Yet in "Wokeness Infiltrates the Salvation Army" (Houses of Worship, Dec. 17), Mr. Xu alleges that "an internal coalition of woke ideologues" endangers the army's reputation. To substantiate this odd claim, he cites a few sentences from an internal discussion guide on racism that has subsequently been withdrawn. He never mentions that the guide was for voluntary use among our church members, and he dismisses the army's efforts to promote internal discussion of diversity. Mr. Xu calls on the Salvation Army to say that America is not a racist country. Yet he knows we have never said otherwise. And why would we? We don't judge countries, just as we don't judge people. Color Us United has lately engaged in a campaign to discredit the Salvation Army and dissuade the public from supporting our work. That any politically motivated group is working so hard to force a faith-based organization to conform to that group's ideology should give pause to all reasonable people. The campaign is wrong, and it's reckless. We have never said that America is a racist country. We have never said that our donors should apologize for the color of their skin. We have never endorsed a political or social ideology other than that found in the Bible. Our ministry is still motivated by the love of God, and our mission is still to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and meet human needs in his name without discrimination. All we want to do is help.