Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forum, so excuse me if this has been tackled before (I'm guessing this charity has come up in the past).
I was looking for a Christian charity to donate to every month, and I came across Christian Aid, who appear to do a lot of work to help poor people around the globe. However, having read through their website, I noticed that the organization is active in areas not just focused on poverty, and uses a lot of language that's open to interpretation.
Example 1: On the 'Women's empowerment and gender equality' section of their 'What We Do' page, you'll find "Christian Aid Ireland believes that gender justice is about achieving equality and fairness between women and men but also that gender is a spectrum, which includes transgender women and men, intersex persons, and anyone who identifies outside of these definitions. We are committed to ensuring equality for all."
Example 2: In their "From Inspiration to Impact" document, it says "We support the work of our partners to campaign and lobby those who can change practices and structures that maintain inequality and poverty". Obviously this can be interpreted in many ways. i.e. What are the "practices" that Christian Aid takes issue with, what "structures" Christian Aid is aiming to change, and what "systems" does the organization want to challenge?
Some of the language on their website screams "intersectionalist" and some of the coalitions of which the organization is a part are openly "radical and intersectionalist", using language you'd find in many extreme-left movements and organizations (many of which could be considered anti-Christian; effectively anti-Western Civilization).
I'd love to get people's thoughts on this charity and what I've listed here.
Thank you kindly,
Denisovic
I'm new to the forum, so excuse me if this has been tackled before (I'm guessing this charity has come up in the past).
I was looking for a Christian charity to donate to every month, and I came across Christian Aid, who appear to do a lot of work to help poor people around the globe. However, having read through their website, I noticed that the organization is active in areas not just focused on poverty, and uses a lot of language that's open to interpretation.
Example 1: On the 'Women's empowerment and gender equality' section of their 'What We Do' page, you'll find "Christian Aid Ireland believes that gender justice is about achieving equality and fairness between women and men but also that gender is a spectrum, which includes transgender women and men, intersex persons, and anyone who identifies outside of these definitions. We are committed to ensuring equality for all."
Example 2: In their "From Inspiration to Impact" document, it says "We support the work of our partners to campaign and lobby those who can change practices and structures that maintain inequality and poverty". Obviously this can be interpreted in many ways. i.e. What are the "practices" that Christian Aid takes issue with, what "structures" Christian Aid is aiming to change, and what "systems" does the organization want to challenge?
Some of the language on their website screams "intersectionalist" and some of the coalitions of which the organization is a part are openly "radical and intersectionalist", using language you'd find in many extreme-left movements and organizations (many of which could be considered anti-Christian; effectively anti-Western Civilization).
I'd love to get people's thoughts on this charity and what I've listed here.
Thank you kindly,
Denisovic
