I just read that a US, Virginia-based missionary group said that it has airlifted 300 "tsunami orphans" from the Muslim province of Banda Aceh to Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, where it plans to raise them in a Christian children's home.
The missionary group, WorldHelp, has a web site at :
http://www.worldhelp.net/home/default.asp
Is the Indonesian nation in such bad shape that it would allow this strange church to kidnap over 300 children and physically move them hundreds of miles by air to a secretive enclave in Jakarta in order to raise them in a religion other than that of their birth?
What exactly is that government doing to provide health, happiness and security to its citizens if it cannot even protect children from being removed forcefully from their homeland after a vicious and terrible calamity like the tsunami?
What would be the result if after a hurricane in Florida, Mississippi or Texas 300 children were airlifted to Saudi Arabia in order to be raised in a Muslim children’s home?
The perversion of faith through cash is being played out in front of us. These children have been removed from family and homeland in order to satisfy the needs of kidnappers.
How many of these children will be ‘adopted’ or sold for cash to American, English and Australian parents looking for a child?
It is a disgusting result of the tragedy and is, indeed, a tragedy in itself when a Christian society normally engaged in selling bibles turns instead to selling children.
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QUOTE(Cranston36 @ Jan 13 2005, 06:04 PM)
I just read that a US, Virginia-based missionary group said that it has airlifted 300 "tsunami orphans" from the Muslim province of Banda Aceh to Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, where it plans to raise them in a Christian children's home.
The missionary group, WorldHelp, has a web site at :
http://www.worldhelp.net/home/default.asp
Is the Indonesian nation in such bad shape that it would allow this strange church to kidnap over 300 children and physically move them hundreds of miles by air to a secretive enclave in Jakarta in order to raise them in a religion other than that of their birth?
What exactly is that government doing to provide health, happiness and security to its citizens if it cannot even protect children from being removed forcefully from their homeland after a vicious and terrible calamity like the tsunami?
What would be the result if after a hurricane in Florida, Mississippi or Texas 300 children were airlifted to Saudi Arabia in order to be raised in a Muslim children’s home?
The perversion of faith through cash is being played out in front of us. These children have been removed from family and homeland in order to satisfy the needs of kidnappers.
How many of these children will be ‘adopted’ or sold for cash to American, English and Australian parents looking for a child?
It is a disgusting result of the tragedy and is, indeed, a tragedy in itself when a Christian society normally engaged in selling bibles turns instead to selling children.
The missionary group, WorldHelp, has a web site at :
http://www.worldhelp.net/home/default.asp
Is the Indonesian nation in such bad shape that it would allow this strange church to kidnap over 300 children and physically move them hundreds of miles by air to a secretive enclave in Jakarta in order to raise them in a religion other than that of their birth?
What exactly is that government doing to provide health, happiness and security to its citizens if it cannot even protect children from being removed forcefully from their homeland after a vicious and terrible calamity like the tsunami?
What would be the result if after a hurricane in Florida, Mississippi or Texas 300 children were airlifted to Saudi Arabia in order to be raised in a Muslim children’s home?
The perversion of faith through cash is being played out in front of us. These children have been removed from family and homeland in order to satisfy the needs of kidnappers.
How many of these children will be ‘adopted’ or sold for cash to American, English and Australian parents looking for a child?
It is a disgusting result of the tragedy and is, indeed, a tragedy in itself when a Christian society normally engaged in selling bibles turns instead to selling children.
Link to your story, please?
AndersonCooper360 did a good report on this problem - and it seems the government is pretty up on it, banning travel of children without relatives, etc....now - how they work with NGOs is something else completely
I would suggest maybe the children were moved for their OWN health and safety under this group's auspices....if not - you have just provided the world the information to persue a followup on the kids.....
QUOTE(mommadona @ Jan 13 2005, 09:08 PM)
Link to your story, please?
AndersonCooper360 did a good report on this problem - and it seems the government is pretty up on it, banning travel of children without relatives, etc....now - how they work with NGOs is something else completely
I would suggest maybe the children were moved for their OWN health and safety under this group's auspices....if not - you have just provided the world the information to persue a followup on the kids.....
AndersonCooper360 did a good report on this problem - and it seems the government is pretty up on it, banning travel of children without relatives, etc....now - how they work with NGOs is something else completely
I would suggest maybe the children were moved for their OWN health and safety under this group's auspices....if not - you have just provided the world the information to persue a followup on the kids.....
