Then, in 2013, NCF funding of Becket doubled, to $185,000. 2006 50,400 2007 1,390,833 2011 8,600 Of particular interest in terms of LGBT rights, this biblical worldview includes the vision of implementing some version of biblical (mosaic) law including laws against homosexuality. 2007 2,500 According to its website, AI informally links 30,000 advocates and jurists in 156 nations through 100 national Christian lawyer groups linked by six regional networks. (see: http://www.advocatesinternational.org/content/brief-overview-advocacy-1991-2010). 2002 17,500 2013 100, International House of Prayer (EIN 74-2938033), 2001 to 2003 0 2010 6,300 advised (see: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/religious-freedom-origin-story) the Kansas state legislature in the creation of Kansas House Bill 2453. 2006 212,821 2004 582,900 2011 9,606,281 The way God used sponsors through Compassion to Hammond is an unabashed Christian Reconstructionist and co-author of the stridently anti-gay 2001 book The Pink Agenda Sexual Revolution in South Africa and the Ruin of the Family (see encyclopedia entries for Hammonds Frontline Fellowship and In Touch Mission International.). Writes political scientist John R. Pottenger, in his book Reaping the Whirlwind: Liberal Democracy and the Religious Axis (2007, Georgetown University Press), As senior minister of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and president of Coral Ridge Ministries, an international Christian broadcasting organization based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Kennedy preaches sermons reflecting the doctrines of theonomy and dominionism of Christian Reconstructionism. 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. The First Academy is run by the Orlando First Baptist Church a fact which is only mentioned on the First Baptist Church website inside several biographies of church leaders who run the First Academy (see: http://www.firstorlando.com/about/meet_our_leadership/pastors_and_ministry_leaders_bios/articletype/articleview/articleid/13). 3. A new ex-gay umbrella organization, the Restored Hope Network, is positioned to fill the niche once occupied by Exodus. 2012 392,100 Abandoned by her father and trapped in poverty, Yanelly had no hope for her future until her sponsor and center believed in her. 2010 581,750 2008 2,444,840 With sponsorship numbers north of 3.2 million (World Vision) and 1.6 million (Compassion), the ministries are the heavyweights in a . Morally corrupt films and television An increasingly perverted music industry The pornographic invasion of the Internet Civil initiatives promoting gay marriage. 2012 0. Compassion International Process Improvement Analyst III- Global Programs Remote 7d $84K-$105K Per Year (Employer est.) My heart was filled with joy. 2007 35,000 2004 13,000 2006 233,900 2002 106,000 2006 6,700 2006 226,500 2005 1,000 In early 2014 Gothard resigned from the IBLP following accusations over sexual harassment from over 30 different women. That paradigm, Spiritual Warfare/Spiritual Mapping, was not native to Africa. I was not free. 2012 10,065,276 2011 17,200 2004 15,691 Organizations like the members of the Restored Hope Network continue to show that there is help and potential for overcoming sexual sin in any form. (see: http://azpolicypages.com/marriage-family/homosexuality/), 2001 36,000 2012 0 2009 77,000 Thus, the ADF is in effect a spinoff from the elite networks of conservative evangelicals associated with The Fellowship and its offspring The Gathering, a fact which provides strong corroborating evidence for journalist Jeff Sharlets case (as outlined in several chapters his 2009 book C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat To American Democracy [2009, HarperCollins] see: http://harpers.org/blog/2010/09/inside-c-street-six-questions-for-jeff-sharlet/ ) that The Fellowship has played a major role in inspiring Ugandan religious and political leaders to create and promote the infamous Uganda Anti Homosexuality Bill. National Christian Foundation funding of NOM begins just as religious right efforts to prevent the legalization of same sex marriage were faltering in the United States. 2008 190,400 2007 1,250 Healthcare. 2011 4,000 2004 100 Acknowledge God as the Creator and Governor over His creation (Genesis 1:1) Specifically, the study concluded, "the Compassion child sponsorship program increases years of completed schooling by 1.031.46 years over a baseline of 10.19 years and increases the probability of primary school completion by 4.07.7 percentage points (baseline 88.7 percent), secondary school completion by 11.616.5 percentage points (baseline 44.9 percent), and university completion by 2.12.4 percentage points (baseline 4.3 percent) [and found] impacts of 5.16.3 percentage points on the probability of salaried employment in adulthood and a 6.56.7 percentage point increase in the probability of white-collar employment, as well as modest evidence for causal impacts on community and church leadership." 