Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2017
Affirmation of Biblical Community controversy
The employee policy required adherence to specified Christian beliefs and sexual-conduct standards. LGBTQ advocates and other critics characterized it as discriminatory, while the organization defended it as a statement of religious identity. Reported workforce departures in 2018 intensified the controversy.
1834
Refusal of abolitionist donation
American Bible Society declined a donation from the American Anti-Slavery Society intended to distribute Bibles to enslaved people in the United States. Critics argued that reliance on state auxiliaries allowed domestic distribution systems to exclude enslaved people and demonstrated inadequate opposition to slavery.