Sunday 21 March 2010

Good Works

Many people of faith engage in good works. What worries me is the extent to which some emphasise the faith to which they belong when promoting what they do.

This thought was sparked when I went a Googling for information about foodbanks in Kent. Not a great deal on the Internet, but I did find The Trussell Trust which looked interesting.

The website states the Trust is a Christian charity. Do we need to know this?

My comment is not aimed at the Trust specifically but at charities run by people of faith which fall over themselves to express their faith credentials. It's almost as though they are saying: look at us, we have faith and, gosh, we are good, we are doing good things.

The leading perpetrators of this approach in my experience are Evangelical Christian groups, an approach which makes it difficult for secular organisations to work with them as well as alienating potential beneficiaries.

Christians , indeed all faiths, should be out there doing good works in the community, but why broadcast the belief? Surely it is the work that is important?

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