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Saturday, August 13, 2005
JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY EMPLOYEE NIXES AD FOR FAITH BASED MINISTRY
Calls it “Discriminatory”
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (ANS) -- For additional information call
Jeremy Reynalds at (505) 400-7145 or (505) 877-6967
A Joy Junction homeless shelter staff member thought placing an ad in the Albuquerque Journal for an office receptionist for the faith-based ministry would be a simple matter.
That was until a Journal Publishing Company employee told her the ad was “discriminatory.”
This is the text of the ad that Joy Junction unsuccessfully attempted to place.
“Receptionist - Joy Junction - Pleasant phone manner, ability to multi-task, computer ability: Word and Excel. Office experience necessary, ministry experience preferred, strong customer service skills. Ability to make independent judgments about work, yet work as a team member. Applications available on-line at www.joyjunction.com.”
The problem? The words “ministry experience preferred.”
Attempts made by Joy Junction personnel to resolve the situation were unsuccessful.
Joy Junction Founder and Director Jeremy Reynalds said he felt the aggressive stand taken by the Journal Publishing Company employee reflected a basic lack of understanding about the needs and role of a faith-based ministry.
Reynalds said, “It is important for everyone to remember that we are not a social service agencies that deals only with physical hunger and need. We are a church organization – a faith-based ministry, an umbrella term for a charitable group whose goal is to save souls as well as bodies. We need and have a right to hire employees whose beliefs reflect those values. And as University of Texas Professor Marvin Olasky pointed out in his book ‘The Tragedy of American Compassion,’ as opposed to the typical governmental ‘anything goes,’ approach, faith- based ministries use a tough love that demands accountability, adherence to moral standards and changes in behavior.”
To learn more about Joy Junction go to www.joyjunction.org
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Posted on 08/16/2005 12:04:57 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter
The problem? The words “ministry experience preferred.”
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This kind of stuff makes me grit my teeth and squint my eyes.