I thought the US had an official policy against adoption of these children because there is concern that they may not really be orphans.
I don't see anything about them being involved with adoption, quite the opposite - from the web-site:
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Can World Help facilitate the adoption of children orphaned by the tsunami?
World Help operates on the principle that orphaned children are best cared for within their own culture by caring national Christians dedicated to the long-term health, happiness and spiritual well being of each child. We are committed to providing this on-going care for thousands of needy children around the world through our Child Sponsorship Program. We neither encourage nor facilitate the adoption of children from the countries in which we work.
World Help operates on the principle that orphaned children are best cared for within their own culture by caring national Christians dedicated to the long-term health, happiness and spiritual well being of each child. We are committed to providing this on-going care for thousands of needy children around the world through our Child Sponsorship Program. We neither encourage nor facilitate the adoption of children from the countries in which we work.
There's a big thread with the article linked this morning that I started.
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QUOTE(Cranston36 @ Jan 13 2005, 06:04 PM)
I just read that a US, Virginia-based missionary group said that it has airlifted 300 "tsunami orphans" from the Muslim province of Banda Aceh to Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, where it plans to raise them in a Christian children's home.
The missionary group, WorldHelp, has a web site at :
http://www.worldhelp.net/home/default.asp
Is the Indonesian nation in such bad shape that it would allow this strange church to kidnap over 300 children and physically move them hundreds of miles by air to a secretive enclave in Jakarta in order to raise them in a religion other than that of their birth?
What exactly is that government doing to provide health, happiness and security to its citizens if it cannot even protect children from being removed forcefully from their homeland after a vicious and terrible calamity like the tsunami?
What would be the result if after a hurricane in Florida, Mississippi or Texas 300 children were airlifted to Saudi Arabia in order to be raised in a Muslim children’s home?
The perversion of faith through cash is being played out in front of us. These children have been removed from family and homeland in order to satisfy the needs of kidnappers.
How many of these children will be ‘adopted’ or sold for cash to American, English and Australian parents looking for a child?
It is a disgusting result of the tragedy and is, indeed, a tragedy in itself when a Christian society normally engaged in selling bibles turns instead to selling children.
The missionary group, WorldHelp, has a web site at :
http://www.worldhelp.net/home/default.asp
Is the Indonesian nation in such bad shape that it would allow this strange church to kidnap over 300 children and physically move them hundreds of miles by air to a secretive enclave in Jakarta in order to raise them in a religion other than that of their birth?
What exactly is that government doing to provide health, happiness and security to its citizens if it cannot even protect children from being removed forcefully from their homeland after a vicious and terrible calamity like the tsunami?
What would be the result if after a hurricane in Florida, Mississippi or Texas 300 children were airlifted to Saudi Arabia in order to be raised in a Muslim children’s home?
The perversion of faith through cash is being played out in front of us. These children have been removed from family and homeland in order to satisfy the needs of kidnappers.
How many of these children will be ‘adopted’ or sold for cash to American, English and Australian parents looking for a child?
It is a disgusting result of the tragedy and is, indeed, a tragedy in itself when a Christian society normally engaged in selling bibles turns instead to selling children.
Link to your story, please?
AndersonCooper360 did a good report on this problem - and it seems the government is pretty up on it, banning travel of children without relatives, etc....now - how they work with NGOs is something else completely
I would suggest maybe the children were moved for their OWN health and safety under this group's auspices....if not - you have just provided the world the information to persue a followup on the kids.....
Here's some more info onthe people/group:
http://www.ministrywatch.com/mw2.1/F_SumRp...p?EIN=541615454
And some specific $$$$$ info:
World Help
ADDRESS PO Box 501 Forest, VA 24551-0501
TELEPHONE (434) 525-4657
FAX (434) 525-4727
WEB SITE http://www.worldhelp.net
EMAIL info@worldhelp.net
CEO NAME Dr. F. Vernon Brewer
DONOR CONTACT Ms. Noel Yeatts
FOUNDED 1992
MEMBER SINCE September 28, 1993
MINISTRY DESCRIPTION
We exist to fulfill the Great Comission and the Great Commandment through partnering, training, helping and serving, especially in the unreached areas of the world. Our mission is accomplished through a variety of programs and projects including: effective evangelism, discipleship, church-planting, humanitarian aid, child sponsorship, leadership training and literature distribution.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Fiscal Year End
Category December 31, 2003 December 31, 2002 December 31, 2001
Income
Donated Income
$14,138,419 $13,232,600 $12,828,049
Total Income
$14,458,948 $13,369,061 $12,998,203
Expenses
Program Services
$13,033,849 $12,862,367 $11,903,610
General & Administrative
$906,844 $854,059 $685,526
Fund-Raising
$416,463 $370,921 $315,573
COMMENTS:
OTHER NAMES UNDER WHICH FUNDS MAY BE RAISED
Bibles for Iraq <_< (There are MANY Christians in Iraq...grrrrrr)
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Thanks, Tomhye....
