Tag: World Vision
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Why Am I Not Poor?
Christianity Today: Why Am I Not Poor? Dale Hanson Bourke For many years I sat in a pew on Sundays, listening to occasional sermons about the poor, giving to special offerings and looking appropriately sympathetic and concerned about poverty. But I did not truly—in evangelical speak—have a heart for the poor. For much of the…
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Child Sex Tours
Christianity Today: Child Sex Tours According to World Vision, some predators travel specifically for "sex tours," expecting anonymity, low-cost prostitution, ready access to children, and immunity from prosecution. Americans account for 25 percent of child sex tourists, according to reliable global estimates. The average victim is 14 years old, although some prostituted children are pre-adolescent.…