Remember Sally Struthers crying for the starving children and begging you to help the Christian Children’s Fund?
Well, a group called Ministry Watch blew the whistle on the organization in 2004, indicating that their research found no connection between the organization and anything “Christian” – other than to entice Christians to give. As a result of that investigation, the organization recently has been renamed to ChildFund International.
MinistryWatch describes ChildFund as more of a Community Development Organization – the organization has no statement of faith, doesn’t require its members to be of any faith, does no religious teaching and does not engage in trying to get people to become Christians. The fund was originally called the China Children’s Fund.
But the important thing is we’re saving the Children, after all.