I am deliberately alluding to Jude, when he said we should no longer be infants, pushed one way or another by the fashions of the day. It seems that the ecumenicists and liberals pressured World Vision to accept gay marriage because the ecumenicists and liberals have, heretically, allowed this.

And when the pushback came from the larger church community, which is orthodox, World Vision changed their direction.

Only two days after announcing it would hire Christians in same-sex marriages, World Vision U.S. has reversed its ground-breaking decision after weathering intense criticism from evangelical leaders.

“The last couple of days have been painful,” president Richard Stearns told reporters this evening. “We feel pain and a broken heart for the confusion we caused for many friends who saw this policy change as a strong reversal of World Vision’s commitment to biblical authority, which it was not intended to be.”

“Rather than creating more unity [among Christians], we created more division, and that was not the intent,” said Stearns. “Our board acknowledged that the policy change we made was a mistake … and we believe that [World Vision supporters] helped us to see that with more clarity … and we’re asking you to forgive us for that mistake.”

“We listened to [our] friends, we listened to their counsel. They tried to point out in loving ways that the conduct policy change was simply not consistent … with the authority of Scripture and how we apply Scripture to our lives,” said Stearns. “We did inadequate consultation with our supporters. If I could have a do-over on one thing, I would have done much more consultation with Christian leaders.”

I am not very good at Churchian language. I see the leadership of World Vision as people who have no convictions on this issue, and people who will bend with the tide. I’m quite aware that the US State department is more than gay friendly.

The traditionalists from the interwebz should, however, take heart. We can pushback, when the spines of our leaders have not ossified. We should push back. And we now need to pray that the leaders of World Vision will understand that this issue is not about equality, nor love, but obedience. To the word of God, and the commands of our King.

And that our kingdom is not of this world.