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Hi everybody. In the German Wikipedia a question came up how far The Family and World Vision is historically connected. The sentence "World Vision ist in seinen historischen Wurzeln verknüpft mit dem evangelikalen Netzwerk The Family." English translation: “World Vision is historically connected to the evangelical net “the Family”.
This sentence is part of the introduction and based on Sharlet, Jeff: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, page. 186 & p. 208-209. Are there any opinions to this? -- Tecolótl ( talk) 14:13, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi There – I contributed this information on the World Vision English-language page as well. I work for World Vision in the United States, so I’m sure that you’ll want to continue to seek other third-party sources. Nonetheless, I’ve done some research with our finance, legal and partnership teams to see if there is any connection with the Fellowship Foundation (the group Sharlett refers to as “The Family.) According to our legal and financial records, World Vision does not have, nor has it historically had, an organizational relationship or connection with the Fellowship Foundation. In the 1950s, one of World Vision’s former leaders, Richard Halverson was also influential in the development of the National Prayer Breakfast, which the Fellowship Foundation coordinates. That connection, however, was personal and individual, not organizational. As far as I’ve been able to discover, the idea that the two groups are somehow linked seems to be a misunderstanding.
Ap1053 (
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What's up with all the bogus (non-link) footnote references? This suggests to me that someone copy-and-pasted text from somewhere else, without even bothering to edit out the footnote refs. I think the possibility of plagiarism should be investigated. 64.196.90.242 ( talk) 14:52, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
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Hi everybody. In the German Wikipedia a question came up how far The Family and World Vision is historically connected. The sentence "World Vision ist in seinen historischen Wurzeln verknüpft mit dem evangelikalen Netzwerk The Family." English translation: “World Vision is historically connected to the evangelical net “the Family”.
This sentence is part of the introduction and based on Sharlet, Jeff: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, page. 186 & p. 208-209. Are there any opinions to this? -- Tecolótl ( talk) 14:13, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi There – I contributed this information on the World Vision English-language page as well. I work for World Vision in the United States, so I’m sure that you’ll want to continue to seek other third-party sources. Nonetheless, I’ve done some research with our finance, legal and partnership teams to see if there is any connection with the Fellowship Foundation (the group Sharlett refers to as “The Family.) According to our legal and financial records, World Vision does not have, nor has it historically had, an organizational relationship or connection with the Fellowship Foundation. In the 1950s, one of World Vision’s former leaders, Richard Halverson was also influential in the development of the National Prayer Breakfast, which the Fellowship Foundation coordinates. That connection, however, was personal and individual, not organizational. As far as I’ve been able to discover, the idea that the two groups are somehow linked seems to be a misunderstanding.
Ap1053 (
talk) 19:10, 3 May 2010 (UTC) Ap1053
What's up with all the bogus (non-link) footnote references? This suggests to me that someone copy-and-pasted text from somewhere else, without even bothering to edit out the footnote refs. I think the possibility of plagiarism should be investigated. 64.196.90.242 ( talk) 14:52, 31 August 2011 (UTC)