The mission statement reads as follows: “Our mission is simple and clear: to guide generations of courageous young men to honor God, lead with integrity, serve others, and experience outdoor adventure.”
The new organization’s inaugural national convention will be held in Nashville, TN., on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6 and 7, 2013.
At the convention, the name, logo and branding information will be announced, along with other details.
The announcement continues:
In late November of this year the registration process for chartering new units will be announced along with a transition plan for scouting units interested in the new organization. We will be distinctly different from the Boy Scouts although there will be some similarities. For instance, rank advancements earned within the BSA will be transferable.
“In addition, the organization’s membership policy will focus on sexual purity rather than [so-called] sexual orientation. The policy will read, in part: “the proper context for sexual relations is only between a man and a woman in the covenant of marriage.”
This means that boys who struggle with same-sex temptation – a subjective experience that, from a statistical standpoint, frequently dissipates over time – will, of course, be allowed to join. Still, “open and avowed” homosexual identity and socio-political activity, which are both an explicit violation of the Judeo-Christian sexual-ethic, will not be permitted.
I am so very honored to be on the ground floor of this incredible new youth organization. As someone who works daily to counter the cultural damage of the sexual anarchist lobby, I can assure you that homosexual activists’ interest in scouts and scouting was never about the boys, but, rather, was always about selfish adult political ambitions.
Like a swarm of locusts, secular-”progressives” target that which is righteous and God-honoring, fly in, devour it, and fly away in search of the next Truth-based target.
Sadly, the Boy Scouts of America is but their latest victim.
Still, as we are promised in Romans 8:28: “[A]ll things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
The official sendoff for this exciting new scout-like organization – something very good indeed – will take place on Jan. 1, 2014.
As goes the adage: “Out with the old, in with the new.”
Image: Boy Scouts of America, stamp; public domain
