On February 5, 2009, President Obama signed an Executive Order amending EO 13199 signed by George W. Bush and establishing the new White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. In Section 1 on Policy, it states:
“The American people are key drivers of fundamental change in our country, and few institutions are closer to the people than our faith-based and other neighborhood organizations. It is critical that the Federal Government strengthen the ability of such organizations … to deliver services effectively in partnership with Federal, State, and local governments and with other private organizations, while … forbidding the establishment of religion….
“Through rigorous evaluation, and by offering technical assistance, the Federal Government must ensure that organizations receiving Federal funds achieve measurable results in furtherance of valid public purposes.”
Last summer, Obama gave us a specific outline of his planned “partnerships between government and faith-based and other nonprofit community groups.” Much of it was based on the new interpretation of the First Amendment….
Obama’s “faith-based partnerships” are not based on faith in our God! The phrase is designed to deceive Americans, eradicate “offensive” truths, replace Christian ministries with secular service, and silence the gospel among those who most need it. As Hilmar Von Campe warns us, it will instead “cut the connection of the American people to God…”[10]
“We must obey God rather than man,” said the apostle Peter two thousand years ago. Committed Christians cannot yield to rules that would quench our freedom to share God’s Word. [See God’s guidelines for Christian service]
Meanwhile, we must prepare to face the kind of hostility that would have been unthinkable in this “land of the free” six decades ago — even when it seemed normal in totalitarian parts of Europe. The pressure to compromise is spreading fast. How can we resist? Click here to read this entire article.
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