Christian Children's Charity Refuses $25K Donation From Atheist Donor

"In a drama that’s been ongoing for months, an Oklahoma Christian children’s charity has refused a massive $25,000 cash donation because the donor is an atheist. The charity, Murrow Indian Children’s Home, reportedly receives the majority of its funding from the American Baptist Churches Association. (On the charity’s website, its mission is described as being “to provide a safe, nurturing environment, spiritual foundation and cultural experience to Native American children in crisis”).

According to the atheist prospective donor Matt Wilbourn, the organization (which is currently said to house over 30 at-risk kids) said it would accept his donation on one condition: that he change the credit on the donation to something other than what he listed.

And what is the name that Wilbourn wants listed on his donation to the Christian children’s charity? The “Muskogee Atheist Community,” which is the name of a private Facebook atheist group co-founded by Matt Wilbourn and his atheist wife.

As Heat Street reports, the Christian children’s charity refused the atheist group’s donation “based on principle.” Murrow Indian Children’s Home told the local media that because of their charity’s “Biblical principles,” they cannot accept a gift that would, in turn, be tantamount to an advertisement for an atheist organization. Namely, the Muskogee Atheist Community.

The entire bizarre clash of money and wills started back in August. That was when the avowed atheist tried to donate $100 to the Christian children’s charity and was rejected. As KJRH 2 reports, Wilbourn says he submitted his donation and filled out the forms required to do so.

“I filled out the paperwork and I put my wife and I’s name on the paperwork. At the bottom, it asks if there is any person or organization you want to put it in memory of and I put the Muskogee Atheist Community.”

Some time later, the atheist says he got a phone call at work from someone representing the charity. He claims that he was told that, unless he changed the name on the donation, it would not be accepted. Wilbourn refused to change the name and was then told his $100 would be returned by the Christian charity. Even though, not long after his donation was refused, the charity publicly claimed to be short on funds."






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