2010 93,949345 2008 90,135 You can write your child a letter at write.compassion.com. On page 35 of the American Values 2012 990 tax form, the American Values Statement of Values declares, The liberal culture has targeted our kids. In late April, Eschliman, 41, a member of Christian Reformed Church of Newton, wrote a personal blog post criticizing the Queen James Bible, a website that rewrites the Christian Bible to be friendlier to gays. Many of prominent The Gathering participants and funders (such as Howard Ahmanson, Marvin Olasky, and Herb Schlossberg) have direct ties to leading Christian Reconstructionists, and numerous ministries funded by the National Christian Foundation are headed by signatories to the Coalition on Revival. AIM was conceived from the efforts of Scottish missionary Peter Cameron Scott, and launched its missions and church-planting work with an 1895 expedition to Kenya, where AIM is particularly well established in Africa. 2010 48,712 2005 46,825 Thomas, once a practicing Catholic, has been attending Truro, a charismatic Episcopal church, for about a year, The Friday evening ceremony was a jubilant occasion. 2010 2,500 TheCall head and co-founder Lou Engle has claimed that homosexuality can be caused by demon possession and be cured by exorcism of those demon spirits. 2007 66,500 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 0 This project, launched in 1999, has born dramatic fruit. Media Research Center Compassion International leader Dan Brewster, Director of Holistic Child Development Academic Programs for Compassion International, has been in the forefront of the development of the 4/14 Window concept, as outlined in Brewsters 2011 Compassion International book Child, Church, and Mission (http://www.europeanea.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dan_brewster_childchurchmission_revised-en-web.pdf) which features the same imperative, on indoctrinating children, as expressed in the quote above, from Wess Stafford. American Values will respond to the attack on marriage. 2013 29,350, Minnesota Family Institute and Council (EIN 41-1439560), 2001 6,000 I gave up leading this family, and I forced you to take my place. 2010 113,000 According to the Frontline Fellowship book description, The Pink Agenda poses the following questions: Why do men involved in homosexuality and sodomy have an average life expectancy of 42 compared to 73 for other men? Why are homosexuals 24 times more likely to commit suicide than other people? Does the international gay movement include the lowering of the age of consent for sex with children, especially boys, and the normalization of pedophilia?. 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. Medinger died in 2010. 2007 2,344,941 2002 0 The bill was passed by the Kansas House of Representatives but not taken up by the Kansas Senate. transformation, setting people free from destructive attitudes, beliefs, values, and But the Christian Broadcast Networks global reach enables it to disseminate content in countries where such claims, from Pat Robertson and other CBN figures, may go unchallenged. 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. Friends of the Bridegroom Many CMA churches are now fully New Apostolic, in their beliefs and practices. Noebels anti-gay writing includes his 1977 book The Homosexual Revolution: End Time Abomination (dedicated to Anita Bryant) which characterized homosexuality as a kind of national death wish that sought to change the natural order created by God himself and the 1996 book AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, (co-authored with Wayne C. Lutton and Paul Cameron). 2008 5,920 2012 117,400, New Hope Charitable Foundation (DBA New Hope Ministries EIN 68-0335100). 2008 20,000 I wanted to tell you, thank you so much for helping us rebuild our house when we lost it to flames. From 2012-2014 the ADF played a major, if not the central, behind the scenes role in the Hobby Lobby v. Burwell Supreme Court case and the welter of similar religious liberty court cases that were being litigated across America (see entry on The Becket Fund.). A so-called Statement of Understanding sent to parents who wish to send their children to the private school located in Wichita, requires them to agree that a student who attends can he asked to leave if their home life promotes anything counter to the schools understanding of a biblical lifestyle. It presupposes complementary but distinct roles for men and women. 