World Vision Will Hire Gay Christians in Same-Sex Marriages

The U.S. branch of World Vision, the major evangelical relief agency, is changing its policy and opening itself to hiring professing Christians who are in legally recognized same-sex marriages. This almost certainly presages future moves by other traditionally oriented organizations, as well as the arguments that will increasingly ground those moves. From Christianity Today:

Given that more churches and states are now permitting same-sex marriages (including World Vision's home state of Washington), the issue will join divorce/remarriage, baptism, and female pastors among the theological issues that the massive relief and development organization sits out on the sidelines....

"Changing the employee conduct policy to allow someone in a same-sex marriage who is a professed believer in Jesus Christ to work for us makes our policy more consistent with our practice on other divisive issues," [president Richard Stearns] said. "It also allows us to treat all of our employees the same way: abstinence outside of marriage, and fidelity within marriage."