In your thinking be adults: where churches could and should co-operate with "secular" funders

Given that it is now accepted for evangelicals to be involved in social action, there is still debate about whether, and how, churches should accept finance from government and other sources to fund their community projects. Will such funding mean that the project is secularised? After examining the...

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Main Author: Oakley, Nigel W. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Trinity College 2007
In: Anvil
Year: 2007, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 197-208
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Diaconia / Religious identity / Secularization / Public funding
IxTheo Classification:RK Charity work
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Summary:Given that it is now accepted for evangelicals to be involved in social action, there is still debate about whether, and how, churches should accept finance from government and other sources to fund their community projects. Will such funding mean that the project is secularised? After examining these concerns and looking at government documents, Nigel Oakley uses a case study to contend that it is possible to take such funding without being bound to a secularising agenda or giving up on being church.
ISSN:0969-7373
Contains:In: Anvil