Sunday, 9th March 2008. 8:42am
NEW DRAFT guidelines for religious charities could pose a threat to Jehovah’s Witnesses, The Church of England Newspaper has learnt.
New rules could threaten charity status of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Several Jehovah’s Witnesses charities in the UK expressed concern that the draft guidance could affect their beliefs on blood transfusion.
Their concern regards the commission’s draft guidelines which details how religious charities now have to prove ‘public benefit’ in order to ensure their charitable status.
In the Charity Commission’s Public Benefit and the Advancement of Religion document it states that a …