isn't it?

If you have a chaplain tied to a very specific church, you publicise activities the club/players do relating to that church, and you give prominent access to members of that church in events (like HT entertainment)

are you not - implicitly if not explicitly - endorsing that church and/or giving it preferential access & visibility..?

the chaplain may provide its services to all regardless of their faith or otherwise , but the club is, de facto, still promoting that particular faith over any other and (in this case) one particular church within that broad faith.

Just seems an odd thing to have vs (say) a club counsellor/OHT that can do the same job without the religious overtones.

Posted By: CWC on April 25th 2023 at 15:56:03

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NBTTT Soul Church (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 25, 11:56:37
- As a non religious person I’m naive in these matters (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Apr 25, 18:36:30
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    - What, children playing violins? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Apr 25, 21:28:59
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  - Yes, this would be helpful! (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 25, 17:21:12
    - Kerry Katona used to go to the tonbridge one (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Apr 25, 18:35:40
- Jesus saves with his holy water bottle. (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Apr 25, 15:59:27
  - Flecky scores from the rebound (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 25, 16:24:59
  - Jesus saves painted by an atheist nutter (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 25, 16:05:04
- Need to swap back to Jehovah's Witnesses, we played much better when they were around. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Apr 25, 15:16:32
  - They had their annual conference at C Road didn’t they (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Apr 25, 16:36:34
- One thing is clear.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 25, 14:43:39
- Louis Blois, ex Youth Teamer is a Chaplin or something there I think (n/m) (General Chat) - Gazzaman, Apr 25, 13:15:18
- the link is our chaplain - why does a football club even need a chaplain? (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 25, 13:04:18
  - To bless all four corners of the ground. (General Chat) - Huge Small, Apr 25, 14:54:24
  - Lots of organisations have chaplains and other faith representatives (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 25, 14:19:29
    - faith rooms etc are a legal requirement (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 25, 15:32:43
      - Universities (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 25, 17:04:13
        
        so public services (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 25, 17:51:45
    - Faith +1 (General Chat) - inutero, Apr 25, 14:37:33
    - That's not a concern, nor the faith of footballers (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 25, 14:23:32
      - What’s wrong with this church? I know nothing about it (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 25, 14:40:02
        
        Hillsong (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 25, 15:56:10
        
        They used to be ok (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 25, 17:22:05
        
        typical mega church (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 25, 18:21:01
        
        All sorts - abuse, dodgy money stuff, homophobia (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 25, 18:09:52
      - Are They? or has just everyone jumped upon the link. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Apr 25, 14:29:32
  - Why is that mental? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Apr 25, 13:46:49
    - don't see the value of a secular organisation advocating for a particular faith (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 25, 15:29:27
      - I guess the club does. Otherwise they wouldn't have one. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 25, 15:43:34
      - It isn't (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Apr 25, 15:36:11
        
        isn't it? (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 25, 15:56:03
        
        I agree with your point until the final paragraph (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Apr 25, 17:32:33
  - Some of our players are deeply religious (General Chat) - jamesward, Apr 25, 13:14:11
    - So is Webber now (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Apr 25, 17:01:28
      - Is he?! (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Apr 25, 17:40:06
        
        praying for a miracle innit (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 25, 17:53:02
    - do we have a preferred imam? (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 25, 15:29:58
      - Yes it's Selwyn (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Apr 25, 15:37:08
  - Last rites? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 25, 13:09:14
  - *was, *is, dunno (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 25, 13:05:20
- Nearly as yucky as the CBI (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 25, 12:27:14
- It's properly bent-up. (General Chat) - Huge Small, Apr 25, 12:03:02
  - Soul (General Chat) - TrubshawNCFC, Apr 25, 16:51:59
    - if they left Hillsong family, why pay it over $150,000 over the past few years? (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 25, 18:13:17
    - ^ NCFC chaplain (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Apr 25, 16:53:16

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