help ban religious instruction in state school, page-21

Posted below is a copy of the Scripture Unions' QLD Aims and statement of Beliefs. Apologies for the quality but copy and paste doesn't work well from the PDF.

Note clearly that in section 2.1 their commitment to evangelism in teaching even though evangelism and proletysing is expressly forbidden by the QLD Education Dept. SU Qld can't follow two masters and which master will it obey? Their client or their god? I'll put my money on their god.

Also, you won't find this document by browsing their website even though it is there. There is no link to it. Only careful google searching located it. Why doesn't SU Qld want the general public to see this? Because it directly contradicts what they and the govt are telling an uninformed public.


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SCRIPTURE UNION AIMS, SSCCRRIIPPTTUURREE UUNNIIOONN AAIIMMSS,, SCRIPTURE UNION AIMS, STATEMENT OF SSTTAATTEEMMEENNTT OOFF STATEMENT OF BELIEFS AND WORKING PRINCIPLES BBEELLIIEEFFSS AANNDD WWOORRKKIINNGG PPRRIINNCCIIPPLLEESS BELIEFS AND WORKING PRINCIPLES
SU AIMS 1 11 1 Aims: AAiimmss:: Aims: As a worldwide organisation working with the churches, SU aims to make God’s Good News known to children, young people and families and to encourage people of all ages to meet God daily through the Bible and prayer.
So that they may come to personal faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, grow in Christian maturity, and become both committed church members and servants of a world in need.
SU pursues these aims through a variety of specialist ministries around the world in obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ and in reliance on the Holy Spirit.
SU WORKING PRINCIPLES
2 22 2 Working Principles WWoorrkkiinngg PPrriinncciipplleess Working Principles We aim to follow Biblical principles in all that we do and to emphasise the vital importance of prayer. We therefore approach our work in the following ways:
2.1 22..11 2.1 Evangelism and Teaching EEvvaannggeelliissmm aanndd TTeeaacchhiinngg Evangelism and Teaching • We are committed to teaching basic Christian truths as an essential part of evangelism. • We aim to express God’s Good News to children, young people and families, not only in words, but also by building caring relationships with them. • We make every effort to communicate the Gospel in contemporary language and in ways appropriate to the context. • We emphasise that faith should always lead to action and to growth in Christian character and service. • We acknowledge that the Gospel has inescapable social dimensions and therefore it involves us in service to others and a concern for social justice. In view of our specific aims, we have a special responsibility for children and young people who are poor, deprived or exploited. • We encourage children to follow Christ in ways that are appropriate to their age, culture and background, taking special account of their home and family situation and level of maturity. • We believe that the new birth is a profound supernatural experience, brought about by the Holy Spirit. So we invite people to respond to what He is doing in their lives and guard against calling for superficial responses. • We are committed to working in ways that reflect our beliefs, in appropriate cooperation with organisations and institutions, such as schools, that welcome us.

2.2 22..22 2.2 Bible Ministries BBiibbllee MMiinniissttrriieess Bible Ministries In encouraging people to meet God through the Bible, we emphasise the significance of the Bible as a whole. • We encourage people to read it so that they come to repentance, faith and obedience to God and worship. • We prepare systematic programs and materials for children, young people and adults, appropriate to their age and situation. • We are committed to Bible reading which is thoughtful, prayerful and regular and which enables the reader to respond to the message of the whole Bible rather than to isolated passages.

• We are concerned to interpret the text in a way that enables people, in their contemporary situations, to hear for themselves the message of the Bible from its original context.

2.3 22..33 2.3 Churches CChhuurrcchheess Churches • We recognise our part in God’s worldwide family and seek ways of working positively with a variety of churches. • We encourage people who come to faith through our ministries to take part in the life of a local church fellowship.

2.4 22..44 2.4 Equality and Unity EEqquuaalliittyy aanndd UUnniittyy Equality and Unity • We believe that all human beings are of equal worth in the sight of God and that all those who put their faith in Christ are one in Him. • We are therefore committed to exercising our ministries without discrimination as to race, colour, gender, language or social position. • We recognise that SU worldwide is a family of national movements in which resources can be shared in a responsible way on a basis of trust. • We express our Christian commitment in varied and creative ways since we are drawn from diverse backgrounds.