2009 64,800 2009 23,461 Regenerations website (see: http://regenerationministries.org/) features endorsements from Andy Comiskey, National Public Radio commentator Frederica Matthewes-Green, and the late Chuck Colson, head of Prison Fellowship Ministries and also a Gathering featured speaker, whose published endorsement states, Christians need to help people who are fighting homosexuality and sexual addiction in their lives . 2011 128,650 (see: https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_supreme_court_recognizes_that_hostility_toward_religion_is_just_as_dang), Since that 2001 Supreme Court decision, the Good News Club has established its bible clubs in over 3,500 American public schools, as chronicled by journalist Katherine Stewart in her book The Good News Club: The Christian Rights Stealth Assault on Americas Children (2012, Public Affairs/Perseus Book Group) (see: http://www.thegoodnewsclub.com/book). IBLP founder and head Bill Gothard, can be considered an ultra-Christian Reconstructionist. 2004 271,525 Up into 2014, the website of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes featured a testimony from an athlete who claims to have been miraculously delivered from homosexuality through her conversion to Christianity. 2011 3,172,300 As the Villars Statements response to those stated concerns made clear, poverty, hunger, and underdevelopment generally were, more than any other single cause, to be attributed to a lack of the Christian worldview. Not even animals can avoid the fiery passion of mans sexual lust. (see: http://www.eaec.org/bibleanswers/ake_green_sermon.htm). Remember me Forgot username? RPI is the Parent ministry of College of Prayer, which works with Ugandan Julius Oyet, professed co-author of the Ugandan Anti Homosexuality Bill. 2010 32,000 The Alliance Defending Freedom, a heavy recipient of NCF funding, in turn provides substantial grants to the Liberty Counsel. Where is Compassion International's headquarters? Compassion's goal is to provide a trip to each country every other year. While Advocates International states that The goal of AI is justice with compassion in Christ, it also promotes an anti-LGBT agenda and is developing a close working collaboration with related groups, such as the (NCF-funded) Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly Alliance Defense Fund) that are emerging in the forefront of the mounting international war on gay rights (see: http://www.advocatesinternational.org/webfm_send/260). Voice of the Martyrs 2001 7,600 Campus Crusade For Christ 2013 2,410,707. When a homosexual person confesses and repents the sin, we can tell the spirit to leave and the homosexual desire will also go When we engage in ungodly sex, we are enjoining our spirit to the demonic spirit behind it, and this destroys our lives.Ungodly sex allows our spirit to be penetrated by the demonic power behind the ungodly act. (see: http://www.exgaywatch.com/2007/11/uk-charismatic-leader-sexual-abuse-causes-spirit-of-homosexuality/), Matthew Bennett, Christian Union co-founder, could be found in 2014 among the 15 listed leaders of a new entity, called the Princeton Group, formed for developing and deploying an action plan to protect marriage and preserve religious liberties. In 2008, money (cycled through the NCF) from the Green family, the owners of Hobby Lobby, a national chain of arts and crafts supply stores, almost single-handedly rescued financially troubled Oral Roberts University from bankruptcy. Today I am a free man, married, and a father of two, Gabriel and Malkia. A 2010 talk2action.org story ( http://www.talk2action.org/story/2010/11/1/175127/415 ) documents examples of exorcisms at Teen Challenge centers. 2008 65,000 2011 21,000 Like Billy Graham, Louis Palau has taken pains to project an ecumenical, inclusive image. The ex-gay ministry His Servants is run by Don Schmierer, a Program Director For Howard Ahmansons Fieldstead & Company from 1992-2011 (and maybe even more recently). 2004 2,700 2002 1,000 A fourth MLM board member is J.I. We must be shrewd to get consensus for our position by appealing to shared values and concern, and issues of fairness and justice.. 2006 100,100 Gods ultimate answer for suffering and deprivation is the gift of His only Son, Jesus 2010 503,150 2008 9,452 Christian Broadcast Network 2009 12,275 As chronicled by GLAAD (see: https://www.glaad.org/cap/indiana-curt-smith), President of the Indiana Family Institute Curt Smith, One of the most prominent Sozo entities is Andy Reese The Freedom Resource ministry (see: http://www.thefreedomresource.org/). 