Sozo is an exciting and growing prayer ministry that was birthed out of Bethel Church in Redding, California, helping people to receive salvation, healing and deliverance. 2006 43,500 As UK academics Gregory Deacon and Gabriel Lynch describe in their monograph Allowing Satan in? poor. 2006 2,950 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. Thank you for helping with the medical bills when I almost lost my eyesight. However, our primary focus is individual child developmentan inside-out, bottom-up approach that recognizes the God-given value and potential of each individual child. Daly then referred readers to an op-ed at Citizenlink, Focus on the Familys public policy partner, which was strongly in support of the bill. COR helped disseminate Christian Reconstructionist and dominionist ideas widely within conservative evangelicalism. 2004 800 2008 64,150 Christian Child Sponsorship - Compassion - Child Charity Organization. 2006 4,000 2007 1,108,780 2008 3,500 2012 1,850 2009 16,500 Compounding these realities, LGBTQI+ people are often excluded from social benefits systems; lack explicit, unambiguous protections in anti-discrimination legislation; and are not afforded legal recognition of their relationships and families. However, the Compassion International President and CEO Santiago . Uganda says no to sodomy! The Lord knows that sexually twisted people will rape the animals. 3. In 2003, ADF filed a brief in a support of now-overturned sodomy laws in the Lawrence v. Texas case, and in 2008 ADF defended Californias ban on same sex marriage in Hollingsworth v. Perry. Besides his ongoing hostility to LGBT rights, Florida Family Council head Stemberger has been accused, by the National Black Justice Coalition, of making racist public comments for seeming to suggest, on a Florida talk radio show, that August 2014 riots in Ferguson, Missouri riots that followed the fatal police shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager were not really about the police shooting but were, rather, manifestations of a barbarian society caused by a decline in traditional marriage. 2011 100 Bickle has preached that Apostle Paul preached that In the last days the homosexual agenda will become so intense that, before the Lord returns, marriage will be outlawed in various parts of the earth and stated that the gay marriage agenda is rooted in the depths of Hell. When you sponsor a child, you care for and 2010 5,100 2007 2,400 no EIN provided). . 2003 23,280 2013 0, American Center For Law and Justice (EIN 54-1586817), Started by televangelist Pat Robertson, the ACLJ has an active relationship with Robertsons Regent University. States Burns, Celebrating Gods Design is a unique new curriculum series that takes a balanced and biblical look at important youth issues including gender confusion, tolerance, and challenging family dynamics., 2001 156,000 2009 178,000 In 2007, Bishop Jackson partnered with Cindy Jacobs and Kimberly Daniels in leading opposition to the Hate Crimes Bill, later signed into law by President Barack Obama (see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7VnSDRk5tU), 2001 590,105 2006 6,400 Moreover, prior to the Fall, man lived in 2010 970,150 Ed Silvosos Harvest Evangelism ministry works directly with Ugandan First Lady Janet Museveni rumored in Uganda to be the most important driving political force behind the Anti Homosexuality Bill and also includes, in its International Transformation Network team Ugandan evangelist Julius Oyet, who claims to have been part of a committee that conceived the bill and picked MP David Bahati to introduce it in Ugandas parliament. 2010 23,700 child sponsorship is THE most effective long-term development intervention for helping the 2013 613,815, The Becket Fund For Religious Liberty (EIN 52-1858532). 2013 184,000, Eternal Perspective Ministries (EIN 94-3125475), EPMs Randy Alcorn is one of the most prolific authors on the Christian Right (see: http://www.epm.org/books/). 2010 1,078,278 then, is an unavoidable dimension of relief and development worknot only for 2008 65,000 easy jobs for autistic adults near bengaluru, karnataka compassion international lgbt. 2008 154,750 (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). We believe in God. For all practical purposes, The Family and The Gathering can be considered the same, conjoined entity. There are two changes that had the most impact on Compassions rating. 2010 49,800 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). 2006 0 Compassion International, one of the worlds biggest evangelical aid agencies, has played 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 . 2002 10,000 John Hagee Ministries Do you hear me? We do not condemn homosexuality just because we are Africans. 4. 