GREAT Article about WorldVision in NY Times...

As most of you know, I support a child through World Vision. It is a Christian organization, but does not require "evangelicalizing" while doing their work supporting children around the world (in fact - in countries where this is against the culture - like Muslim countries- they specifically prohibit evangilizing).

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The NY Times Editorial section has an article by Bill Kristof that is a little too mean to liberals - but brings up some great points.

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Including that WorldVision is now the biggest international organization helping children worldwide with over 40,000 staff members in 100 countries. Without WorldVision to coordinate support much of our aid would fail to reach their targets (in places like Haiti).

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I include here his last points - again an easy shot at liberals (man, I hate they way people throw that word around) but still worth thinking about.

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Some liberals are pushing to end the longtime practice (it’s a myth that this started with President George W. Bush) of channeling American aid through faith-based organizations. That change would be a catastrophe. In Haiti, more than half of food distributions go through religious groups like World Vision that have indispensible networks on the ground. We mustn’t make Haitians the casualties in our cultural wars.
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A root problem is a liberal snobbishness toward faith-based organizations. Those doing the sneering typically give away far less money than evangelicals. They’re also less likely to spend vacations volunteering at, say, a school or a clinic in Rwanda.

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If secular liberals can give up some of their snootiness, and if evangelicals can retire some of their sanctimony, then we all might succeed together in making greater progress against common enemies of humanity, like illiteracy, human trafficking and maternal mortality.