http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/1407801.html
Rebekah Montgomery
"Evangelical? If you run a soup kitchen, prison ministry, or a home for the mentally disabled, to stay operational you’ll need to rethink — or hide — that label if U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt’s ruling against Prison Fellowship Ministries’ InnerChange is allowed to stand. Otherwise, it could very well cost your ministry a lot of money in punitive damages, or even completely shut down your outreach. InnerChange is a highly structured program run by PFM in ten states that receives tax dollars to educate prisoners academically as well as help with job placement and life skills. It is proven by a study (2004 University of Pennsylvania Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society) to dramatically reduce recidivism. While tax monies are used for non-sectarian purposes, 60 percent of InnerChange’s budget is made up of donations."
