2010 81,623 2008 0 God created mankind in His own image, endowing man with freedom, creativity, (see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/christian-legal-society-martinez-upends-campus-religious-groups_n_1508295.html and http://www.clsnet.org/page.aspx?pid=528). child sponsorship is THE most effective long-term development intervention for helping the We must never appear to be attempting to rob anyone of their rights their constitutional rights. Eschliman accused the LGBTQXYZ crowd and the Gaystapo of trying to make their sinful nature right with God. . Consider the NCFs startling rate of growth over the last 6 years in 2009, the National Christian Foundation gave out $328 million in grants; NCFs 2015 ministry report states that its preliminary (un-audited) grant total for FY 2014 was $875 million. But our relativistic everything-goes age does have one iron-clad rule: DO NOT apply biblical morality to social issues. safe community where they can learn, grow, play and dream. 2013 1,500, Mastering Life Ministries (EIN 62-1542382). A lock () or https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely. 2003 55,100 I was told that homosexuality was a demon that needed to be cast out of my life. Ethics and Public Policy Fellow Herb Schlossberg was the intellectual architect of the stealth group strategy to fight organized homosexuality outlined at The Gathering in 1997. 2003 3,500 2004 9,500 Ahmanson was a key financial supporter, up to 1995, of the Christian Reconstructionist Chalcedon Foundation and up to 1995 served on the Chalcedon board of directors. 2009 77,000 2010 106,000 Council For Biblical Manhood and Womanhood The extensive foundational ties of the Rutherford Institute to Christian Reconstructionism are outlined by journalist and researcher Frederick Clarkson, in a chapter of Eyes Right: Challenging the Rightwing Backlash (1995, South End Press, edited by Chip Berlet) : The Rutherford Institutes John Whitehead was a student of both Schaeffer and Rushdoony, and credits them as the two major influences on his thought. But in all cases, we provide love, education, 2003 297,000 By 2006, when the National Christian Foundation gave $12,000 to Paul Camerons Family Research Institute, over two decades had passed since Cameron had been disavowed by two of Americas most important relevant professional associations. 2013 55,490, The Lilburn Alliance Church is the Lilburn, Georgia home church of College of Prayer leader Fred Hartley, III. 2001 10,000 Trinity Academy Children are to honor their parents. 2010 9,357,128 We want children to have the opportunity to see living faith in action, hear the gospel and be discipled in the ways of Christ. 2005 1,000 I was not free. So, losing the God of Scripture is not merely a religious event. Don Schmierers long career of anti-gay activism ranges from his March 2009 participating, along with notorious anti-gay agitator Scott Lively, in the Kampala, Uganda anti-LGBT rights conference (Exposing the Truth behind Homosexuality and the Homosexual Agenda) widely credited with raising anti-gay hatred in Uganda to a fever pitch, to his presentation, to The Gathering in 1997, of a master strategy for combating organized homosexuality. Through sponsorship, children are able to participate in a church-based program that offers life-changing benefits that range from educational opportunities to health care. GLAAD is collaborating with the St. Paul's Foundation for International Reconciliation, the Unitarian Universalist UN Office, Soulforce, and several other partners to present Compass to Compassion a consultation to present a common strategy to deal with the global impact of American Christian fundamentalism on rising LGBT global persecution. (see: http://www.ifapray.org/prayertopics.php?id=5), 2001 20,000 The Family Foundation of Kentucky The FRC is one of the highest profile Christian right organizations working against LGBT rights, both within the United States and internationally. Compassion strives to protect children from all forms of abuse. 2010 82,788 The way God used sponsors through Compassion to Alliance Defense Fund / Alliance Defending Freedom California School Project Massachusetts Family Institute fundraising banquet in October 2014. While The Gathering is almost exclusively an affair of the dominionist Protestant evangelical right, The Council for National Policy brings together top funders of both the secular and theocratic far-right with movement activists and strategists. How many countries does Compassion work in? The Navigators is among an elite core of evangelism and discipleship-focused ministries closely associated with The Fellowship which hosts the annual National Prayer Breakfast. At its height in the 1990s the Promise Keepers, which led the vanguard of the Christian mens movement, was able to pack football stadiums with crowds of 50,000 or more. [note: both Howard Ahmanson, George Grant especially for his pioneering work in launching the ex-gay movement), Darrow Miller, and Herb Schlossberg have played major (and mostly unnoticed) roles in the American religious rights domestic and international wars on LGBT rights.]