2012 0 Sexual, gender, and bodily diversity are characteristics of every society, every culture, and every country around the world and across time. 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. Within the books therapeutic paradigm, homosexuality is a coping mechanism to deal with emotional wounding: Some behaviors are are designed to protect the person from his pain or provide a solution to it: addictions, ritualized actions, anorexia, homosexuality, etc. You can also get information about your child's community and child development center from the My Sponsorships page in My Account. Christian Anti-Communism Crusade Promotes conferences that seek to change gay people, Admits: I believe homosexuality is harmful to all, including society, and is against the teachings of the God of the Bible, Equates homosexuality with bestiality and adultery: The Judeo-Christian worldview at the heart of Western culture and so our legal and governmental systems (Ten Commandments, an eye for an eye, the very concepts of mercy, justice and rehabilitation) promotes marriage and family while decrying other modes of sexuality homosexuality, bestiality, adultery, etc, Uses skewed research from activists who share his view to claim that gay men can change from homosexual to heterosexual orientation and that homosexual orientation is not an immutable fact of nature or Creation., IFI President Smith has testified before the Indiana House in favor of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage (see: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/01/22/3195191/indiana-house-committee-advances-constitutional-amendment-banning-sex-marriage/). 2011 0 Encourage informed Christian thinking about contemporary social issues 2010 0 2005 70,029 2007 6,200 These two scholars have shaped a theoretical development perspective which posits that Western cultural values rooted in Christianity and in the case of Harrison, especially Protestant Christianity, have played an indispensable role in the economic and political success of the European and North American West. Food For the Hungry leaders were signatories to the 1980s umbrella group Coalition on Revival, whose members pledged to give their lives if necessary to rebuild society along biblical lines and impose biblical law. 2011 58,589 2003 1,600 The photo caption reads, Alex Mitala leader of 10,000 churches in Uganda where Andys team trained over 400 pastors in Freedom Tools (for one version cfo this image, see: http://web.archive.org/web/20090315222511/http://www.thefreedomresource.org/). structures, the Bible consistently denounced those who perpetuated such As Christians, Compassion is called to be good stewards of the resources God has given us, and we are very passionate about ensuring we are. That state department position went to future E&PPC president Elliott Abrams (who took the E&PPC helm in 1996). 2011 6,000 2005 1,400 2010 8,800 2003 62,113 Throughout his career Palau has been close to Billy Graham and also tightly linked to The Family/Fellowship, which hosts the National Prayer Breakfast. 2003 55,000 2013 2,410,707. Now, 11 years after Kennedy graduated from Compassion's program, he writes one final letter: Receive heartfelt greetings from me. 2009 112,042 2007 401,000 2009 4,032,927 2010 18,000 Hagees decades-long career of fulmination against homosexuality and LGBT rights includes sermons with titled such as the 1996 sermon Homosexuality: Alternative or Abomination (see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iDAeQCUEYA) in which Hagee claimed that AIDS could be spread by mosquitoes and, quoting one alleged medical authority, asked, are you worried about your salad being served in a restaurant that employs homosexuals? The agenda must: Change public perception about gay rights 2010 300 (see: http://www.americanpastorsnetwork.net/resource/resist-the-green-dragon/). Set up your online account. 2012 2,800 The International Foundation If only you knew that one day I would go on and sponsor another kid in my community and be a source of hope to others. The Bible is clear in teaching on sexual sin including sex outside of marriage and homosexual acts. Wrote Gentry, the family must align itself with God and His Law, rather than with blood ties or emotional attachment, as is so often the case. The South Tampa Fellowship Church main website does not specify that its Celebrate Recovery program can cure same-sex attraction.That program maintains its own website, distinct from the churchs website, and a search for the word homosexual on the Celebrate Recovery South Tampa Fellowship Church website produces no results at all. 2012 5,100 Is Compassion International a nonprofit organization? The faithful stood much of the time with arms lifted high, palms facing skyward, singing tributes to Jesus Christ. It is deceptive at every turnit is