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In general, religion in scouting was seen as ecumenical. [49] Up to 2019, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) included Scouting as an official part of its religious program for boys and young men. The LDS Church was the first institutional sponsor of the BSA in the USA, and used to sponsor more BSA units than any other ...
The first religious recognition program for Scouts began in 1926 when the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles began the Ad Altare Dei for altar boys who were Boy Scouts. [5] The program was expanded nationally in 1939 and the BSA approved the medal for uniform wear.
Prayer is used in Scouting worldwide, following the belief of its founder, Robert Baden-Powell, that "a scout is reverent." When creating the Scouting concept, Baden-Powell was adamant that there was a place for God within it. In Scouting for Boys, Baden-Powell wrote:
The religious groups, not the youth organizations, have created the emblem programs themselves. Each religious organization develops and administers its own program." Many religious groups have separate programs for different age levels within scouting, and some offer different programs or emblems for boys and girls. Some offer different ...
In the BSA, traditional Scouting is considered to be one movement with three main programs. Cub Scouting is available to boys from first to fifth-grade or 7 to 11½ years. Boy Scouting is for boys ages 10 to 18 with the Varsity Scouting sub-division for boys ages 14 to 18.
OnMyHonor.net was a group formed by John Stemberger to oppose the proposed membership policy change in March 2013 and consisted of parents, Scoutmasters, Eagle Scouts and other Scouting leaders. [11] [12] [13] Following the vote, the Faith-Based Boys (FBB) was founded. [14] In May 2013, American Heritage Girls (AHG) joined the FBB. [15]
Religion in Scouting and Guiding is an aspect of the Scout method which has been practiced differently and given different interpretations over the years. [2] In contrast to the Christian-only Boys' Brigade which was started two decades earlier, Baden-Powell founded the Scout movement as a youth organization (with boys as 'Scouts' and girls as 'Guides') which was independent of any single ...
A Scouts' Own should have as big an effect on the boys as any service in church, if in conducting the Scouts' Own we remember that boys are not grown men, and if we go by the pace of the youngest and most uneducated of those present. Boredom is not reverence, nor will it breed religion.