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“Let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking
our own assembling together.” – Heb. 10:24 (NAS)
Breakaway’s 40-year anniversary event Aug. 1 Churches, individuals give more to poor
This year marks the 40-year anniversary of the first Breakaway, the largest recurring
youth event in San Diego history. than government to countries in need
As a result, San Diego Youth for Christ presents the 40
th
Anniversary Celebration of
Breakaway on Saturday, Aug. 1, at 7:17 p.m. in the Grossmont High School Old Gym
By WARREN COLE SMITH
of Religion and Society. Their results are
in El Cajon. It features special guest speaker Ken Poure, master of ceremonies Mark
combined with data from the Billy Graham
Larson, and music by Limpic and Rayburn, Campus Life Singers, Everyday People,
America’s defenders often say that no Center on giving by Protestant mission
Frank Grubbs, Calvary Mountain Boys, No Secret, and more. There will also be a YFC
country in the world is more generous agencies and data from the Church of Jesus
staff alumni reception from 6 to 7 p.m. in the quad.
toward developing countries than the Christ of Latter-Day Saints to get a complete
When Youth for Christ developed the Campus Life club program in the mid-60s,
United States. And that’s true: in 2007, picture of church giving in America.
they realized that the YFC Saturday Night Rally was geared more toward the church
the U.S. government poured $21.8 billion This year ’s Index finds that U.S.
community but wanted something that would be more geared to reach the non-churched
in aid to developing countries. religious congregations “continue to be
kid — which was the focus of Campus Life.
But that’s only half the story. As a extraordinarily generous to the developing
In 1967, YFC debuted Dare ‘67 and in the following year it was called Happening’
matter of fact, that’s much less than half world,” Adelman said. Nearly three-
68. Looking for a new name, one of the YFC staff members saw a billboard advertising
the story. quarters of U.S. congregations give
a local auto dealership that was asking people to “Breakaway” in an Oldsmobile. He
A new survey of U.S. religious giving directly to relief organizations, with
told the executive director at the time that Breakaway would be a great name for the
from congregations of all denominations an average donation of $11,960. About
outreach. So in 1969, that name became synonymous with the youth event.
to the developing world found that 89,000 congregations contributed a total
From 1969, until the last Breakaway in the summer of 1995, about a quarter of a million
religious congregations gave $8.6 billion of $3.3 billion directly to programs in
people attended Breakaway. Thousands of young people made decisions for Christ,
to the developing world in 2007, or almost foreign countries. Roughly 34 percent of
and many prominent pastors and community leaders, such as Shawn Mitchell (New
a quarter of all private philanthropy (see the congregations reported that people
Venture Christian Fellowship), Dennis Keating (Emmanuel Faith Community Church),
chart). That’s according to the newly from their congregation went abroad on
Walt Ekard (San Diego Count CAO), and Mark Larson (KCBQ talk radio host), were
released “Index of Global Philanthropy short-term mission trips and about 73
all involved with Breakaway at one time or another.
and Remittances” published annually percent of these congregations provided
Ken Poure was one of many outstanding speakers who addressed Breakaway. Others
by Hudson Institute’s Center for Global a total of $759 million in support for these
include Jay Kessler, Ken Davis, John MacArthur, Josh McDowell and Howard Hugo.
Prosperity (CGP). Non-religious charities trips. Another 30 percent of congregations
For more information, contact Don Smith at (619) 462-4000.
were responsible for another $11 billion. supported longer term mission trips for
Capital investment by American relief and development by providing $1.4
corporations was over $97 billion, and billion in donations.
Child Evangelism Fellowship
“remittances” – simply sending cash The numbers above suggest that almost a
overseas to family and friends – amounted quarter of the $8.6 billion given by churches
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to $79 billion. doesn’t actually go to the poor, but to the
“Foreign aid by the U.S. government is people America sends on mission trips to
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the poor. Some have questioned the value
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to aid to the poor,” said Carol Adelman, of short-term missions trips, because they
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Director of the CGP. The CGP study, which are “based largely on the needs of the
is in its second year, is a collaboration missionary” and not the needs of those to
with Notre Dame’s Center for the Study whom the missionary is sent. – E.P. News
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