destroying the souls and the lives of those who embrace it, and it has a corrosive effect on the society which endorses it, either explicitly or even implicitly., 2003 0 A person then either tries to arrange their life in reaction to, or avoidance of, these painful areas Bill Johnson, the head of Bethel Church Redding wrote the forward to Reese Freedom Tools and Johnson plug, This book is sure to bring healing to the church is featured on the front cover. In a 2012 appearance on the Glenn Beck Show, together with Wallbuilders head David Barton, Shackleford claimed that if members of the U.S. military are not free to openly express their religious views well end up with Hitlers SS. 2011 0 2004 22,000 2012 1,123,200, The Heritage Foundation maintains an extensive website subsection devoted to arguments against LGBT rights, especially same sex marriage (see: http://www.heritage.org/issues/family-and-marriage/protecting-the-institution-of-marriage), Heritage fellow Ryan T. Anderson has come to occupy an increasingly prominent role among the opposition to marriage equality (see: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/05/21/2040851/the-arguments-against-marriage-equality-apparently-have-nothing-to-do-with-gay-people/), In April 2014 Anderson made the claim that same-sex marriage is an elite luxury good bought for on the backs of the poor. (see: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/heritage-foundations-ryan-anderson-calls-gay-marriage-elite-luxury-good-bought-backs-poor), 2001 10,000 2009 77,000 Youthbuilders, Advocates International bills itself as the worlds biggest faith-based legal association, with thousands of legal professionals around the globe. 2005 1,500 Violence, discrimination, stigma, and criminalization negatively impact the lives of millions of LGBTQI+ people around the world and contribute to poverty and social instability. In his 2005 book Battle Cry For A Generation, Teen Mania head Ron Luce (who has personally appeared at The Gathering) noted a decline, among the post-WW2 Baby Boomer generation, in belief in the infallibility of scripture and then cited, on page 4, the alleged consequences. Since 2011, Fred Hartley IIIs College of Prayer has been raising money for Julius Oyets Uganda College of Prayer branch (see: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/1/11/172937/830 ). 2005 17,550 2011 3,000 2007 113,200 2013 36,000. 2013 1,800, Center For Arizona Policy (EIN 86-0618922). Campus Crusade For Christ 2004 700 2007 113,760 2007 4,500 2010 15,480 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. Fred Hartley III has held prominent leadership roles in the Christian and Missionary Alliance, including serving as the CMAs prayer and worship leader at the Christian and Missionary Alliance 2011 General Council meeting. To bring down the wrath of God to bear on all those who practice evil! (see: http://www.politicalresearch.org/1994/03/). MLM is the ministry of Os Hillman, a friend of Julius Oyet. 2013 0. Alcorns ministry focuses on young women with addictions and behavioral problems. 2003 10,000 Abandoned by her father and trapped in poverty, Yanelly had no hope for her future until her sponsor and center believed in her. 2010 164,630 Today I am a free man, married, and a father of two, Gabriel and Malkia. 11% of Compassion International management is Hispanic or Latino. Compassion International, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 2009 78,000 The aim of the current study is to explore self-compassion as a factor that may be related to coping with the effects of minority stress. 2013 2,350, Campus Crusade For Christ (EIN 95-2814920). In 2008 at The Gathering, Peb Jackson a Council on National Policy member who has served as a vice president at Rick Warrens Saddleback Church and also worked at the Maclellan Foundation (which at The Gathering 1997 helped organize an anonymous funding conduit for Gathering donors who wanted to give to project that would fight organized homosexuality) emphasized, to The Gathering foundation heads at the talk, the cost effectiveness of investing in Cromarties Faith Angle Forum project : Its great to see these consequential opportunities here, and for a few bucks this guy is one of the most effective returns on investment. Among legislators on Capitol Hill who participate in Capitol Ministries are some of the most extreme far-right congressional representatives and senators in America including ( http://capmin.org/site/index.php/about/congressional-sponsors ) : Representatives Michele Bachman, Paul Broun (who has declared that evolution is from the pit of Hell !), Louis Gohmert, Steve King, and Joe Wilson, who interrupted President Barack Obamas 2009 State of the Union speech by shouting out You lie!. 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