Boards and elitists.
They better get all their executives to give the “I have sinned!” speech - one by one - and beg on their hands and knees, and then we’ll see!
Sometimes the only answer is to DESTROY what was built up before - when it becomes corrupt. “Companies” and “organizations” do NOT RECEIVE SALVATION or even forgiveness from God - only “people” do - but that does not mean what they “built” will survive!!
Its all about the bucks. Corporate donors, who are heavily influenced by the homosexual lobby put the squeeze on World Vision, much the way they pressured the Boy Scouts. Either change your policies or the corporate donations will cease. World Vision quickly learned they would lose from more from their traditional donors. However this is a vile and effective tactic that will be employed again.
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.
There are always consequences for sin even if forgiveness is asked.
The aprropriate consequences here should be the resignations of all members of the board to resign and replaced with individuals known to believe and support Biblical marriage.
Since they did not tell the truth about why they caved in the first place, it is equally clear they are not telling the truth about why they backtracked. The only thing that would clear up this mess is some heads on a platter.
Their “mistake” was not done casually. The people who made this decision must have a radically different view of Christianity than my wife and I do or they could never have made this decision in the first place.
Their action was reversed quickly, but only after they realized they had just chased away a big part of their donor base. Their press release was good, but actual repentance by their leaders is suspect.
Personally, it looks like rot at the top to us.
Unless heads role over this we will reduce and/or eliminate our contributions to what we thought was a fine organization.
Insofar as the current Board and leadership (its mouth-piece president who goes out to defend hiring same-sex married persons) has trashed its own credibility -- both by its original decision AND by its ambivalently explained change of mind -- the only action at this point which can restore the organization's credibility is for the entire Board and its president to resign.
Until those resignations are tendered and received by a replacement Board, I'm going to (1) be pleased with the recession of the policy to hire same-sex married persons and (2) unwilling to trust the current Board or president to implement their so-called allegiance to Biblical standards for sexual morality.
Here’s a list of their board of directors:
http://www.worldvision.org/about-us/leadership-team
Two are employees Christian hating Google!
Actually, when they came out in support of what is called homosexuals “marrying” each other, they showed their true colors.
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.
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.
What/who is World Vision?
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.
Too late. WV already showed its hand.
WV, you’re done.
Again, their 2011 Financial Statements, page 3, “public cash and food commodity grants”, nevermind 20%, it looks like that is about 75% or better of their revenues and probably includes government monies too.
Never again. Its reversal was the real communication: It is only interested in the money.