While the Wells Fargo wagon of yesteryear delivered goods to American families, the Wells Fargo Bank of today is delivering an agenda – and it’s anything but good. Wells Fargo Bank is out with a new television commercial which seeks to normalize gay parenting and warps the definition of family.
But one Christian leader is sending a message, not only to Wells Fargo Bank, but to all of Corporate America which increasingly pushes the LGBT agenda. Rev. Franklin Graham has pledged to withdraw all ministry funds from Wells Fargo Bank and is urging Christians to consider what their money is empowering.
Graham challenged believers, asking: "Have you ever asked yourself — how can we fight the tide of moral decay that is being crammed down our throats by big business, the media, and the gay & lesbian community? Every day it is something else! Tiffany's started advertising wedding rings for gay couples. Wells Fargo bank is using a same-sex couple in their advertising. And there are more. But it has dawned on me that we don't have to do business with them. At the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, we are moving our accounts from Wells Fargo to another bank. And guess what — we don't have to shop at Tiffany & Co., there are plenty of other jewelry stores. This is one way we as Christians can speak out — we have the power of choice. Let's just stop doing business with those who promote sin and stand against Almighty God's laws and His standards. Maybe if enough of us do this, it will get their attention."
While the word “boycott” may have a negative connotation for some, American Decency has long contended that boycotting is a matter of Christian stewardship. How would God have us use the funds in which we’ve been entrusted? How can we knowingly empower corporations which promote that which God calls evil?
It’s far easier to tell ourselves what’s the point – virtually no major company aligns with biblical morality. What difference will the loss of my business make upon corporate decisions?
Yet what is our ultimate goal in considering the businesses we choose to patronize? Is it to change their ways or to change ours? Is it to “punish” a company or is it to honor God? It may be a minor inconvenience for some of us to change banks, cancel a membership at Planet Fitness, or give up Starbucks coffee. However, it can be in little sacrifices that we learn to lay down our own interests and follow Christ.
J.C. Ryle, writing over one hundred years ago, makes a point that we comfortable American Christians of today need to hear.
“There is a widely-spread desire to make things pleasant in religion – to saw off the corners and edges of the cross, and to avoid, as far as possible, self-denial. On every side we hear professing Christians declaring loudly that we must not be “narrow and exclusive” and that there is no harm in many things which the holiest of saints of old thought bad for their souls.
“That we may go anywhere, and do anything, and spend our time in anything, and read anything, and keep any company, and plunge into anything, and all the while may be very good Christians – this is the maxim of thousands. In a day like this I think it good to raise a warning voice, and invite attention to the teaching of God’s Word. It is written in that Word, ‘Come out and be separate.”
Our actions reveal our faith. By our fruits we will be known – and perhaps even by our shopping.
A note from Bill Johnson:
Years ago I found through the help of a supporter, that the limited monies that I did have invested in a mutual fund, were invested in some corporations that were supportive of pornography, abortion, and other immoral practices.
Suffice it to say, I have since had my funds invested with the Timothy Plan for upwards of fifteen years. Biblically responsible Investing is what Timothy Plan is all about.
I can say this as someone whose monies are invested with the Timothy Plan but also as a Timothy Plan Trustee.
I encourage you to join with other Christians like me who want our time, our talents and our treasure to count for Christ and His Kingdom. If you have investments, invest with Biblical principles.
Go to the Timothy Plan to find out more or call 1-800-846-7526 and ask to talk with Debbie. Please tell her Bill Johnson sent you. Thanks.
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