Why does Compassion focus on individual child development rather than broader community development work? Typically viewed as marginal, the movement has nonetheless gained widespread ideological traction through its promotion of a libertarian vision for radically shrinking government a vision that is not inherently theocratic but nonetheless advances the Reconstructionist political agenda, which foresees churches and local government moving into the void created as federal and state government are radically pared down. 2004 15,691 2011 0 2003 16,350 2003 27,000 2007 50,000 When the Father tells you to do something, Cox says, you dont argue with HimYou dont need to know why. During a 1987 sermon at his church, according to two people who were there, Cox preached that the goal of the charismatics is to establish the Kingdom of God on Earth, adding, The Kingdom of God is not a Democracy. After that sermon, he embraced a member of his flock, Oliver North, Who knows why Thomas attends services at Truro. (see: http://vimeo.com/purepassion/videos/ ) Syria and Iraq) and boundaries created by that Agreement created states inherently unstable, argued Scruton, because they encompassed tribal, ethnic and religious factions inherently at odds and not cemented by any secular national ethos. In a similar manner in which the 1980s-era Coalition on Revival created plans for how to impose biblical law and the biblical worldview in all sectors of society, The Villars Consultation launched a now-burgeoning school of thought on how to integrate the biblical worldview into Christian aid and relief work. 2013 184,000, Eternal Perspective Ministries (EIN 94-3125475), EPMs Randy Alcorn is one of the most prolific authors on the Christian Right (see: http://www.epm.org/books/). On your first letter, you told me the phrase, "We love you." 2005 0 World Outreach Ministries 2010 5,750 Discipling Nations states the laws of the state are to be founded on the law of God and declares, We are Gods soldiers claiming territory for our King.. 4. One project of the Indiana Family Institute has been the Indiana Pastors Alliance (see: http://www.hoosierfamily.org/indiana-pastors-alliance) which, 2002 30,100 Testimonies on the IHR website claim miracle healings of brain, bone, and lung cancer and also deliverance from the homosexual lifestyle. 2008 326,185 2013 0, Christian Broadcasting Network (EIN 54-0678752), As exhaustively documented by Right Wing Watch (RWW), a project of People For the American Way, the Christian Broadcasting Network, founded by Pat Robertson, has been a major global vector for anti-LGBT propaganda and right-wing conspiracy theory (see: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/search/node/%22Christian%20Broadcasting%20Network%22), In 2013 on CBN, Robertson made the claim, as characterized by RWW, that gay people in San Francisco try to cut peoples fingers with special rings in order to infect them with AIDS (see: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gay-aids-ring-video-pat-robertson-doesnt-want-you-see). Chalcedon Foundation The Conservative Caucus Phillips referred to R.J. Rushdoony as his spiritual mentor. Job specializations: Nursing. 2004 85,500 2007 3,000 Such thinking goes to the very top of the elite evangelical right, as evidenced by The Fellowship head Douglas Coes insistence, captured on video in 1989, that Christians should follow Jesus with the same level of fanatical devotion shown by the followers of Hitler, Lenin, and Mao whose young Red Guard were willing, during the Cultural Revolution, to cut off the heads of their own parents for the good of the state (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYeGR7O1lKI ), 2007 0 2009 250 2007 0 compassion international lgbt compassion international lgbt (No Ratings Yet) . The AoG statement also suggests that AIDS may be a punishment from God and states, Former homosexuals describe a disgusting lifestyle of perversion and sexual obsession., According to the AoG statement One of the myths propounded by pro-homosexual advocates is that homosexual orientation is genetically determined and that people have no choice in the matter. Each child has only one sponsor, which is why the sponsor's prayers, letters and support mean so much to a child. Nominally Anglican, the Truro Church has in fact been a vector for the spread of the radical Spiritual Mapping/Spiritual Warfare paradigm created by New Apostolic Reformation leaders such as C. Peter Wagner, Cindy Jacobs, Ed Silvoso, and others (see: http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/29340 Spiritual Mapping: The Turbulent Career of a Contested American Missionary Paradigm, 1989-2005). Our program is run entirely by local Christian 2010 1,581 (Bethel Church, no EIN provided) 2008 34,000 Neither heterosexual sex outside of marriage nor any homosexual act constitute an alternative lifestyle acceptable to God., The statement also stipulates, I understand that if I am found being involved in a lifestyle that does not conform to the FCAs Sexual Purity Statement I will need to step down from my leadership position with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes., (see: http://image.teamfca.net/siteuploadfiles/FCA/2700706F-CF38-4FCD-B9E09BAEB17A3C29/8D77B8C2-29AE-4056-9AC3104B94D755FD.pdf). 