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Originally posted by Marie
Well, I've seen evidence that my church does quite a bit of work in the community in which it is located, and I feel confident that a good number of the church members do not live in this community. Between conducting toy and clothing drives, handing out food baskets, supporting the local elementary school, encouraging the development and growth of new businesses in the community, fighting for mixed-income housing and baptizing new Christians, I think they are doing pretty well by the non-members. I'm not saying that this or any other church is perfect or doesn't have its members best interests at heart, but I also don't think that these efforts are unique or isolated to this church.
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I agree, there are many churches that give to non-members and encourage members to give to non members. I think until we have assessed all churches in the US we can not honestly make a blanket statement either way however, there are churches that roll up their sleeves and provide for the community.
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