THANK YOU PROTESTANt CHURCHES

[runningdude]

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It’s only atheist groups that do nothing to help people.

hmmmmmm

That is not a fair assessment, even if only made jokingly. Most atheists would find it as rude as Christians would to flaunt their lack of belief in a god. Therefore, to join an “atheist group” would serve no purpose to them if they have no interest in publicizing their religious views (or lack there of). They have no belief, so affiliation based on belief is meaningless to them.

There are in fact atheist groups that do charity work; the infamous “Satanic Church” sponsors legitimate charity work in addition to its protests against religion. (No, they do not “worship” Satan, they use his name as an antagonistic way of showing how allegedly ridiculous religion and public religious expression are).

 

[GaryTaylor]

My friends no pot shots are being taken at our Faith. I know well the history of what we have accomplished over hundreds and even a thousand years. I’m acknowledging first the good works that I see** within my city **by the Protestant communities secondly I’ve been in over 6 different ministries within my former parish that includes being a Sacristan. Recently I’ve moved to a second County within my State and I’m continued to be involved closely with the homeless and the poor. The Protestant ministry is much stronger and provides lot’s of things for the poor. Your parish may differ but I can only speak of my experiences and I do believe we have fallen away from serving them within our neighborhoods. Count the population of your city and ask yourself how many poor it shelters, out of that count. Pope Francis I’m sure has seen this so I’m not too far from the Truth.:console::yukonjoe::hey_bud: :whackadoo: God Bless

After all the pleasantries which have been stated in regards to Christianity and the poor and innocent and homeless. all I see is a claim with no facts. This may be true, but there’s no facts to prove it. In regards the the CC, you can read charities posted by the Church and yearly.

And I don’t see where we have fallen away from the social teaching of the Church-Matthew 25 at all. In fact the Pope dedicated his primacy to the poor.

 

[the_phoenix]

In my area both the Catholic and Protestant churches do a lot for the homeless and poor here.

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All the churches take up collections for the food banks, and have volunteers very busy together in many of the organizations that help the poor in various ways.

Same here.

 

[WilT]

After all the pleasantries which have been stated in regards to Christianity and the poor and innocent and homeless. all I see is a claim with no facts. This may be true, but there’s no facts to prove it. In regards the the CC, you can read charities posted by the Church and yearly.

And I don’t see where we have fallen away from the social teaching of the Church-Matthew 25 at all. In fact the Pope dedicated his primacy to the poor.

Many things look good down on paper GaryTaylor. Sometimes the proof is found on the streets. Plus, I believe in facts and you ignored my challenge to find out the amount of help given through shelters in your area. You seem to be running from the “facts” not I.

 

[adf417]

Many protestant faiths are helping the homeless and poor in my area. When people on the streets go hungry, they would go and visit many of these Churches for meals. Thank you! Unfortunately, the Catholic parish and Diocese does very little for the homeless and the poor. We can surely learn from you. You are people of the Book.

Yes, thank you! Thank you to anyone doing God’s work.

Peace!!!

 

[Stilldreamn]

I have been a volunteer at a Catholic church’s meal program for a few years, and from what I can see, at least the urban parishes are very active in providing meals and assistance to the homeless. Co-ordinated through the diocesean offices, we couldn’t do what we do without the financial support of the suburban parishes!

We also have an organization, Memphis Interfaith Association that grew out of an ecumenical gathering of local ministers and rabbis in the 1960s that supports the poor, homeless, and seniors - over 50,000 each year.

Works of mercy and pro-life efforts are points of unity for Christians of all stripes and I cherish the opportunity to work with my brothers and sisters.

 

[GaryTaylor]

Many things look good down on paper GaryTaylor. Sometimes the proof is found on the streets. Plus, I believe in facts and you ignored my challenge to find out the amount of help given through shelters in your area. You seem to be running from the “facts” not I.

I ran a shelter here as clinical director for a decade. No protestant congregations involved themselves but one “Episcopal congregation” across the street who also performed all the Baptisms I had time issues with in the CC. They are all Catholic Churches involved here and that truth is repeated in this thread. I have life long friends in the Baptist Churches here, three who are ministers. I know what they do and have been with them to the Hospitals., elderly homes etc. We all use the same social network for mental health which is a big issue with the homeless as is substance abuse, the number one issue which 85% are homeless as a result of.

