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Church Leaders: Payday loans hurt Springfield

lendjustlyadmin - May 27, 2016

Danette Mitchell: Fighting against predatory lenders is making progress

lendjustlyadmin - May 27, 2016

Grab your whip. Let’s follow Jesus!

lendjustlyadmin - May 17, 2016

PRESS RELEASE: LifeWay Research: American Views on Payday Loans

lendjustlyadmin - May 17, 2016

PRESS RELEASE: The Collateral Consequences of Payday Loan Debt

lendjustlyadmin - Apr 13, 2016

Bishop Rodriguez: Payday lending leads to cycle of debt

lendjustlyadmin - Apr 5, 2016

National Association of Evangelicals

lendjustlyadmin - Apr 3, 2016

The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

lendjustlyadmin - Apr 3, 2016

Ecumenical Poverty Initiative

lendjustlyadmin - Apr 3, 2016

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Religious Leaders Speak

“We are concerned that our charitable dollars are in fact funding the profits of the payday lenders rather than helping the poor achieve self-sufficiency.”
Bishop Joe Vasquez
Diocese of Austin, Texas

“Jesus wanted people to make a good living, just not take advantage of the poor.”
Pastor Travis Coleman, Jr. Alabama Baptist State Convention President

"Exploiting the working poor with payday lending is an egregious practice that goes against God’s word to help the poor and instead, puts a chokehold on some of America's most vulnerable families.”
Rev. Dr. Billy G. Russell, Pastor Greater Friendship Baptist Church in Minneapolis

“They can tell us that this is just about helping people, but it’s an intentionally crafted defective product that is marketed to the financially unsophisticated. They’re bilking billions of dollars out of poor neighborhoods, and the taxpayers get to clean up the mess.”
Steve Hickey, Pastor, State Representative
(R - South Dakota)

“As evangelicals committed to justice we deeply lament the predatory lending that has disproportionately impacted poor communities. Scripture is clear about its denouncement of usury and calls us to call for laws that defend against it. Silence is not an option.”
Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero, Pres., National Latino Evangelical Coalition