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Bethany’s break
On the first day of Pride, a brief email announced a large change at Bethany Christian Services: The organization plans to follow “consistent inclusive practices” and “offer services with the love and empathy of Jesus to the many types of families who exist in our world today.”
The language was vague, but the meaning was clear: After a practice of weakening to place children in gay and lesbian households in states that didn’t require it, Bethany now allows homosexual couples to use to foster and adopt in all of its locations—whether local laws oblige it or not.
The change was big news for the nation’s largest Protestant foster look after and adoption agency, but the email delivered another jolt: Bethany President and CEO Chris Palusky told some 1, employees that Bethany “will not get positions on the many doctrinal issues for which Christians disagree.”
After years of Bethany affirming the Bible’s instruction on marriage as a union between a man and a woman, the year-old organization is abandoning its position on the foundational, Scriptural issue.
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Adoption Provider Bethany Christian Services to Begin Placing Children with Same-Sex Couples
Bethany Christian Services, the largest Protestant adoption agency in the United States, has decided to begin placing children with LGBT individuals starting immediately.
The revelation came from an email obtained by The New York Times from Bethany’s president Chris Palusky. “We will now offer services with the love and compassion of Jesus to the many types of families who exist in our nature today,” Mr. Palusky wrote. “We’re taking an ‘all hands-on deck’ approach where all are welcome.”
There are , children waiting for adoption in the Together States, and there are , kids in foster care. Bethany served 8, children and families through foster care in
Prior to the change in policy, which according to The Times was “approved by its member national board on Jan. 21,” Bethany had maintained a position statement endorsing traditional marriage. The updated policy now states that “Christians of mutual good faith can reasonably disagree on various doctrinal issues, about which Bethany does n
Bethany Christian Services no longer hiring non-Christians, bans political displays
By Nicole VanDyke, CP Reporter
Amid media reports of staff disgruntled with a hiring policy transform, the international Evangelical foster and immigrant resettlement charity Bethany Christian Services has confirmed that it only hires Christians who align with its core beliefs and doesn't allow them to promote political causes in the workplace.
"Bethany Christian Services, like most religious organizations, expects its employees to align with core beliefs that reflect Bethany's foundation of faith and to adhere to certain expectations, including following a viewpoint-neutral policy against workplace activism and advocacy," a statement from Bethany Christian Services shared with The Christian Post reads.
"This policy is designed to promote a society of mutual respect and cohesion for our diverse staff and clients as we work to serve vulnerable men, women, and children of all backgrounds and beliefs."
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Bethany Adoption Agency Opens Services to Same-Sex Couples
One of the nation’s largest evangelical adoption agencies will now extend services to lgbtq+ couples looking to adopt.
In a reversal of widely accepted policy among evangelical adoption agencies, Bethany Christian Services has announced that it will no longer exclude same-sex couples from the opportunity to adopt. The traditional stance of Christian adoption agencies has been to serve only married couples consisting of a man and a woman. Serving same-sex couples, which Bethany immediately began doing after the announcement this month, usually presents the donors of such agencies with a moral crisis: How can agencies run by Christians, who by Church teaching oppose to homosexuality, in excellent conscience offer adoption services to homosexual couples pursuing to become parents? This is the dilemma that often leads donors to withdraw their financial help.
Bethany president and chief executive Chris Palusky understands the difficulty the new policy is likely to display to donors and others associated with the agency. For hi