{"id":2552,"date":"2014-03-26T17:43:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T23:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/afewgrownmen\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2014-03-26T17:45:31","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T23:45:31","slug":"shame-on-world-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/afewgrownmen\/2014\/03\/shame-on-world-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Shame on World Vision?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Shame on World Vision?<\/p>\n<p>Shame on us.<\/p>\n<p>If by chance you were camping in the Himalayas this week, here\u2019s the skinny:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few days ago International world relief organization World Vision decided to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2014\/march-web-only\/world-vision-why-hiring-gay-christians-same-sex-marriage.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hire gay Christians in same sex marriages<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>In response, evangelical Christians began pulling their support for World Vision, which, <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelheldevans.com\/blog\/world-vision-sponsorship\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to some sources<\/a> with contacts at World Vision, resulted in thousands of children losing their sponsorships.<\/li>\n<li>Then late Wednesday, March 26<sup>th<\/sup>, World Vision <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2014\/march-web-only\/world-vision-reverses-decision-gay-same-sex-marriage.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reversed its decision<\/a>, posting, \u201cWe failed to be consistent with World Vision U.S.\u2019s commitment to the traditional understanding of Biblical marriage and our own statement of faith.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yes. I\u2019m really disappointed with World Vision for their first decision.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/blog\/posts\/world-vision-adultery-no-homosexual-practice-yes\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">like many others<\/a>, I disagree with World Vision\u2019s first decision theologically.<\/p>\n<p>But more so\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m disappointed with so many evangelicals<\/strong> who were cancelling their sponsorships of children all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>I sponsor a child with World Vision. I have for years. Let me be clear:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I\u2019m not going to punish a 13-year-old girl in Ethiopia for a decision made in a World Vision boardroom in the U.S.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, the decision World Vision made has ramifications to consider. I agree wholeheartedly and will definitively deliberate about those issues in the future. Maybe the next kid I sponsor will be with Compassion. But if I made a commitment to a kid with World Vision\u2026 then cancelling a sponsorship <em>primarily hurts that kid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is my little girl in Ethiopia going to think of Christians, and ultimately, Christ, if I pull my support and stop writing her letters?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just individual kids who are losing sponsorships\u2014it\u2019s major humanitarian projects. Today I happened to be eating lunch with a pastor of a large church in the Sacramento Suburbs. I asked him, \u201cHow is this World Vision decision affecting you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cJonathan. We just raised $360,000 for a water project with World Vision in Ethiopia. I already have people bailing out on their commitment to that project, and we\u2019ve committed to do it. I don\u2019t want people in Ethiopia to suffer because of this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why should multiple villages who were going to receive a fresh water source be punished?<\/p>\n<p><strong>And Now\u2026<br>\n<\/strong>And now the decision is reversed\u2026 and some are rejoicing.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t really see much to rejoice about. No matter what, Christians come out looking like idiots with this one.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shame on World Vision? Shame on us. 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