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| Author | Topic: working in faith |
| Samantha |
posted 5/22/06 8:56 PM
how do you guys feel about working with non-christians on justice issues? if we're all working toward the same goals, is it okay? or are we automatically at cross-purposes? |
| Judy |
posted 5/25/06 9:05 AM
I totally think its okay. There's always the danger of forgetting your motives if you work with people who don't share them, but working toward the same goals is good. And who knows, maybe they will adopt your motives and come to faith. |
| Gerda |
posted 6/10/06 9:50 PM
I think working with non-Christians is great, and most of the Christian organisations I know of work with non-Christians all the time. Just keep in mind that yes, we are usually working towards the same goals on one level, but usually not on all levels. For example: the Jubilee 2000 campaign was effective because it involved people of all faiths and atheists and agnostics, so they had a very loud voice because there were so many of them. But, it was also working towards a rather limited goal -- debt relief, plain and simple. The Christian organisation heading up the Canadian campaign, on the other hand, had much broader goals for economic renewal, coming out of their Christian convictions about what our economic system ought to look like. These were goals that many of the people working on the international campaign might not have supported, but they were also essential things to work for. So, we can work on two levels: with non-Christians on the things that we CAN all agree on, but also we shouldn't be afraid to speak out on things that come from our unique perspective on life, even if others might not agree (and who knows, we might be surprised at what we all have in common!). |
| Mrs. B |
posted 2/13/07 8:29 PM
If we follow the Lord's leading when we work towards justice, He will guide us in our decisions as to who to work with. A blanket statement will not work as not everyone (Christian or pre-Christian) is good to work with. |
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