God Help the Children (and Why Sponsorship Matters)

Last week, gay people and poor children had a face off, and the poor kids lost. At least that's the public perception. Evangelicals will disagree because, for them, this is about forgiveness and trust. World Vision broke their trust and now they must chose to forgive and forget, or cut their losses and move on. The irony is that many kids lost their sponsorship due to the initial policy, yet kids are still losing sponsors because of the equivocating reversal. So while evangelicals said their concern was preserving the gospel, they inadvertently engineered a scenario where either way, the children lose . But this is justified, they say. As I said in my last post , God doesn't need us to spread his gospel or his love. Which means he certainly doesn't need our fancy 501c3's and NGO's to accomplish his work. In fact, I've even heard people say, "I may be pulling my sponsorship, but I trust that God will take care of that child." And I hope he does.