Posted on 12/13/2014 5:24:46 AM PST by NYer
How about a donation to the Little Sisters of the Poor or Priests for Life ... plenty of Catholic charities in need, ping!
This has got to be the most horribly written article I have ever seen.
I agree. I don’t think the SA is an in-bed colluding partner with, say, Planned Parenthood and advocates of wholesale, willy nilly abortions for whatever reason.
Frankly, this article does not convince me.
What one would expect from a Catholic apologist
I guess it’s good to hold charities accountable, but it is also good to know that your church makes donations to local and world charities. My church has some special fundraising requests for specific functions like sending/supporting missionaries, but also uses $200K or more of “surplus” money for local causes. I’ve been to some churches that won’t donate one penny that hasn’t been earmarked by specific donation requests.
Well you had me going until the article mentioned the Wounded Warrior Project. An organization that sees to it that 97 cents of every dollar does not go to wounded warriors but into it’s promoters pockets. No thanks, I’m not buying what you are selling.
Something very different from what the Catholic Church teaches. If your goal is to support efficient aid to the needy, then so what?
NC Baptist Men's Disaster Relief doesn't have Catholic beliefs about the Sacraments, either ... but they're the very best local disaster relief group. If I want to help victims of a natural disaster, that's where my money goes.
My church gives a percentage of the collection each month to different local service agencies (Meals on Wheels, Hospice, Food Bank, etc.) and also maintains a fund to help church members.
Here is what the Salvation Army position is:
http://www1.salvationarmy.org/IHQ/www_ihq_isjc.nsf/vw-sublinks/FE3C992C78838853802577DF0071D796?openDocument
I will continue to put money in the red kettle.
You are to be congratulated for enduring the torture of reading it.
I attended the Salvation Army CHURCH. The Coronel Samuel Logan Bringle, in 1906 suggested that since most of it;s adherents came from the saloon crowd, and booze parlors, that they abstained from all sipping of the cup. They thought by doing such they could avoid the conflict of which cup was right, the One Cuppers, or the mini cups, and the strong wine, vs, grape juice. For a while, the insttition of the Lords Supper and how it was served and how often served more to divide people than unite them.
I’m not for abortion, period but there is one scenario where it must be performed. That is an ectopic pregnancy where the gestation is occuring in the fallopian tube or outside of the uterus. The mother’s life is truly in danger from a ruptured bleed out.
Sounds like your church knows what to be good stewards of the money that best serves God by serving others with it. My experience is that a church that practices Christian principles will not hoard its offerings, but will also thrive and grow in its ability to use the money for Godly causes.
Sounds like a Catholic charity wants catholic donations for their own cause. Basically al the article says is that the SA isn’t a Roman Catholic organization.
The history of The Salvation Army as a Christian denomination as well as a service organization is extremely interesting.
Re the article, if a person wants to support only organizations that share his religious beliefs 100%, he can do that. However, the Catholic faith does not insist that he must.
I like the Salvation Army, and will continue to support them....until “I” find something, other than one asking I change my support to a ‘religious organization’ I don’t agree with. This article was odd.
Our Stewardship Committee leaders grumble that the congregation is better at giving for “causes” than to keep the lights on, but we’ve managed to keep Duke Power happy somehow, as well as doing all the missions support. God provides!
Big picture time. Its downright un-American to be against the Salvation Army.
I don’t walk by a red kettle without putting something in it.
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