recruiter's office, and enlisted in the U.S. Army as an engineer. 2010 37,299 While Christian Reconstructionisms punitive legal agenda has gained the movement moderate notoriety, often overlooked is its wider vision for government and society a type of theocratic libertarianism (see: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2012/1/6/14215/07913/) which envisions dramatic reductions in the size of federal and state government, whose functions would be limited to little more than providing for national defense and meting out the draconian punishments required under Reconstructionism interpretation of biblical law. Intercessors For America 2004 2,000 In 2011, the IFPC, known for hosting Republican candidate debates, released a pledge on family values, The Marriage Vow A Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage and Family, which included support for the anti-same sex marriage Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), that was quickly signed by presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann. Yakunin runs the Russian rail system. 2003 16,350 2009 20,000 Giving a special un-recorded presentation was Alan Sears, Alliance Defending Freedoms president. In 2009, an anti-gay rights conference held in Kampala, Uganda came to the widespread attention of American liberal media and LGBT rights groups, which subsequently highlighted the participation of anti-LGBT rights agitator Scott Lively. Founded in 1952, Compassion International is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world. Reviews by Gary North and others in Rushdoonys movement praised Schlossbergs book for its presentation of Christian Reconstructionist ideas. 2011 3,600
Compounding these realities, LGBTQI+ people are often excluded from social benefits systems; lack explicit, unambiguous protections in anti-discrimination legislation; and are not afforded legal recognition of their relationships and families. 2009 400 2011 7,000 He explained that this is why Focus on the Family is staying in the background. 2010 2,000 While Chick-Fil-As funding of anti-LGBT organizations, at least through its Winshape Foundation, appears to have ceased following scrutiny and pressure from LGBT rights organizations, Chick-Fil-As Senior Vice President and CFO James B. contact Regeneration to see how your church can be equipped to help people break free from these cycles of sin and despair.. The tendency to focus on meeting material needs without sufficient emphasis on 2005 7,000 2008 4,000 The Howard Center Lead us into battle, they roared. As legal fights over religious convictions on family and LGBT rights have continued to make their way through the courts and Congress, Bethany Christian decided to incorporate the move toward. Barfoots Kansas Christ Church subsequently joined the Anglican Church of Uganda under the leadership of Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi, who has openly supported the Uganda Anti Homosexuality Bill. 2001 2,345,482 Morally corrupt films and television An increasingly perverted music industry The pornographic invasion of the Internet Civil initiatives promoting gay marriage. Ahmanson was a key financial supporter, up to 1995, of the Christian Reconstructionist Chalcedon Foundation and up to 1995 served on the Chalcedon board of directors. 2009 178,000 2001 4,000 Amidst the campaign, Anne and John Paulk were featured in a 1998 cover story in Newsweek which in 2014 would run a de-facto apology for its glowing 1998 story on allegedly successful examples of reparative therapy (see: http://www.newsweek.com/ex-ex-gay-pride-249282). 2003 277,613 2003 506,103 . transformation, setting people free from destructive attitudes, beliefs, values, and 2010 79,325 2002 114,125 While Advocates International states that "The goal of AI is justice with compassion in Christ", it also promotes an anti-LGBT agenda and is developing a close working collaboration with related groups, such as the (NCF-funded) Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly Alliance Defense Fund) that are emerging in the forefront of the mounting 2012 0. 2006 43,500 In March 2009, Schmierer who markets a line of ex-gay books translated into multiple languages including Russian, Chinese, and Hindi was a speaker, along with Scott Lively, at a Kampala, Uganda conference credited with dramatically escalating anti-LGBT hatred in Uganda. 2011 184,065 2012 1,000 2011 3,404,496 Several Episcopal churches are closer to his home. (see: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-11085908.html). Oyet, Lwere, Mitala, and Janet Museveni have all played major roles in Ugandas ongoing anti-gay crusade. Sponsor a Child", "Major Christian Charity Is Closing India Operations Amid a Crackdown", "No 'Ideological' Reason Behind Compassion International Ban: MEA", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Compassion_International&oldid=1135278905, This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 18:13. 