2011 8,500 2010 300 2001-2004 0 We are with you. and according to New Vision Mitala said homosexuality was one way of making the world extinct.. First of all thank you for your confidence. In 2011, the IFPC, known for hosting Republican candidate debates, released a pledge on family values, The Marriage Vow A Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage and Family, which included support for the anti-same sex marriage Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), that was quickly signed by presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann. Stated Coe, They have to put the purposes of the Red Guard ahead of their mother, father, brother, sister and their own life. 2003 62,113 Compassion International is an American child sponsorship and Christian humanitarian aid organization headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that aims to positively influence the long-term development of children globally who live in poverty. There [were] not any positive people to look up to or to mentor me. 2011 0 [26] Compassion provided services under its Child Sponsor Program to 145,000 Indian children. Transgender people face high barriers to legally change their name and/or gender marker, and are somtimes required to undergo forced sterilization or compulsory psychological treatment. 2009 100 2003 3,500 2012 13,957 2005 0 2012 0 CNP membership has included the Koch brothers, many The Gathering funders including Howard Ahmsanson and members of the DeVos, Coors, and Friess clans, and also overtly secular funders such as Richard Mellon Scaife. Use lay people to keep the anti-gay movement going It is not a victimless personal decision but a wrongful act with far-reaching implications for the nation. The CFC played an important organizing role in the successful effort to pass Californias anti-same sex marriage Proposition 8. Robertsons seemingly endless propagation of anti-gay tropes includes suggestions that homosexuality is caused by sexual molestation (see: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/robertson-ask-your-gay-son-if-his-coach-molested-him). 2002 32,500 Warren also met with First Lady Janet Museveni and spoke at Uganda Christian University. In a 2011 op-ed, longtime Summit Ministries head Dr. David Noebel (who stepped down from heading Summit that year) claimed, Obama and his radical homosexual mafia plan to sodomize the world and make such perversion seem as wholesome as apple pie and vanilla ice cream. (see: http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/article.php?articleid=7843), James Dobson has been an enthusiastic promoter of Summit Ministries since 1987, when Dobsons son Ryan attended one of Summits worldview programs and reportedly underwent a massive change. Trinity Academy For boys in Mathare, drugs and crime were so prevalent that making it to the age of 16 became a milestone because they had escaped prison or death. With a healed connection, you can walk in the destiny to which you have been called.. Mayflower Institute And its a great honor to serve them.. Second, the revenue growth metric was replaced by a debt to asset ratio. This ratio measures the assets a charity holds on its financial statements. Transform-World promotes doctrines from the theocratic Coalition on Revival. Barfoot was co-rector of a Kansas Episcopal church which broke with the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) over the 2003 ordination of openly gay Gene Robinson as ECUSAs bishop for the state of New Hampshire. 2006 100 2008 0 Theocratic libertarianism has become a foundational philosophy for some of the Religious Right, but it is also surprisingly seductive to Tea Partiers and young people, some of whom may not fully understand what is supposed to happen after the federal government is stripped of its regulatory powers. (see: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2012/1/6/14215/07913/). 2010 11,605 The South Tampa Fellowship Church presents a textbook quality case study in how the ex-gay industry has gone underground. Were so accepting that its just fine if you want to marry your canary, as Christian apologist Greg Koukl says. The result is a gender confusion never experienced at such a wide level in the history of the world. CU leader Matthew Bennett is one of 15 leaders in a secretive 2014 anti-LGBT rights initiative called the Princeton Group. 2010 1,900 And the literal term Mathare means "to struggle" or "to fight for" because people from Mathare have to fight for everything. Child Evangelism Fellowship 2006 6,400 Your support gives a child life-changing To do so is morally wrong. 2008 Years 2002-2013 of those forms can be downloaded here, from the National Center For Charitable Statistics. 