. (see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/noahs-flood-caused-by-wedding-songs-homosexuals-scott-lively_n_2450404.html). Typically viewed as marginal, the movement has nonetheless gained widespread ideological traction through its promotion of a libertarian vision for radically shrinking government a vision that is not inherently theocratic but nonetheless advances the Reconstructionist political agenda, which foresees churches and local government moving into the void created as federal and state government are radically pared down. 2006 540,305 2012 117,400, New Hope Charitable Foundation (DBA New Hope Ministries EIN 68-0335100). 2007 1,250 2011 1,274,773 Besides funding from the National Christian Foundation, E&PPC also receives substantial funding from other The Gathering foundations. Camerons discredited research has established many of the tropes used to demonize the LGBT community which are now being deployed in Africa and elsewhere beyond U.S. shores, including claims that homosexuals have vastly reduced life expectancy, and the [debunked] statistical association of same-sex orientation with pedophilia. 2009 18,861 Our commitment to stewardship has not changed even though the calculations of Charity Navigator have undergone revisions. Ugandan Stephen Langa, on of the top lobbyists for the Uganda Anti Homosexuality Bill and a close ally of Livelys, is an elder at the Watoto Church. 2002 94,810 2002 5,000 2007 1,000 The work of Christian relief and development, therefore, must involve spiritual A Christian school in Kansas is at the centre of mounting controversy after it emerged that it reserved the right to expel students if any of their family members were gay or transgender. 2005 7,400 2011 10,000 2011 89,279 2009 23,461 Fosters institute promotes a Christian nationalist version of American history. Daystar Church Rutherford Institute 2008 53,100 2010 3,600 2004 75,500 2008 147,980 . Schmierers Celebrating Gods Design: A Balanced and Biblical Perspective on Todays Toughest Youth Problems, co-written with Lela Gilbert (Promise Publishing, 2002) was endorsed by Jim Burns. Hammond has also depicted the late Nelson Mandela as, first and foremost, a terrorist. 2011 0 Compassion International Response Thank you for your feedback! Obediently pursue Jesus command to be salt and light to the culture 2007 192,000 2006 14,000 2012 885,955 Ransomed Heart Ministries 2012 0 2005 10,800 FoF support of evangelical right state-level family policy organizations that oppose LGBT rights and reproductive rights conforms with a strategy laid out during a key 1994 anti-gay rights strategy conference held at the Colorado Glenn Eyrie castle headquarters of The Navigators. 2012 45,000 2008 50,000 As reported in Kenyan media (see: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/?articleID=2000168074&story_title=DP+William+Ruto%3A+homosexuals+have+no+place+in+Kenya ) on July 6, 2015 Ruto declared, in a speech at the Ziwani Church, The other day you heard that in America the court has ruled about homosexuality but in this country we will defend what is right and what our faith states., Ruto continued, God did not create man and woman for a man to come and marry another man. ADFs supportive function was expressly intended, by its founders, to give ADF leverage to corral existing Christian right legal groups and attorneys away from previously antagonistic legal strategies and towards complementary, mutually reinforcing approaches. World Outreach Ministries (EIN 58-1387722), Grove City professor Warren Throckmorton identified World Outreach Ministries as having processed American funds going to the ministry of Ugandan anti-gay crusader martin Ssempa. no EIN provided). Until the unexpected demise of Vision Forum Ministries in the wake of a sex scandal that embroiled its head Doug Phillips, Vision Forum was one of the leading Christian Reconstructionist organizations in America. And we need your help. Set up your online account. 2011 3,000 2011 100 I am alive and healthy, educated, empowered, and out of the slums. The children Compassion serves receive, among other things: the opportunity to hear the gospel and learn about Jesus; regular Christian training; educational opportunities and help; health care, hygiene training and supplementary food if necessary; a caring and safe Christian environment to grow in self-confidence and social skills; personal attention, guidance and love. transform my life is one of those mysteries., Child Protection Officer, Daly noted that orthodox Christian were both for and against the bill. 2002 1,000 2006 100,100 This revised system altered Compassion's 4-star rating to a 3, less than three months after awarding Compassion a 4-star rating for the exact same numbers. 2004 1,131,750 Transform-World promotes doctrines from the theocratic Coalition on Revival. The ultimate goal of their agenda is to use the force of law to silence sincerely held religious beliefs in opposition to same-sex marriage. 2013 0, Child Evangelism Fellowship (EIN 95-1502345), The Child Evangelism Fellowship has established its Good News Clubs, that target young school children for evangelizing, in thousands of public schools across America. 2012 703,132, Probe Ministries International (EIN 75-1416858), Probe Ministries is an apologetics ministry that promotes It reads,: You shall not lie with a male as with a woman.It is an abomination. 2012 0 A fourth MLM board member is J.I. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning), Machine Tools, Metalworking and Metallurgy, Aboriginal, First Nations & Native American, 'Poverty stopped with us': Compassion International celebrates 70 years of ministry, World Food Day 2022: 'Many go hungry, the lucky eat once a day'. Natural disaster. 2011 3,404,496 2010 5,700 Desert Stream Ministries Elements of that strategy which included the dual approach of demonizing LGBT people and promoting ex-gay therapy have since been implemented in Russia, Uganda, and elsewhere around the globe. 2011 2,620 Patrick Henry College exists to further the following objectives: Center For Arizona Policy What is the mission of Compassion International? Head of Faith 2 Action Janet Porter, ne Janet Folger, fronted for the 1998 Truth In Love ex-gay promotion campaign that briefly helped establish ex-gay leaders such as John and Anne Paulk as household names across America. Since the mid-2000s, Adadevoh has led the formation of a pan-African evangelical Christian transforming leadership network ( see: http://transformingleadership.com ) which has featured the enthusiastic participation of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza who in 2009 signed into law repressive new anti-LGBT legislation and is an acolyte (see: http://www.twocare.org/anti-gay-nar-backs-embattled-president-of-burundi/ ) of the New Apostolic Reformation movement that is in the vanguard of antigay activism on every continent on Earth except Antarctica. 2009 280,290 2011 2,306,758 Yes. 2010 581,750 Why? 2013 0. 2001 7,600 Teen Challenge It was a project of the Chick-Fil-A led Marriage CoMission, a coalition of dozens of ministries and organizations dedicated to fighting the downward spiral of marriage and the traditional family in America., The project included the participation numerous anti-LGBT organizations and leaders including Exodus International, Citizens for Community Values, the Alliance For Marriage (a driving force behind state anti-same sex marriage amendments), leaders from Focus on the Family, leaders from The Navigators, Campus Crusade For Christ Military Ministry, Alan Carlson and Larry Jacobs of the Howard Center, members of the Georgia Family Council, and representatives from Campus Crusade For Christ (Family Life). 2009 1,600 2007 538,399 2002 988,954 In 2005, along with the (NCF-funded) Alliance Defense Fund and (NCF-funded) Becket Fund, Advocates International joined what would be a successful effort to protect the religious free speech rights of Swedish Pentecostal pastor Ake Green (see: http://www.akegreen.org/en-2-left/en-2-5.htm), who was being prosecuted under hate speech laws for a 2003 sermon in which Green declared, Is homosexuality genetic or an evil force that plays mind games with people? As explained during a 2006 3 and 1/2 special briefing to The Gathering (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LYLMYvUhoQ ), The ADF was created expressly to aid existing legal organizations, and local attorneys, in their culture war legal battles; it does not compete with existing Christian right legal organizations, nor does it take over local Christian right legal fights. 2005 0, [Campus Crusade For Christ sub-ministries funding by NCF], Athletes in Action EIN 95-6006173 (plus other EIN number CCC AIC entities), 2001 6,345 In our country today, there is tremendous pressure on Christians, churches, and Christian organizations to lower our moral standards. 2008 29,220 2008 69,640 Compassion International is publisher of Bushs 2009 book The 4/14 Window: Raising Up a New Generation to Transform The World, and Vice President of Compassion International Bambang Budijanto serves on the Transform-World steering committee. 2003 234,392 In the mid-1990s, Bright was one of the co-founders (along with James Dobson, Larry Burkett, D. James Kennedy, Donald Wildmon, and Marlin Maddoux) of the Alliance Defense Fund (now Alliance Defending Freedom) that according to Human Rights Campaign Vice President Fred Sainz is easily the most active antigay legal group ( see: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/us/legal-alliance-gains-host-of-court-victories-for-conservative-christian-movement.html ) and which has emerged as a significant force in the World Congress of Families that internationally has rallied social conservatives worldwide against gay rights, and reproductive and womens rights. 2003 (ORU MIssion) $150 Bethel Redding is one of the strongholds of the fast-growing New Apostolic Reformation movement and promotes the doctrine that believers can wield all of the miraculous powers described in the New Testament book of Acts as having been demonstrated by Jesus apostles following his death. Global Mobilization Ministries Founder and director of mission at Global Mobilization Ministries is Alison Barfoot, who is described as a key actor directing the Uganda Anglican Church towards an oppositional stance towards homosexuality in the book American Culture Warriors in Africa: A Guide To The Exporters of Homophibia and Sexism ( 2014, Political Research Associates). 2005 5,250 Christian and Missionary Alliance The yearly season of service was pioneered by Luis Palaus son Kevin Palau, who has led an effort in which churches under Palaus aegis are partnering with Portland public schools, to mentor students in the Portland public school system. 2003 27,000 2008 2,674,708 5. The First Baptist Church runs a branch of the addiction recovery program Celebrate Recovery (launched by Rick Warrens Saddleback Church) that promotes a version of reparative therapy. 