Christian Charities

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/02/10/do1001.xml

I came across this article in the Guardian recently which refers to how Christian Charities are struggling with bureaucracy when it comes to obtaining grants. It never really occurred to me that by wanting to employ Christians in your Charity that it could be deemed discriminatory. There just seems to be so many obstacles these days put in the way of people who just want to make a difference in their communities and in the world.

" But it turns out that, while the works of faith groups are sometimes welcomed – and almost always needed – the faith of faith groups is too much for the authorities. Thus if a Christian group prefers to employ Christians to do its work, that is discriminatory. If it offers prayer as one of the activities available to its clients, that is anti-diversity."

This got me pondering how important it is as Christians to support Charities that are based on Christian values and principles. That is not to the exclusion of other secular Charities who also do good work but I just think that if our Christian Charities are coming up against the sort of issues mentioned in the report then funding is always going to be tough. Especially in the current economic climate.