2004 40,000 Shocked by rising crime, teen pregnancy, and divorce throughout the 1970s and 1980s, top leaders of the emergent Christian right, such as Bill Bright, had turned to the radical solutions outlined by the overtly theocratic Christian Reconstructionism movement. In 2010 Christian Union brought Intelligent Design expert Walter Bradley to Princeton and its Ivy League Christian Observer has showcased Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Michael Behe, author of the influential ID book Darwins Black Box. 2002 5,000 2002 1,000 Stemberger has stated that Florida LGBT activists working for a Jacksonville sexual nondiscrimination ordinance are a radical group of political operatives who want to force their aberrant views on human sexuality upon the rest of society by the mandate and penalty of law. (see: http://www.glaad.org/blog/who-john-stemberger-and-whats-really-driving-his-boy-scouts-crusade). 2013 36,000. 2009 193,200 We would sing, dance, and eat a lot. Methods: Participants ( N = 558; Mage = 22.4, SD = 5.4) were recruited for the study through online-based . In that case, CLS and ADF argued that an officially recognized student CLS chapter at a public university could bar LGBT students and non-Christians from leadership positions. Please return soon, as entries will be added on an ongoing basis. Through COR, the numerically small Christian Reconstructionist movement has been able to. Teen Challenge 800-336-7676 It was the strength that he emulated.. That state department position went to future E&PPC president Elliott Abrams (who took the E&PPC helm in 1996). 2008 88,350 Mission Statement. 2004 5,000 After being convicted and sentenced to prison for his Watergate scandal crimes, Colson converted to born-again Christianity and was subsequently personally groomed as a top Fellowship leader by longtime Fellowship head Doug Coe (note: along with Cromartie, Colson has been one of the most frequently featured speakers at The Gathering, which functions as a private philanthropic funding adjunct of The Fellowship.). 2009 10,000 2003 55,000 claimed, among other things, that seventy percent of gay men have fecal sex, which involves ingesting large amounts of feces; that thirty-three percent of gay men are pedophiles, and that gay couples are coming to Africa to steal their children and turn them into homosexuals; that homosexuality has come to Africa to kill us, and thus must be eradicated; that gays are fifteen times more likely to be murderers; and that Africans should reject aid from Western organizations that are trying to infiltrate their continent with the homosexual agenda. 2003 1,000 Barfoot was co-rector of a Kansas Episcopal church which broke with the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) over the 2003 ordination of openly gay Gene Robinson as ECUSAs bishop for the state of New Hampshire. Leaders in the non-denominational Fellowship of Christian Athletes are required to sign a Sexual Purity Statement which includes the following: God desires His children to lead pure lives of holiness. 2005 8,000 It is been my great privilege to be able to be their representative (see: http://www.frontline.org.za/index.php?option=com_djcatalog2&view=item&id=36:tribute-to-brent-noebel&cid=2:memorials&Itemid=171), Hammond holds Africa biblical worldview conferences patterned after those held by Summit (see: http://www.christianaction.org.za/index.php/articles/biblical-worldview/258-why-we-all-need-a-biblical-worldview), Both Hammonds ministries and Summit Ministries are heavily funded by the National Christian Foundation (see respective entries on those ministries. This web of deception, sin and wounding, created over time in an unsuspecting life, is called a stronghold. 2013 451,740, Christian Film and Television Commission (EIN 13-2961538). 2007 1,574,257 2007 1,450,424 expanded to serve over 25 different countries and over four million children. Transform-World promotes doctrines from the theocratic Coalition on Revival. 2012 6,500 It's a In 2009, the year the Uganda Anti Homosexuality Bill was introduced in Ugandas parliament by MP David Bahati, Stephen Langa was a featured speaker at the 2009 Transform World conference held by Bush in New York City, as a leader of the family and religion track. 2009 0 You can log in to My Account from the upper right-hand corner of any page. 2013 2,168,986 (does not include local FCA branches), Fidelis Center For Law and Policy (EIN 20-2787890). 2011 91,195 In the Winter 2005 quarterly newsletter of The Gathering, in an op-ed titled Thou Shalt Not Kill the Family, Christian Reconstructionist pastor Kenneth L. Gentry argued that, per Leviticus 20:9, disobedient and incorrigible children should be put to death (see: http://thegathering.com/newsletter/2005-Winter.pdf). 