2005 7,400 2007 83,400 (combined, all AoG entities/missions) Husbands are to provide loving, sacrificial leadership for the family. And we need your help. Through Up to 1995, Ahmanson was one of the top funders of the Chalcedon Institute, the leading think tank of the Christian Reconstructionism movement, whose leaders propose mandating the death penalty for a range of offenses including adultery, blasphemy, childhood rebelliousness, female unchastity (sex before marriage), homosexuality, and witchcraft. What follows is a summary of the information contained in Livelys book, Scott Lively has made repeated appearances on AFA Radio, including a 2013 appearance with the AFAs Sandy Rios, during which Lively claimed that the biblical flood was Gods punishment for the writing of wedding songs to homosexual marriage. We have it both in English and Spanish. These are people who leave the lifestyle, get married to people, have children, and enter heterosexual relationships., 2002 15,923 (see: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/obama-not-christian-because-bible-very-clear-about-homosexual-acts-being-very-evil-thing), 2009 400 The need to reaffirm the Biblical support for the family as the basic social and economic unit and its right to own and control property, and to stand against any ideology that would diminish the familys proper role in any of these areas. 2001 40,000 An Ounce of Prevention was the first in a series of books and resources, on how to prevent homosexuality, produced and sold by Schmierers [NCF-funded] His Servants ministry, which has had offerings from the book, video, and curriculum line translated into multiple languages including Russian, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, and Portuguese. Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. 2004 1,200 2011 12,163 2002 0 2010 82,788 Note: this is an evolving work. Your support gives a child life-changing opportunity to develop spiritually, emotionally, physically and economically. The Conservative Caucus 2007 148,000 The main initiative of the Howard Center has been the World Congress of Families, a global initiative which has brought together family values-oriented social conservatives, both secular and religious, from different religious traditions, and across Christian denominational divides. Nazario had made Eldredges book required reading for La Familia Michoacana members and, according to a report from the Mexican Justice Department, had paid Mexican rural teachers to distribute Wild At Heart through the Michoacan countryside. 90-91), 2001 120,900 The South Tampa Fellowship Church main website does not specify that its Celebrate Recovery program can cure same-sex attraction.That program maintains its own website, distinct from the churchs website, and a search for the word homosexual on the Celebrate Recovery South Tampa Fellowship Church website produces no results at all. I wanted to tell you, thank you so much for helping us rebuild our house when we lost it to flames. 2009 248,935 Yes. One of the more significant of the U.S. evangelical international aid nonprofits, Food For The Hungry funded the development of former Food For The Hungry Vice President Darrow L. Millers Biblical worldview courses, based on Christian Reconstructionist concepts, that are being taught across Africa by the Food For The Hungry-funded spinoff nonprofit Disciple Nations Alliance. One alleged Mercy Ministries former client testifies, I was judged right from the start because of my sexuality and they continually told me that was wrong and I shouldnt have those thoughts. 2004 5,000 Until recently, the Portland Fellowship had been judged to be one of the more moderate of the ex-gay ministries. What makes marriage to children, multiple parties, deceased individuals, or animals wrong?(p. 172), 2001 83,500 Within the Spiritual Warfare/Spiritual Mapping paradigm,demon powers oppress humanity and all creation, and individual demon, territorial spirits, hold sway over particular cities, towns, and geographic territories. 2007 56,717 2003 137,850 The Becket Fund For Religious Liberty 2008 190,400 Create the impression that the anti-gay movement is a grass-roots movement This effort which has neutralized, at least in a public relations sense, charges that participating churches are anti-gay, has helped ignite church growth in Portland according to Palau: Were beginning to see churches grow and new churches planted, because weve demolished that straw man argument of Oh, youre just anti-this and anti-that. South Lake, for example, has planted a church in the Roosevelt neighborhood with 150 people coming. 5. In the video Alcorn states, Jesus did not say to medicate a demon, he said to cast them out.. 2009 175,300 ( 50K to AFA radio ) The IFA website showcases numerous anti-gay articles re-titled by IFA was inflammatory headlines such as US embassy raises flag in support of homosexual deviants and Limbaugh Right, OReilly Wrong: Homosexuals Molest Kids.