While it is certainly appropriate for us in the LCMS, as a pro-life church body, to register our concerns over Thrivent’s allowing of Planned Parenthood into the Thrivent Choice Program and the Gift Multiplier Program, and to be disappointed in their recent neutrality policy (not allowing pro-choice or pro-life organizations to receive support from any of their charitable assistance funding programs), should we not also acknowledge all the good Thrivent has done? Over $42,000,000 to various LCMS churches and organizations from 2012-2013, not to mention the benefit to ELCA and WELS churches and organizations! I wonder if any other financial services organization in the world has done as much for the Gospel? And let us not forget that many consecrated LCMS sons and daughters of God work for Thrivent, and that many of them do not like recent decisions of the parent company either and so have registered their concerns with Thrivent. I do not like Thrivent’s recent actions, but can we not look at the totality of what Thrivent does before issuing a judgment about them?