2010 65,000 Both have participated in Ed Silvosos International Transformation Network. The yearly season of service was pioneered by Luis Palaus son Kevin Palau, who has led an effort in which churches under Palaus aegis are partnering with Portland public schools, to mentor students in the Portland public school system. and instead of helping them we are papering over their problems . (see: http://www.americanpastorsnetwork.net/resource/resist-the-green-dragon/). 2011 2,530, The Witherspoon Institute (EIN 55-0835528). 2008-2010 0 All three Janet Museveni, Joshua Lwere, and Alex Mitala have traveled to the Argentina nation transformation conferences of New Apostolic Reformation leader Ed Silvoso, who helped launch what is perhaps the NARs biggest apostolic association, the International Coalition of Apostles. 2002 7,500 While the Pentecostal denomination the Assemblies of God is not typically identified as an anti-LGBT hate organization, the officially AoG statement on homosexuality ( http://ag.org/top/beliefs/relations_11_homosexual.cfm ), approved in 1979 (and not updated since then) cites Old Testament scripture, including scripture from the book of Romans, which mandates capital punishment for homosexuality. 2011 1,300 The telephone number is (800) 336-7676. In Central America and the Caribbean, Compassion works in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Mexico. The pro-abortion crowd gives them condoms and birth control pills. We offer pre-planned group sponsor trips and unique custom visits. In his book What Every Man Wants In a Woman: 10 Essentials For Growing Deeper in Love (Charisma House, 2005), pastor John Hagee argued for a constitutional amendment recognizing only the marriage between a man and a woman and warned, If we fail to achieve this, the gates of hell will be opened If God does not then punish America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. its about helping people trapped in a cycle of sexual dysfunction. Orientation Leader. Local churches are experts Who is the CEO of Compassion International? Addressing a rally against same-sex marriage, according to USA Today was Family Foundation of Kentucky executive director Kent Ostrander, who in a statement that likened the legalization of same-sex marriage to martial law told his audience, Across the nation, it is tantamount to martial law on state marriage policies when relatively few federal judges are overturning marriage amendments that millions of people have voted upon and decided, 2001 4,000 2008 31,800 2005 50,000 2004 0 Focus on The Family currently provides three publications concerning the issue of homosexuality. Sponsors are invited to write to their sponsored children, and children in Compassion's program write to their sponsors at least twice a year. 2007 148,000 If we believe that man is made in the image of God, then we would do well to remember that the Lord is a warrior (Exodus 15:3).. Thus, at the root the wretched of the developing world were suffering because they possessed the wrong ideas, the wrong beliefs, the wrong culture. 2005 150 2010 1,080,234 (see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/noahs-flood-caused-by-wedding-songs-homosexuals-scott-lively_n_2450404.html). 2009 1,667,448 Both scientific research and the personal experience of thousands of people show that a homosexual orientation can usually be unlearned. Liberty Counsel 13. 2012 10,000 The most prolific of these has been Child Evangelism Fellowship, which has established its Good News Club Bible classes in over three thousand public schools across the nation. 2010 1,529,263 Explains author and researcher Rachel Tabachnick, [Theocratic libertarianism] would dramatically reduce the federal government and control society through enforcement of biblical law at the local and state levels. 2002 1,647 In a 2011 op-ed, longtime Summit Ministries head Dr. David Noebel (who stepped down from heading Summit that year) claimed, Obama and his radical homosexual mafia plan to sodomize the world and make such perversion seem as wholesome as apple pie and vanilla ice cream. (see: http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/article.php?articleid=7843), James Dobson has been an enthusiastic promoter of Summit Ministries since 1987, when Dobsons son Ryan attended one of Summits worldview programs and reportedly underwent a massive change. They went on to note that the evidence, while early, "suggest[ed] that these impacts are due, in part, to increases in childrens aspirations. In 2013, American Vision head Gary DeMar stated, Im sure that people who have jumped ship to embrace pro-homosexual marriage have not thought through the consequences of their decisions, especially young people who are almost always in an affirming mood. There is no scientific evidence to support this claim., It also cites long-debunked research: In a study of the median age of death for heterosexuals and homosexuals, less than 2 per cent of homosexuals survived to age 65.. In March 2009, Schmierer who markets a line of ex-gay books translated into multiple languages including Russian, Chinese, and Hindi was a speaker, along with Scott Lively, at a Kampala, Uganda conference credited with dramatically escalating anti-LGBT hatred in Uganda. If only you knew how much food was given to our family, you'd understand what it meant. 