So in a word, I know whats on the street, why they are on the street and how to get them off the street. However, you’ll have to excuse my ignorance since I never viewed working with the Homeless as Catholic-Protestant competition.

Its a blessing to be around these people thats “why” I did what I did, and thats why those who help do help.

Again you made this claim and its your burden of proof, and yes, I find it completely lacking in factual reality from my perspective and the statistics of the Church posted, though I’m willing to admit a area in Calif may have difficulties. But I want you to clearly understand I have my doubts about that.

 

[captainrick]

That is not a fair assessment, even if only made jokingly. Most atheists would find it as rude as Christians would to flaunt their lack of belief in a god. Therefore, to join an “atheist group” would serve no purpose to them if they have no interest in publicizing their religious views (or lack there of). They have no belief, so affiliation based on belief is meaningless to them.

There are in fact atheist groups that do charity work; the infamous “Satanic Church” sponsors legitimate charity work in addition to its protests against religion. (No, they do not “worship” Satan, they use his name as an antagonistic way of showing how allegedly ridiculous religion and public religious expression are).

Okay, I stand corrected! Thanks for pointing that out!

 

[Vanny]

I’ve lived in several different states(U.S.) and I’m over 50.
Everywhere I’ve lived the Catholic Church has always been involved with the poor, and needy, and is the most visible by far in pro-life work and organization.
Protestant denominations are also heavily involved, as well.
In my experience at least in North America the most actively involved religious groups caring for the poor and advancing human rights are Catholic and evangelical and mainline Protestants.
Also the LDS in some states(like Utah)
I’m sure Orthodox churches, too, but there have not been any in places I’ve lived due to lack of Orthodox churches period. I’m sure in places where they are a bit more numerous(Like Alaska?) you will see their mission work.
So in the name of Jesus Christ, in general, the most active towards caring for the poor, sick and needy.
As we were commanded.

 

[sennincatholic]

I ran a shelter here as clinical director for a decade. No protestant congregations involved themselves but one “Episcopal congregation” across the street who also performed all the Baptisms I had time issues with in the CC. They are all Catholic Churches involved here and that truth is repeated in this thread. I have life long friends in the Baptist Churches here, three who are ministers. I know what they do and have been with them to the Hospitals., elderly homes etc. We all use the same social network for mental health which is a big issue with the homeless as is substance abuse, the number one issue which 85% are homeless as a result of.

So in a word, I know whats on the street, why they are on the street and how to get them off the street. However, you’ll have to excuse my ignorance since I never viewed working with the Homeless as Catholic-Protestant competition.

Its a blessing to be around these people thats “why” I did what I did, and thats why those who help do help.

Again you made this claim and its your burden of proof, and yes, I find it completely lacking in factual reality from my perspective and the statistics of the Church posted, though I’m willing to admit a area in Calif may have difficulties. But I want you to clearly understand I have my doubts about that.

 

[jlhargus]

Was Anyone Saved Before Gutenburg? A Question for Protestants.

You might want to add the Gutenburg Bible contained all the inspired books of the bible latter removed by Luther.

 

[WilT]

I have always seen Catholic churches as being charitable to the needy, in a practical way. My church receives donations of food or small amounts of money from parishioners, and we distribute sandwiches, soup, hot and cold drinks, crisps (chips), cake and biscuits (cookies) from the parish house for 4 hours every day. Another parishioner brings the bread from a local wholesaler, the Sisters at a local convent give us cups and lids for the hot drinks - it’s a real communal venture.

The scheme has been running for a lot of years - I’ve just started volunteering there, and I think it’s a privilege to be able to give a wholesome (if simple) bag of food to anyone who knocks at the door. We are even able to give them a choice of 6 different types of sandwich! Many of them are homeless and/or struggling with addiction. I know for a fact that it’s keeping some people going, especially now the days are cold.

 

[ProdigalSun]

Many things look good down on paper GaryTaylor. Sometimes the proof is found on the streets. Plus, I believe in facts and you ignored my challenge to find out the amount of help given through shelters in your area. You seem to be running from the “facts” not I.

