Also in 2009, Arcus gave the communications firm of Douglas Gould and Company a grant of $194,200 to provide communications support to both the UM Reconciling Ministries Network and Lutherans Concerned to assist their efforts “to advance the full inclusion of LGBT people in the United Methodist Church and in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.”
Here are several other Arcus grants from last year:
Church Divinity School of the Pacific: $404,351 “to develop official rites for the blessing of same-gender relationships within the Episcopal Church….”
The one who pays the piper calls the tune.
Once the destruction is finished in TEC, they will move into other denominations. PCUSA is next up.
I believe that I recall the revisionist instruction in regard to financial matters is “follow the Money” to the source. They certainly should maintain this advice. Indeed, the ABC should be held to the standard in regards to funding *alleged* Communion teaching.
I would be remiss if I didn’t let you know that the original post, which includes some links to the recipient organizations that Joseph at Methodist Thinker left out is [url=http://wp.me/p2Me8-16J]here[/url].
If only money equalled truth! When will we learn…
Any minute now, I anticipate that this article will become the Episcopal Cafe posting with the greatest number of indignent comments…
OK, maybe not. But how about the Episcopal Diocese of Washington? PEP?
No?
I guess they must have thought better of it on thinking anglicans. The only search results I seem to be able find using ‘arcus’ refer to Marcus Borg…
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