Thats quite different than what the others said.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> While we can all quibble over wording Tom, what I believe people are
> trying to articulate is that the real problem with the mission was
> attracting the homeless from a broad area into Asbury with the
> promise of food and a place to sleep, only to discard the vast
> majority of them onto the streets of Asbury Park during the day for
> the first week and completely cutting them off after the first week.
> They were running the mission not to help the homeless of Asbury
Park
> but to get a large number of homeless to converge upon Asbury so
they
> could discard most and recruit a select few into their program.
> That's not helping the homeless, it's a recruiting strategy that
> benefits only the mission at the expense of everyone else.
>
> The issue is not whether the mission is evangelizing - they have
> every right to do so. Go to where the homeless are today. Preach
> redemption. I'm all for it. But don't bring a large number of
> homeless from other towns to Asbury only to discard the vast
majority
> who don't conform into the streets for the city to deal with.
That's
> not evangelism. Instead, it's abusing the city, dangerous for it's
> current residents and a cruel bait and switch to those who came for
> help and were quickly tossed aside with no support system.
>
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