Faith groups wary of benefit test

By Emilie Filou, Third Sector, 7 November 2007

Some religious organisations fear that evangelising, proselytising and missionary activities might not be deemed charitable under the new public benefit test, a Charity Commission consultation has revealed.

Almost 60 per cent of the 922 responses to the 12-week consultation on the commission's draft guidance on the public benefit test came from faith-based organisations. A report summarising the responses says that many religious organisations fear that their traditional beliefs "may be considered to be at odds with secular...