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the faith beliefs of the organization. While some residents may come from Christianfamilies and the families chose Christian Horizons because of the Christian homeenvironment, there is no evidence that the persons who receive services from ChristianHorizons, as a whole, come from the community of co-religionists, or that they seekplacement with the organization to further religious education and formation. As I havediscussed above, the mission of Christian Horizons is to provide residential care andsupport to persons who have developmental disabilities.[192] There was evidence from both Christian Horizons and the Commission aboutthe practices of other organizations which either identify as Evangelical Christian, or arerun by Churches or religious orders. Policies in relation to lifestyle statements, hiringand employment requirements vary widely. For example, Rev. Dr. Stiller testified thatsome organizations that identify as Evangelical Christian do not have a prohibitionagainst homosexual relationships in their lifestyle statements.2008 HRTO 22 (CanLII)[193] Mr. John Cobrough, the Territorial Director of Employee Relations for Canadaand Bermuda for the Salvation Army, testified for the Commission. The Salvation Armywas described as an Evangelical Christian organization and is a branch of the SalvationArmy Church. It has a Doctrinal Statement almost identical to that of ChristianHorizons, and its mission is similar. Its value statement requires all employees tosupport Christian values of respect, honesty, integrity, fairness, mercy and compassion.The mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, supply basic human needs, providepersonal counselling and undertake the spiritual and moral regeneration and physicalrehabilitations of all persons in need who come within the sphere of influence regardlessof race, colour, creed, sex, age or sexual orientation.[194] Mr. Cobrough testified that the Salvation Army is engaged in various socialservice activities, including hospitals and caring for individuals with developmentaldisabilities. In carrying out its work, it has approximately 1200 officers, 10,000employees and 68,000 volunteers. Officers, who are ordained pastors of the church,and “soldiers”, are required to adopt the articles of faith of the organization and must58