Workplace Worship?: New Seminary Course Could Be Master Class in Religious Discrimination
The firm sponsors a Bible study for its employees - which it uses to win souls.
“When I started the Bible studies I did a tally, and we had three people in the company who were professing believing Christians,” Warren said. “Today, out of roughly 100 employees we have only 20 or 25 (people) who are not yet Christians.”
Warren, who is also a Moody trustee, insists that his company hires Christians and non-Christians alike. But Weldaloy’s website undermines that claim. In a red box on the company’s homepage, a visitor can read the “Weldaloy Vision:” “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us. To demonstrate the love of Christ Jesus to all we come in contact with.”
In a job listing available on Weldaloy’s website, candidates are informed that they must demonstrate the “ability to support the company’s vision and values in performance of daily activities.”
That raises some rather obvious questions about workplace discrimination.
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it’s illegal for employers discriminate against candidates on the basis of religion, and to create a hostile work environment for employees - and that includes pressuring them into adopting a certain religion. It’s deeply concerning that Warren “tallied” the number of employees he deemed to be “professing believing Christians” and then adopted specific practices to increase that number.
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