2004 474,442 2003 122,700 During a 2006 three and a half hour presentation at The Gathering, Alliance Defense Fund leaders recalled how Bright co-led, along with the late D. James Kennedy, the initial conference call, of several dozen evangelical organizational leaders, that led to the formation of the ADF. 2004 27,500 2008 65,000 2009 5,250 2012 The Navigators This is the work of God, this is the work of Jesus. The prior year, in 2012, LaBarbera was a participant in the 2012 World Congress of Families, in Madrid. But the very existence of the movement serves to move the Overton Window, by making positions that might otherwise seem extreme look moderate by comparison. I vividly remember the day I received that yellow letter notifying me that you have chosen me to be your sponsored child. One letter featured in this video comes from Kennedy. Even animals are wiser than homosexuals! 2002 179,000 Reese is author of the book Freedom Tools For Overcoming Lifes Tough Problems (2008, Chosen Books/Baker Publishing Group). Vision Forum has published writers such as William O. Einwechter, who not only argues for the criminalization of homosexuality but also for the execution, per Old Testament scripture, of disobedient children. 2009 19,900 Adadevohs International Leadership Foundation website ( note: Adadevohs ILF is to be distinguished from another, more prominent US-based entity with the same name http://http://www.ileader.org ) currently advertises upcoming ILF seminars to be hld in the African nations of Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, and South Africa. 2006 231,000 Lead us into battle, they roared. Your donation helps children when they need it most.. For information regarding COVID-19 and how Compassion is working through it, please visit our COVID-19 FAQ page. 2003 20,000 Eldridge stressed that the anti-gay movement must be perceived as a genuine grass roots uprising. He said that home rule is important, because a top-down approach doesnt work. 2012 0 One of the primary roles of future government leaders will be to instruct in righteousness. 2007 $1,000 2005 16,000 Based on Twocare.org research, the Love Won Out campaign appears to have been planned by a working group that included Herbert Schlossberg and Don Schmierer, who co-led a presentation at The Gathering 1997 on how to combat organized homosexuality. 2007 212,500 Cameron dresses up his studies with copious footnotes, graphs and charts, and then pays to publish them in certain journals. ( http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/profiles/paul-cameron ), 2006 12,000 In South America, Compassion works in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. 2008 100 The Institute On Religion and Democracy (EIN 52-1265221). A video of the event is available for download from the AMA LGBT Advisory Committee. At The Gathering 1997, under the auspices of Howard Ahmansons Fieldstead Institute, Ahmansons private unincorporated funding vehicle, one current and one former (Herb Schlossberg) Fieldstead program director gave a presentation outlining a master strategy for combating organized homosexuality. . . 2003 5,000 2003 10,000 Family Research Council People are hurting . 2009 3,300 I was enrolled in school. Then, in 2013, NCF funding of Becket doubled, to $185,000. 2010 3,600 One of the listed members of the Luis Palau Associations Next Generation Alliance (see: https://web.archive.org/web/20150712152416/http://legacy.palau.org/alliance/next_generation_alliance/nga_evangelists/ltop/ ) has been Ugandan Evangelist Julius Peter Oyet, who is in turn a member of of the Uganda branch of Silvosos International Transformation Network. Describing his time in Uganda, Hartley stated, in a November 27, 2009 appearance on a colleagues radio show, just two weeks ago I was with the members of parliament and had a marvelous time, these are dear brothers and sisters in Christ and they are in earnest about righteousness and the cause of Christ and the amazing thing is they are standing for righteousness in areas that where we have long ago sold ourselves down the river but theyre looking to us for spiritual mentoring to, that they as kings and queens so to speak can stand in kingdom alignment and operate according to Biblical principles in their spheres of influence. The congregation vowed in song that they would fight until every nation is on its knees before Jesus Christ. 2008 34,000 Compassion International 2010 55,800 2004 1,200 Advocates International speakers have participated in the (NCF-funded) Howard Centers World Congress of Families events, which have been closely tied to growing anti-LGBT persecution and anti-gay legislation in Russia, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere. 13. . 2001 18,588 2004 $25,000 2010 41,000 2001 6,250 and instead of helping them we are papering over their problems . At a key 1994 conference held at the Glenn Eyrie headquarters of The Navigators (also funded by NCF), Eldredge, then serving as Focus On The Familys Director of Seminars and Research, emphasized the need to wrap an underlying eliminationist agenda in layers of PR: To the extent we can control our public image, we must never appear to be bigoted or mean-spirited. Ethics and Public Policy Center
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