2011 6,000 2012 1,062,527 2004 16,000 2007 275,053 Its not completed yet, we just stole it from the printer, this week, and it was faxed to us in a hurry, just to get it here so we at least could have something to show you. All pupils and parents are required to sign the document. (source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/christian-school-in-kansas-threatens-to-expel-students-if-they-have-a-gay-family-member-a7040371.html ), 2003 75,000 ( Trinity Academy, no EIN given ) 2006 994,520 Mastering Life Ministries This is the work of God, this is the work of Jesus. The prior year, in 2012, LaBarbera was a participant in the 2012 World Congress of Families, in Madrid. 2007 $1,000 Children are welcome to participate in a Compassion-assisted child development center regardless of their faith. 2013 142,794, Alliance Defense Fund / Alliance Defending Freedom (EIN 54-166459). On page 172, Ware and Ham wonder how same-sex marriage will not lead to legalized bestiality: If homosexual relationships are legitimized based upon personal desires, where does society draw the line with other deviant and destructive behaviors that some find despicable? 2010 238,250 As legal fights over religious convictions on family and LGBT rights have continued to make their way through the courts and Congress, Bethany Christian decided to incorporate the move toward. [26] The Ministry of External Affairs later stated that the ban had nothing to do with the ideology of Compassion International.[27]. Efforts to claim a genetic basis for homosexuality are rooted in the assumption that our genes tell us what Gods intention for us is Only the Word of God can tell us what Gods intention is. Daystar Church 2006 14,100 It's a significant commitment, but the incredible difference it makes in the life of a child is invaluable. Hurricanes Wilma and Rita also each brought judgment on cities that were about to host major gay eventsKey West and Cancunthus seriously curtailing the celebration of gay acceptance. The arbitrary new nations (e.g. 2006 160,100 2004 16,400 2011 2,000 2012 1,850 2001 0 The attempt to synthesize Marxist categories and Christian concepts, to equate Alabama Policy Institute 2004 229,761 2009 1,318,726 The Everett Swanson Evangelistic Association was founded in 1952 by the Rev. 2011 3,600 2011 22,750 2006 200 12. 2012 777,763 One of the most dynamic churches in all of Uganda, the Watoto Church, in Kampala, has both led Ugandas burgeoning orphan care industry and its anti-LGBT rights crusade. TruthXchange claims that all belief systems cleave into two grand patterns, one-ist and two-ist with two-ist systems representing the correct fundamentalist Christian viewpoint and one-ist belief systems representing pagan belief systems. AFMs past support for civil unions may have ultimately led to its downfall, with harsh criticism ( http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/anti-gay-marriage-movement-fractures ) of the ADFs approach coming from the more virulently anti-LGBT groups that have gained prominence within the Christian right even as barriers to same-sex marriage began to fall in one U.S. state after another. 2009 16,850 2012 3,381,000 (The Christian Union) According to the Compassion International consolidated audit of June 30, 2018 (Note 1, Affiliates): 2012 10,000, The Family Foundation of Kentucky (EIN 61-1167112). 2002 700 2008 135,168 (http://www.transform-world.net/newsletters/2013/Global414Summit.pdf). A maturing child needs the gender-specific influences of both a mother and a father. As Hammonds minsitry website explains (see: http://www.frontlinefellowship.net/inc/sdetail/119/341), The Pink Agenda exposes the truth about homosexual behavior and its links to crime, violence, suicide, substance abuse, paedophilia and disease. Former Dean of Pepperdine University and now-President and Chancellor of Baylor University Kenneth Starr serves on the Advocates International board (see: http://www.advocatesinternational.org/node/697). In 2010 Christian Union organized rallies at Princeton, Dartmouth, U Penn, and Yale for the virulently anti-gay ministry the International House of Prayer, which was featured heavily in the 2013 award-winning documentary God Loves Uganda (see: http://www.godlovesuganda.com/). 2007 190,316 AIM has also been involved in developing and manag- ing institutions such as Rift Valley Academy and Kijabe Medical Center.. 