AndersonCooper360 did a good report on this problem - and it seems the government is pretty up on it, banning travel of children without relatives, etc....now - how they work with NGOs is something else completely-and it looks like this one is going to be nipped in the bud.....I WISH FUNDAMENTALISTS WOULD KEEP THEIR DOGMA OFF THE WORLD'S KARMA.....
Here's some more info onthe people/group:
http://www.ministrywatch.com/mw2.1/F_SumRp...p?EIN=541615454
And some specific $$$$$ info:
World Help
ADDRESS PO Box 501 Forest, VA 24551-0501
TELEPHONE (434) 525-4657
FAX (434) 525-4727
WEB SITE http://www.worldhelp.net
EMAIL info@worldhelp.net
CEO NAME Dr. F. Vernon Brewer
DONOR CONTACT Ms. Noel Yeatts
FOUNDED 1992
MEMBER SINCE September 28, 1993
MINISTRY DESCRIPTION
We exist to fulfill the Great Comission and the Great Commandment through partnering, training, helping and serving, especially in the unreached areas of the world. Our mission is accomplished through a variety of programs and projects including: effective evangelism, discipleship, church-planting, humanitarian aid, child sponsorship, leadership training and literature distribution.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Fiscal Year End
Category December 31, 2003 December 31, 2002 December 31, 2001
Income
Donated Income
$14,138,419 $13,232,600 $12,828,049
Total Income
$14,458,948 $13,369,061 $12,998,203
Expenses
Program Services
$13,033,849 $12,862,367 $11,903,610
General & Administrative
$906,844 $854,059 $685,526
Fund-Raising
$416,463 $370,921 $315,573
COMMENTS:
OTHER NAMES UNDER WHICH FUNDS MAY BE RAISED
Bibles for Iraq <_< (There are MANY Christians in Iraq...grrrrrr)
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Thanks, Tomhye....
AndersonCooper360 did a good report on this problem - and it seems the government is pretty up on it, banning travel of children without relatives, etc....now - how they work with NGOs is something else completely-and it looks like this one is going to be nipped in the bud.....I WISH FUNDAMENTALISTS WOULD KEEP THEIR DOGMA OFF THE WORLD'S KARMA.....
Here's some more info onthe people/group:
http://www.ministrywatch.com/mw2.1/F_SumRp...p?EIN=541615454
And some specific $$$$$ info:
World Help
ADDRESS PO Box 501 Forest, VA 24551-0501
TELEPHONE (434) 525-4657
FAX (434) 525-4727
WEB SITE http://www.worldhelp.net
EMAIL info@worldhelp.net
CEO NAME Dr. F. Vernon Brewer
DONOR CONTACT Ms. Noel Yeatts
FOUNDED 1992
MEMBER SINCE September 28, 1993
MINISTRY DESCRIPTION
We exist to fulfill the Great Comission and the Great Commandment through partnering, training, helping and serving, especially in the unreached areas of the world. Our mission is accomplished through a variety of programs and projects including: effective evangelism, discipleship, church-planting, humanitarian aid, child sponsorship, leadership training and literature distribution.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Fiscal Year End
Category December 31, 2003 December 31, 2002 December 31, 2001
Income
Donated Income
$14,138,419 $13,232,600 $12,828,049
Total Income
$14,458,948 $13,369,061 $12,998,203
Expenses
Program Services
$13,033,849 $12,862,367 $11,903,610
General & Administrative
$906,844 $854,059 $685,526
Fund-Raising
$416,463 $370,921 $315,573
COMMENTS:
OTHER NAMES UNDER WHICH FUNDS MAY BE RAISED
Bibles for Iraq <_< (There are MANY Christians in Iraq...grrrrrr)
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