How World Vision Can Regain Trust (After it Reverses Its Decision to Support Gay Marriage)

Townhall ^ | 03/27/2014 | Michael Brown

[CatherineofAragon]

"Not trying to start a debate or anything, just clarifying: Does your statement imply that there is now no possible way World Vision can recover from this, that they are forever ‘accursed’?"

They MIGHT be able to recover from it, considering the politically correct mindset of some Christians, but should they? No, not in my opinion. Think about it....they come out in support of something God views as an abomination. They didn't make a mistake; they deliberately defied Him. Christians should be distancing themselves from WV so fast you see clouds of dust.

[CatherineofAragon]

"It looks like many Evangelicals are expressing support for the reversal decision."

Yeah, well, some PC evangelicals are fine with homo marriage itself. They can jump off that cliff if they want to. It's still wrong, and I'm not about to go with them.

[MNDude]

Here’s a list of their board of directors:
http://www.worldvision.org/about-us/leadership-team

Two are employees Christian hating Google!

[CatherineofAragon]

"Neither would any discerning Christian. Read their "apology." It reads like a politician caught in the act of malfeasance, diverting direct blame and actually blaming their SUPPORTERS for being offended!!!"

LOL, note "we made a mistake."

Pure mealy-mouthed, meaningless drivel.

[CatherineofAragon]

Thanks, wardaddy

[sport]

Actually, when they came out in support of what is called homosexuals “marrying” each other, they showed their true colors.

[SeekAndFind]

FROM THEIR SITE:

http://www.worldvision.org/about-us/leadership-team

2014 World Vision Board of Directors

James F. Beré Jr., Chair | Chairman and CEO, Alta Resources

Dr. Vinh Chung | Vanguard Skin Specialist, Seasweep survivor

Rev. John Crosby | Pastor, Christ Presbyterian Church

Lisa Trevino Cummins | President, Urban Strategies

Gary Duim, Secretary/Treasurer | Vice Chair, U.S. Bancorp (retired)

Jacquelline Fuller | Director of Giving, Google

Sandy Grubb | Columbia-Willamette Women of Vision, Social
Venture Partners Portland; author

Dr. Stephen A. Hayner | President, Columbia Theological Seminary

Christin McClave | UNIFI Coaching, LLC
Katie Smith Milway | Head, Knowledge Group, The Bridgespan Group; author

John Park, Vice Chair | Senior Project Manager, Google
Deborah Pegues | Author and motivational speaker, The Pegues Group; CFO, Church of God in Christ, West L.A.

Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah | Associate professor, North Park Theological Seminary; urban church planter

Dr. Joan Singleton | Vice President, Milton Hershey School

Richard E. Stearns | President, World Vision U.S.

Roland C. Warren | Board Member, National Fatherhood Initiative CEO, Care Net

Bonnie Wurzbacher | Chief Resource Development Officer, World Vision International

[ravenwolf]

RE: Upwards of 20 percent of the aid World Vision distributes comes from the Federal Government, and their initial decision to hire same-sex married persons looks very much like a pandering to ~that~ funding source,>>>>>>>

In that case the only thing World Vision or any other Christian organization can do to convince me that i can trust them is to stop receiving money from the Government.

[fwdude]

Yes, improperly imploring the misapplied “mistake” excuse. That alone is cause for doubt as to the authenticity of their “repentance.”

[MNDude]

I’ve been doing Google searches on all these guys. Mostly a bunch of liberals. No surprise.

[afsnco]

Amen.

[PA BOOKENDS]

Can you share some details?

[Bigg Red]

I did not read the whole piece, but I read enough to conclude that the writer is quite naive. One can certainly forgive them, but only a fool would ever trust them again and give them money.

[MNDude]

finding references of “social justice”

several are from Presbyterian and Church of Christ churches (both officially recognize gay marriages).

[Bigg Red]

It’s not necessarily a bad thing, though. This whole thing has served to separate some chaff from the wheat. There are many other worthwhile Christian charities in need of support.

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Good point.

I am a Catholic, but I steadfastly refuse to donate to any charity that is sponsored by the United States Conference of Bishops because far too many of them support illegal immigration and think it is their moral duty to help illegals who broke into this country. I do not trust them.

[grania]

I'm sick of organizations run by fake-conservatives trying to get away with imposing their agenda on a group. When the objections are strong, they back track and apologize, and keep on going until the next opportunity to backstab their core arises.

If they're really sorry, they should resign, acknowledging they can no longer be trusted. That's what would demonstrate true regret.

We have to stop letting those who backstab us from having more chances to do so.

[Solson]

What/who is World Vision?

[Gamecock]

Not sure the concept of forgiveness applies to agencies that openly violate God's law.

[metmom]

I absolutely despise the manipulation techniques people use against others using Scripture.

And that’s what this article is to try to coerce people into not pulling their funding.

That’s a despicable use of the word of God to put people on a guilt trip when they do right to wrong they’ve seen done.

World Vision recanted when they saw the fallout from their decision. If they had repented and changed their minds on their own, that would be one thing, but they didn’t.

They didn’t *repent* until they saw the backlash and loss of revenue. That is not *repenting* of wrong done. That’s a CYA, ooops, we really blew it, time to backpedal actions.

They can’t be trusted.

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

Too late. WV already showed its hand.

WV, you’re done.