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Jeff Walton Christian Newswire
September 24, 2009
"Come out
from among them and be separate, says the Lord." 2 Corinthians 6:17
Pray:
Father, We ask for Your church to lead the USA, as our founding fathers also endorsed. In Jesus' name.
The highly
controversial and scandal plagued Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has received multiple grants
from Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) agencies, according to The Presbyterian Layman. Both houses of the U.S. Congress recently
voted to defund ACORN amid allegations of voter fraud and other illegal doings.
Among those ACORN projects receiving
Presbyterian money were:
-$7,500 from the Presbyterian Hunger Program for "general support"
-$10,000
to the ACORN New Orleans office for "community organizing"
-$35,000 from the PCUSA Self Development of People
fund "to address the issue of security"
The General Assembly Mission Council of the PCUSA has often allied
itself with ACORN, joining lobbying efforts against the Federal Housing Reform Act, opposing funding for the No Child Left
Behind program and lobbying Bill Clinton for a variety of social issues.
The PCUSA grants are one example of direct
financial support for the beleaguered organization. In 2004, the National Council of Churches (NCC) coordinated with ACORN
to increase voter turnout and "education," with a special emphasis on demographic groups in the population that
tend to vote overwhelmingly Democratic.
IRD President Mark Tooley commented:
"As ACORN implodes
amid scandal, it will be interesting to learn whether other church agencies funded the activist group.
"Many
Presbyterians would be aghast to know that some of their collection plate money was underwriting ACORN.
"As
Presbyterians cut overseas missionaries from their rolls, how scandalous they still had funds for ACORN."
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