2005 0 2006 8,000 2010 0 Michael Cromartie has brought to E&PPC his close ties to the elite Washington, DC evangelical network known as The Fellowship which hosts the National Prayer Breakfast and has been accused, by journalist Jeff Sharlet, of having inspired Ugandas festering national anti-LGBT rights crusade. Reese claims to have conducted mass trainings of Ugandan pastors, under the supervision of NAR leader Alex Mitala (Mitala has been a listed apostle in the U.S.-based International Coalition of Apostles, now called the International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders.). Mercy Ministries is headed by Nancy Alcorn, who (along with her husband Randy Alcorn) moves in circles of apostles and prophets associated with the NAR movement. LGBTQI+ people may also experience rejection from families, religious communities, and other social networks. 2003 54,338 2007 44,560 2013 0 ( 83,981 to John Hagee Ministries, EIN 74-1764843 ), The Liberty Counsel is a Southern Poverty Law Center-designated anti-gay hate group. 2007 531,510 2006 5,914,566 We must never APPEAR to be attempting to rob anyone of their rights, of their constitutional rights, I think the gay agenda, and I would not say this as frankly as I will now in other cultural contexts, I think the gay agenda has all the elements of that which is truly evil. LGBTQI+ people face criminalization in nearly 70 countriesseveral of which can impose the death penalty. In the 2008 election, under the leadership of President John Stemberger, the Florida Family Policy Council helped organize the successful push for an anti-same sex marriage state constitutional amendment. 2002 0 2013 1,239,850, Christian Anti-Communism Crusade (EIN 95-1921156). So much hinges on what happens with the full agenda of the militant gay movement., Emphasizing the importance of keeping up a smooth public relations front, Eldredge told attendees, We must never appear to be attempting to rob anyone of their rights their constitutional rights. Potential criminals, evil doers, would be restrained by fear. 2005 16,000 And I tell you, I have experienced total freedom from poverty in Jesus' name. to orphans living on the streets of South Korea during the Korean War, Compassion has First time logging in? Each child has only one sponsor, which is why the sponsor's prayers, letters and support mean so much to a child. 2013 15,060, Council For Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (EIN 36-3635678). Compassion International is a Christian child development organization dedicated to releasing children from poverty. 2001 2,345,482 Its not completed yet, we just stole it from the printer, this week, and it was faxed to us in a hurry, just to get it here so we at least could have something to show you. Compassion coordinates every aspect of the trip, including travel, meals, tips and gratuities, fees related to the travel, and sightseeing fares. 2008 227,000 Why? 2007 315,000 account. One major initiative of EPP&C has been the Faith Angle Forum a semi-annual all-expenses paid forum, usually held in Southern Florida, which brings together a select group of nationally respected journalists and distinguished scholars for in-depth discussions of cutting-edge issues at the intersection of religion and public life.. 2012 1,300. One of the most dynamic churches in all of Uganda, the Watoto Church, in Kampala, has both led Ugandas burgeoning orphan care industry and its anti-LGBT rights crusade. Not at all! 2013 27,000, Total 140,600 (The NCF has also given $721,211 to In Touch Mission International, sister ministry of Frontline Fellowship), As one description put it, The Georgia Family Council is your typical anti-gay organization: supporting legislation to ban gay marriage and calling the legalization of gay marriage regression. (see: http://www.policymic.com/articles/12219/all-the-anti-gay-companies-you-fund-when-you-spend-5-25-on-a-chick-fil-a-sandwich), 2001 44,200 2006 424,316 Compassion International Church Partnerships Specialist I Remote 2d $54K-$67K Per Year (Employer est.) 2008 2,780 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. Oyet himself claims to have helped co-author Ugandas Anti Homosexuality Bill, and First Lady Janet Museveni is widely rumored to be the biggest political force behind the bill. 2007 323,766 2009 4,032,927 Dr. Antonios worked the crowd into a frenzy, shouting that Africa will become a graveyard for homosexuality! multiple times. (see: http://www.truthwinsout.org/news/2013/05/35215/). 2007 100 The fortune of the narrowly-targeted Alliance for Marriage has risen and fallen with the religious rights efforts to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriage. Compassion International, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 2004 0 In the early 1980s from his state department position, Abrams would become a key player in the Iran Contra affair in which US weapons were sold to Iran to finance the Contra insurgents that were mounting