Update:
I am still awaiting my response but Moral Outcry reports receiving this response via email:
I am still awaiting my response but Moral Outcry reports receiving this response via email:
"Thank you for your email regarding B&H's Cancer Awareness
Bible. Please know LifeWay Christian Resources is committed to placing
God's Word into the hands of people who are grieving, suffering and/or
hopeless because of breast cancer. We do not support Planned
Parenthood's mission or message, directly or indirectly. We will finish
our commitment and contract with the Koemen Breast Cancer Foundation,
but will not have any ongoing relationship.
Please join us in prayer that those suffering from breast cancer will be comforted by these Bibles."
Bible. Please know LifeWay Christian Resources is committed to placing
God's Word into the hands of people who are grieving, suffering and/or
hopeless because of breast cancer. We do not support Planned
Parenthood's mission or message, directly or indirectly. We will finish
our commitment and contract with the Koemen Breast Cancer Foundation,
but will not have any ongoing relationship.
Please join us in prayer that those suffering from breast cancer will be comforted by these Bibles."
Moral Outcry reports that a new Bible is on the market with a link to Komen giving 5% of the purchase to Komen.
It is also being sold at Walmart. This is surprising to many of us in TN. Nashville is the corporate home for Lifeway and B&H publishing. We have many Lifeway outlets here. The Southern Baptists have always been strong on their pro life convictions."The publisher," B&H Publishing is known for the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB), a relatively new and solid Bible translation. B&H is a division of Lifeway Resources. Lifeway is a resource from the Southern Baptist Convention, generally a strong supporter of the right to life."
Is this ignorance on their part of the history of Susan G. Komen partnering with Planned Parenthood? It seems unlikely. Would they put commercial interest over core principles??
I have called B&H publishing who acknowledge that they published this for outlets such as Walmart and make a point to tell me that Lifeway stores do not sell this product. Yes, they are owned by Lifeway. As to the decision to partner with Komen who will receive 5% of the purchase....that's when they take my name and number and say someone will get back to me. I await their call and/or response to my email with the same question. Lifeway of course simply state they do not sell it and refer me to B&H.
It took a little research on the Komen website but when I did a search for Lifeway...this came up.
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2 comments:
Fred has left a new comment on your post "Lifeway Bible supports Komen who support Planned P...":
Did you call LifeWay and ask about the decision? The Southern Baptist Convention is strongly pro-life and thousands of its member churches participate in the full range of pro-life activities. To even imply they have put money over principle without checking with them is beyond the pale.
If you note the comments at Moral Outcry--the ones she bothers to moderate--there is some confusion as to whether they have their facts straight, so I won't take their "reporting" at face value until that gets cleared up.
(Note to Fred: my original post got deleted with I was trying to do an update and put in the screen shot. I am blaming my skills and not attributing it to anything sinister. So I have reposted your comments. As you can see from my update...I am not getting too many answers but await their call.
In case you missed this:
http://www.lifeway.com/Article/Statement-on-Heres-Hope-Cancer-Awareness-Bible
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