A Christian rescue mission in Casper, Wyoming, has won concessions from state and federal regulators and will be able to hire those who affirm the nonprofit’s religious beliefs, its attorneys said Wednesday.
The consent decree comes two months after the Wyoming Rescue Mission sued the state’s Department of Workforce Services and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a dispute over its 2020 refusal to hire a “self-proclaimed non-Christian” for a thrift store position.
Associates in the group’s thrift store are expected to teach those enrolled in the mission’s Discipleship Recovery Program “how to spread the gospel, model Christ and disciple one another,” a news release from the nonprofit legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom stated.