2.5 22..55 2.5 Our People OOuurr PPeeooppllee Our People • We work with a small but dedicated number of volunteers and employees who recruit, motivate, train, equip and support a larger number of volunteers with whom they work in partnership. • We believe that the Holy Spirit confers gifts of leadership on Christians of all nations without discrimination. So we encourage national leadership of SU movements, while recognising the contribution of those from other countries. • We, as staff and volunteers, from a variety of backgrounds, are united in our commitment to the aims, beliefs and working principles of SU. • We agree that, while we are involved in SU activities, we will handle controversial issues, such as baptism, spiritual gifts and church order, in ways that promote harmony.

2.6 22..66 2.6 Biblical Standards BBiibblliiccaall SSttaannddaarrddss Biblical Standards • We aim to follow Biblical principles in all that we do. This includes, for example, our administration, our publicity and the way we care for our staff and volunteers. • We seek to honour God in carrying out our ministries, by combining prayerful reliance on him with the use of the best available means, maintaining the highest standards possible. • We believe in praying for financial support, in dependence on God, and telling the Christian public of our needs, without distorting the truth or using undue pressure.
SU STATEMENT SSUU SSTTAATTEEMMEENNTT SU STATEMENT OF OOFF OF BELIEFS BBEELLIIEEFFSS BELIEFS 3 33 3 Statement of Beliefs: SSttaatteemmeenntt ooff BBeelliieeffss:: Statement of Beliefs: SU, as a worldwide movement, accepts and proclaims the historic truths of the Christian faith including the following:
3.1 33..11 3.1 God and the Human Race GGoodd aanndd tthhee HHuummaann RRaaccee God and the Human Race We hold that the Lord our God is one: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and that He fulfils His sovereign purposes - in creation, revelation, judgement, and the coming of His kingdom - by calling out from the world a people, united to himself and to each other in love.

We acknowledge that though God made us in His own likeness and image, conferring on us dignity and worth and enabling us to respond to him, we now are members of a fallen race; we have sinned and come short of his glory.
We believe that the Father has shown his holy love in giving Jesus Christ, his only Son, for us, while through our sinfulness and guilt, we were subject to his wrath and condemnation; and has shown his grace by putting sinners right with himself when they place their trust in his Son.
We confess Jesus Christ as Lord and God; as truly human, born of the virgin Mary; as Servant, sinless, full of grace and truth; as only Mediator and Saviour, dying on the cross in our place, representing us to God, redeeming us from the grip, guilt and punishment of sin; as Victor over Satan and all his forces, rising from death with a glorious body, being taken up to be with his Father, one day returning personally in glory and judgement to establish his kingdom.
We believe in the Holy Spirit who convicts the world of guilt in regard to sin, righteousness and judgement; who makes the death of Christ effective to sinners, declaring that they must turn to Christ in repentance, and directing their trust towards the Lord Jesus Christ; who through the new birth makes us partake in the life of the risen Christ; and who is present within all believers, illuminating their minds to grasp the truth of Scripture producing in them his fruit, granting to them his gifts, and empowering them for service in the world.
3.2 33..22 3.2 The Scriptures TThhee SSccrriippttuurreess The Scriptures We believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures are God-breathed, since their writers spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit; hence are fully trustworthy in all that they affirm; and are our highest authority for faith and life.
3.3 33..33 3.3 The TThhee The Church and its Mission CChhuurrcchh aanndd iittss MMiissssiioonn Church and its Mission We recognise the Church as the body of Christ held together and growing up in him; both as total fellowship throughout the world and as the local congregation in which believers gather.
We acknowledge the commission of Christ to proclaim the Good News to all people, making them disciples, and teaching them to obey him; and we acknowledge the command of Christ to love our neighbours, resulting in service to the church and society, in seeking reconciliation for all with God and their fellows, in proclaiming liberty from every kind of oppression; and in spreading Christ's justice in an unjust world, until he comes again.