Faith-based Charities and Government $
A Faithful Reader emails me to ask what the various folks here think of involving churches in implementing government programs. Does it encourage better behavior in the implementation or does it just corrupt the churches?
I am not sure what I think and will have to ponder the issue. I hope the rest of the group will help out on this.
I am not sure what I think and will have to ponder the issue. I hope the rest of the group will help out on this.
Posted by Andy Morriss on
Thursday September 29, 2005 at 11:07pm
Acts 6.1 comes immediately to mind: "... there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution."
I know what will ensue: the demands for accounting and reporting; the calls for licensing, certifications, training, compliance reviews, sensitivity training; the meddling of bureaucrats; the exhaustion of parishioners; the subtle shift from voluntary to mandatory compliance with this, that and the other; the objections and whining of every person or group with Accredited Victim Status about having religion shoved down their throats ("He wears a Cross around his neck!"), or how uncomfortable they feel around these Scary Religious Types that don't embrace with Tolerance -- nay, with Gushing Approval -- their particular creed, color, race, religion, or sexual deviance; the bald-faced dishonesty of certain televangelists who demonstrate that corruption is all too easy a trap to fall into.
No, no, a thousand times, NO!