Shaun Groves with a helpful distinction between Compassion International and other child sponsorship organizations like World Vision.
Just in case you ever wondered.
Read Shaun's elaborations (he is not critical of World Vision, etc., but he is an official Compassion spokesperson, so obviously he's not unbiased), but they boil down to:
1. Compassion works through local churches.
2. Compassion sponsorship goes to each, actual sponsored child, not into a pool to be divvied.
3. Compassion works on holistic child development (education, health, discipleship, etc.), while other organizations focus on community development (infrastructure, etc).
If you don't sponsor a child through Compassion International please think and pray about doing so.
"And do you now begin to see why Christianity has always said that the devil is a fallen angel? That is not a mere story for the children. It is a real recognition of the fact that evil is a parasite, not an original thing. The powers which enable evil to carry on are powers given it by goodness."
- C.S. Lewis
- C.S. Lewis
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Comments on "Why Compassion":
2. Shaun Groves
- 04/04/2008 1:20 pm CDT
Thanks for the linkage and for pointing people to Compassion. You're saving lives. What better reason is there to blog?
Thanks.
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That was really helpful, Jared. Thanks. I went and read Shaun's original post. It was very good. In comments, someone there explains the rationale between the difference, and it was helpful. They said that WV said that in a village where one child is sponsored, hard feelings can develop against that child from the other children. So they spread it around a little bit more. Good post. And though he's biased, I thought he did a good job of building up WV. He certainly doesn't tear them down at all.