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Tree, first off, you are awesome :) Second, I think there may be multiple definitions of the term missionaries. I grew up hearing missionaries defined as anyone who leaves there home to go and "do good" while being financially supported by the church. This could mean living in a foreign country...

But even this is open to interpretation. If I go on a mission trip with my church to somewhere to help build...something, I wouldn't see that as trying to "convert" people to my religion. I see it as doing something nice for a community. Others may say that the church has an ulterior motive of...

I think Yelenia says it well. What is good here is that no one is questioning the intent behind the rule, it's just quite open to interpretation.

I feel similarly. I understand the intent behind it, I really really do, but I don't think that intent is coming across well. Also thank you for handling this professionally and not turning it into personal attacks. I appreciate it.

Ok. Can you edit the language then? It says these things may count. I just want to be sure that people's passions are equally represented, and that the religions aren't being discriminated against.

I'm actually not ok with the church stuff not being counted. This is kind of implying that all churches are "discriminatory" and that is absolutely not true. My church is always collecting donations for various things that benefit the community, and these things have to be sorted, bagged...