2006 6,500 Healthcare. Encourage informed Christian thinking about contemporary social issues (see: http://www.mafamily.org/event-items/banquet2014/), 2001 0 2007 34,400 2008 167,200 Because of the unique, unusual role the Iowa caucuses play in the American election primary system, the Iowa Family Policy Center wields great influence over Republican presidential hopefuls. 2009 3,300 2013 12,050, Ethics and Public Policy Center (EIN 52-1162185), The Ethics and Public Policy Center advertises itself as dedicated to applying the Judeo-Christian moral tradition to critical issues of public policy. That place, or those places, may be inhabited by the demonica base of operations. (Freedom Tools, pages 76-77). 2013 2,410,707. Other co-founders included evangelist D. James Kennedy, James Dobson, and the less well known financial adviser Larry Burkett, one of three co-founders of the now-mammoth National Christian Foundation. 2008 29,220 2004 10,000 In 1997 at The Gathering, Schmierer led a session during which he and other anti-LGBT rights strategists including Herb Schlossberg outlined a mutli-dimensional strategy to combat organized homosexuality. 2003 55,100 20:13, Rom. For example, in 2003 E&PCC published a March 31 op-ed (The Just War Case for The War) by the noted Catholic theologian George Weigel which argued that classic Christian just war theology supported a US attack on Iraq. Through sponsorship, children are able to participate in a church-based program that offers life-changing benefits that range from educational opportunities to health care. Alliance For Marriage 2010 6,300 In 2012, Advocates Internationals affiliate Advocates Guyana, responding to a possible push in the Guyana National Assembly to de-criminalize same-sex relations, issued a statement that such a legislative action would be an assault on our Guyanese beliefs and value system and an assault on the family. Since implementation of the new abstinence-based policy, Ugandas HIV infection rate has risen. 2003 5,000 2012 1,300. 2008 2,780 It mattered, and it was enough. advised (see: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/religious-freedom-origin-story) the Kansas state legislature in the creation of Kansas House Bill 2453. In response to these issues we draw attention to the following Biblical teaching and its IHOP head Mike Bickle has stated that homosexuality opens the door to the demonic realm and characterized the gay marriage agenda as rooted in the depths of hell (see: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/mike-bickle-warns-homosexuality-opens-door-demonic-realm) Bickle has repeatedly preached that, according to the Bible, in the coming end-times two-thirds of Jews will be forced into work camps, prison camps, and death camps. Dr. Steven F. Hotze learned this in Houston. 2005 267,850 Advocates International speakers have participated in the (NCF-funded) Howard Centers World Congress of Families events, which have been closely tied to growing anti-LGBT persecution and anti-gay legislation in Russia, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere. Cameron dresses up his studies with copious footnotes, graphs and charts, and then pays to publish them in certain journals. ( http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/profiles/paul-cameron ), 2006 12,000 Compassion, Compassion International, Compassion Sunday, the Compassion Logo and the FILL THE STADIUM Logo are registered trademarks of Compassion International, Inc. All donations in the United States are tax deductible in full or part. It is little surprise that Campus Crusade is a major recipient of NCF funding; two of the three initial founders of the National Christian Foundation had close ties to Campus Crusade one as a former CCC financial manager ( Larry Burkett ), the other as a member of CCCs board of directors ( Ron Blue ). Oyet claims to have helped conceive the Ugandan Anti Homosexuality Bill and has forthrightly stated that the Bible mandates the death penalty for homosexuality. The answer was moral and spiritual uplift, through Jesus. 2013 200, Compassion International (EIN 36-2423707). Hollywood serves up a steady diet of irresponsible sex and violence. 2006 43,500 Preach boldly about moral issues from the pulpit [26] Compassion said that attempts were made to force the ministry to divert funding to non-Christian Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh groups. 2011 -7,387, The Jesus Film Project (Campus Crusade For Christ International) EIN 95-6006173 As a young man, Peter Cameron Scott joined the Christian Alliance Training Institute in New York, run by Albert Benjamin Simpson who was the founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination. As described in this encyclopedia, in the entries on the Revival Prayer Institute, the Lilburn Alliance Church, and the Christian and Missionary Alliance, CMA has emerged as a major force in the war on LGBT rights in sub-Saharan Africa. 