Just because a reporter and an atheist group says this groups tactics are predatory, doesn’t mean they are. It means the reporter wants a knee jerk reaction from people reading the article and they got just what they wanted.
Groups have been doing this for years by inviting these kids to church functions or to Vacation Bible Schools. Sometimes they get the children to come, sometimes not. The real target is to get the parents to come to church to see their children do a skit or a play, or sing a song as a group, then the Pastor preaches to the visitors. That is the reality.
Approach me, and I’ll politely tell you whether or not I’m interested. Approach my kids at that age, and I’ll just about anyone to get lost.
Maybe the reality is different than in the article, and the approach is to the parents, maybe not. But then my reaction would be more tolerant.
You have that right. Pray about the increasing kind of news like this, and overcome evil with good. The goal is to make government and its arms that only agency that can trusted.