“World” magazine publisher Marvin Olasky reports in the August 11 issue that, in a change from earlier reports, the National Association of Evangelicals is not at this time seeking further funding from the National Campaign for the Prevention of Teen and Unmarried Pregnancy (NCPTUP). As Olasky describes, that group “promotes contraceptives for the unmarried.” NCPTUP is in turn funded by the pro-choice Hewlett Foundation, which funds abortion rights advocacy.
Early this month Olasky first exposed that NAE had received $1 million over several years from NCPTUP for contraceptive advocacy. The grant comprised a big chunk of NAE’s only about $1 million annual budget. And it had facilitated several NAE events featuring NCPTUP speakers. NAE chief Leith Anderson insisted NAE was not compromising it’s fidelity to traditional Christian sexual ethics. But as Olasky notes, his report generated a “lot of Summer heat from individuals and denominational leaders.” And on July 10 NAE board member David Neff of “Christianity Today” magazine assured him NAE is not seeking another NCPTUP grant. The NAE program that NCPTUP had funded will close later this year, Olasky reported.
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