2005 193,813 In a December 13, 2005 op-ed titled The War on Christianity posted on the TVC website, Rev. 2011 109,300 2003 0 Portland Fellowship 2008 1,094,120 2006 932,717 2009 297,229 2008 225,855 2013 329,100, Teen Challenge (see section on Assemblies of God. Since the Rev. Packer, who is widely regarded as one of the leading theologians in North American Protestant conservative evangelicalism. In the 2008 election, under the leadership of President John Stemberger, the Florida Family Policy Council helped organize the successful push for an anti-same sex marriage state constitutional amendment. Our frontline church partners across the world invest deeply in each individual, helping them discover their talents and use their skills to escape poverty, bless those . 2003 120,000 2010 1,064,925 Noebels book characterized homosexuality as a kind of national death wish which sought to change the natural order created by God himself.. 2009 12,000 One of the primary roles of future government leaders will be to instruct in righteousness. The most common ethnicity at Compassion International is White (63%). Philadelphia Biblical University 2009 3,000 Mercy Ministries of America 2011 9,350 The Neo-Evangelical movement, proposed Ockenga, would in the manner of the Nazi Blitzkrieg simply bypass secular areas of strength, to encircle and starve them into submission. That is the high priest of our culture., Shrewdly, Eldridge continued, we need to show why society needs to make certain demands on people sexually. He said that public perception has to be changed. These factors limit their rights and access to essential services such as education, employment, and health care, and pervasive discrimination and exclusion prevent meaningful inclusion in broader development efforts. 2008 18,750 It is not a victimless personal decision but a wrongful act with far-reaching implications for the nation. I wanted to let you know that the day you retired from service, I walked into a recruiter's office, and enlisted in the U.S. Army as an engineer. The target salary range for this position is $43,000 - $50,000. 2011 2,750 2008 322,000 Compassion International, one of the worlds biggest evangelical aid agencies, has played Compassion International Wields Data to Protect and Care for Children in Poverty Key Challenges To serve and protect nearly 2 million children around the world, Compassion International needed a way to ensure system uptime, secure financial data and screen sponsors faster and more effectively. Compassion International began in 1952 in Chicago, IL, as the Everett Swanson Evangelistic Association. Voice of the Martyrs Hammond writes, concerning the late Martin Luther King, Jr., King was not a legitimate reverend, he was not a bona fide PhD, and his name was not really Martin Luther King, Jr. What is left? Bethel Redding is one of the strongholds of the fast-growing New Apostolic Reformation movement and promotes the doctrine that believers can wield all of the miraculous powers described in the New Testament book of Acts as having been demonstrated by Jesus apostles following his death. Regeneration Ministries 2002 988,954 2007 5,500 American Center For Law and Justice Then, in 2013, NCF funding of Becket doubled, to $185,000. exists to further the following objectives: I want you to know that not only did you give me a chance at being free, but you inspired me to be a guardian of freedom. 2013 4,400, Marriage and Family Foundation (EIN 26-0142546), In 2005, top leaders from Chick-Fil-A, including Don Cathy, launched the Marriage and Family Legacy Fund, which later change its name to the Marriage & Family Foundation. Moreover, prior to the Fall, man lived in In 2006, Ssempa received an honorary degree from PBU in 2006 for his ministry of compassion to HIV/AIDS victims in his native land. 2003 180,000 Continuing in this vein, Moi commissioned an inquiry into devil worship as an offficial response to a growing belief that devil worship was becoming prevalent in Kenyan edu- cational institutions (Ogembo 2001, 7)., Alabama Policy Institute (EIN 63-0809568), The Alabama Policy Institute is an example of the overlap of the State Policy Institute system (which promotes pro-business, anti-regulatory legislation authored by ALEC, the American Legislative Council) and the Family Policy Council network associated with Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council (which promotes pro-family legislation and issues, as those are typically defined by the religious right.). Abandoned by her father and trapped in poverty, Yanelly had no hope for her future until her sponsor and center believed in her. Founded in 1952, Compassion partners with more than 8,000 local churches in 25 program countries to deliver spiritual, economic, social, and physical care to over two million babies, children, and young adults in poverty. 2011 7,500 2012 31,400 [19][20] The research, by Bruce Wydick, Paul Glewwe, and Laine Rutledge, evaluated Compassion efforts in six countries, with 10,144 children studied, reporting "large, statistically significant impacts on years of schooling; primary, secondary, and tertiary school completion; and the probability and quality of employment."