Well why don’t we check out the facts in your area first to see if what you say is true. In what diocese are you located. I’m sure we can figure out if there are indeed nothing of value from Catholics there. If indeed what you say is true then maybe our good Lord is calling you to action, please rev up the troops. I’m sure there are all kinds of good Christians like yourself wanting to get to work on these types of projects.

 

[WilT]

Well why don’t we check out the facts in your area first to see if what you say is true. In what diocese are you located. I’m sure we can figure out if there are indeed nothing of value from Catholics there. If indeed what you say is true then maybe our good Lord is calling you to action, please rev up the troops. I’m sure there are all kinds of good Christians like yourself wanting to get to work on these types of projects.

Thank you for the vote of confidence but I’ll leave it to the Holy Father to get to his Bishops and Cardinals to be more aware of this situation.

 

[ProdigalSun]

Thank you for the vote of confidence but I’ll leave it to the Holy Father to get to his Bishops and Cardinals to be more aware of this situation.

Why would you leave this up to the bishops and cardinals. You are saying their is nothing (or rather next to nothing) in your diocese to help the poor. We should look to see what is going on maybe you are ion the same Diocese as myself and we can band together to start something. Even if we can help out our proteestant brothers and sisters.

Peace:thumbsup:

 

[SAVINGRACE]

Don’t wait for the Church. Do it yourself, person to person. That’s what our parish has done.

 

[Dorothy]

Don’t wait for the Church. Do it yourself, person to person. That’s what our parish has done.

Yes! We are the Church!

 

[SAVINGRACE]

Yes! We are the Church!

Exactly Dorothy.

It appears others are waiting for the Bishop to organise something, we are the Church, we need to get off our butts and start making the change we want to see in the world starting with one person at a time.

Our Bishop is busy and our Priest is one of 48 who cover an area of 487,000 km2.

A year ago one of the parishioner’s floated the idea of a homeless food van for a youth outreach. This particular parishioner was the driving force and being ex-army he was quite self reliant, convincing and soon had other parishes involved and all of us organised with various tasks and responsibilities.

We contacted Rosies Van in the nearest capital city with a proposal that we have a van in our major regional town. We then contacted the government and filled out paperwork for funds to buy a van, the son of another parishioner painted the van in the Rosies distinctive colours…one thing lead to another and now all the Catholic high schools in the diocese send students along to the outreach. The nuns who live in and run one of the boarding schools allowed us to use their kitchen to prepare and to cut a long story short… we are now functioning as a well oiled machine.

 

[Dorothy]

Exactly Dorothy.

It appears others are waiting for the Bishop to organise something, we are the Church, we need to get off our butts and start making the change we want to see in the world starting with one person at a time.

Our Bishop is busy and our Priest is one of 48 who cover an area of 487,000 km2.

A year ago one of the parishioner’s floated the idea of a homeless food van for a youth outreach. This particular parishioner was the driving force and being ex-army he was quite self reliant, convincing and soon had other parishes involved and all of us organised with various tasks and responsibilities.

We contacted Rosies Van in the nearest capital city with a proposal that we have a van in our major regional town. We then contacted the government and filled out paperwork for funds to buy a van, the son of another parishioner painted the van in the Rosies distinctive colours…one thing lead to another and now all the Catholic high schools in the diocese send students along to the outreach. The nuns who live in and run one of the boarding schools allowed us to use their kitchen to prepare and to cut a long story short… we are now functioning as a well oiled machine.

That is so inspiring to hear! One person at a time being the catalyst to start something that the Holy Spirit inspired them with!

And all of us, as members of the Body of Christ were given various talents by the Lord to work with. May He help us to have something to show for it when He calls us home.

 

[rinnie]

Many protestant faiths are helping the homeless and poor in my area. When people on the streets go hungry, they would go and visit many of these Churches for meals. Thank you! Unfortunately, the Catholic parish and Diocese does very little for the homeless and the poor. We can surely learn from you. You are people of the Book.

I disagree, The Catholic Church is the largest organization in the world that helps everyone.

Maybe if your area is lacking, you could find a way with your Priest to rectify the problem.