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Pressure to Prove Himself

The challenges facing Joshua DuBois and the faith-based initiative.

Sarah Pulliam | posted 5/13/2009 09:38AM

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"As long as I'm at the table, I have a voice," Page said. "At this point, it's the only voice for [socially conservative] evangelicals I know of."

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This article was published today with "'The Perfect Hybrid'."

Other articles on the faith-based initiatives include:

Obama Expands Faith-Based Office | The President maintains Bush's hiring policy and shapes specific priorities for the office. (February 6, 2009)

New Director Offers Vision for Faith-Based Office | Joshua DuBois tells CT how the new Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships is different from the Bush administration's office. (February 6, 2009)

A Promising Start for Obama's Faith-Based Office | Why we are encouraged — and still have a major concern. (February 9, 2009)

Purging the Faith from 'Faith-Based' | The first detailed history of President Bush's initiative to help the poor.

Christianity Today follows political developments on the politics blog.

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Bennett

Posted: May 14, 2009 4:27 PM


We worry too much about what the government is doing and too little about what we are doing. If Christians think something is worth doing with government money, then we ought to think it is worth doing with our own money. Are we bellying up to the trough?

Maryann

Posted: May 13, 2009 4:22 PM

Faith based organizations can hire whoever they want, the same way that any business or organization can...by selecting the person they want. Who is to ever know, after interviews, if they were passed over because they were too short, too old, too ugly, too stupid, some ethnicity, or just plain not very well qualified? Or maybe someone else was immensely more qualified. If bank managers can hire who they want, or drug stores, school districts or health care systems, why not faith based? And of course, if a Baptist organization turns down a Lutheran, how is anyone to know that it was based on denomination, and not on the fact that the person who WAS hired had a better education and a lot more experience. Who is actually going to TELL a person, "We don't want Methodists here"? Prove it!

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