American Heritage Girls Fills Scouting Void
“Several years ago, the Boy Scouts came to us because they had been looking for many years for a girl bookend program, and they felt that American Heritage Girls was more aligned than the other girl programs that were out there. We agreed to be their partner in 2009, when their membership standards were more in line with American Heritage Girls. AHG has always been autonomous, as has the Boy Scouts. There was never anything in our agreement that would not allow us to remain true to our scriptural foundation. When the Boy Scouts made this membership standards change, our board of trustees unanimously said that because that change did not maintain our scriptural foundation, we must dissolve our relationship. That is not to say we will never do anything with the individual Boy Scout troops – we certainly probably will. However, as a national organization, that relationship is gone, and we are saddened by it.”
“All adults and charter partners must adhere to our statement of faith. For girls, AHG has an inclusion policy which says we accept any girl who agrees to live by the AHG Oath and AHG Creed. One of our areas in the creed is purity, and we talk about what that means. We have our Living a Life of Virtue process that addresses any chronic sin, whether it’s stealing, lying or sexual in nature. We need to reach out to troubled kids but we can’t let them think sin is okay. We’re there to come alongside parents and churches, but not be the church or parent.”
“I find it very promising as long as God is in it and being glorified. To that end, when that happens, we can’t even imagine what can be done. This is all in God’s hands.”
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