But there is an enormous difference between these two social agencies. One refrains from religious activity, while the other aggressively promotes it. Jewish Family Service is sponsored by the Jewish community of San Antonio. Yet its staff is largely non-Jewish, as is its clientele. In none of its many programs and workshops, do Jewish Family Service staff members impart specifically Jewish beliefs.
None is used to advance any religious cause.
Not so with the Victory Fellowship. This is an avowedly fundamentalist Christian drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. It employees only Christian counselors, and not one of them is professionally certified or licensed. None of its programs is monitored by the government. The belief in Jesus is a central part of the treatment plan of Victory Fellowship.