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Letter to Congressional Subcommittee

lendjustlyadmin - Feb 11, 2016

Iowa: Catholics and evangelicals unite against payday loans

lendjustlyadmin - Feb 11, 2016

Springfield church, credit union create payday loan alternatives for area poor

lendjustlyadmin - Feb 11, 2016

Churches ready to resume fight against payday lenders

lendjustlyadmin - Feb 8, 2016

Black Church Leaders Launch National Strategy to Address Payday Lending

lendjustlyadmin - Jan 11, 2016

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on Payday Lending

lendjustlyadmin - Jan 11, 2016

Mesquite TX: Council passes new rules on payday loans

lendjustlyadmin - Jan 8, 2016

Catholic groups aim to curtail payday lending

lendjustlyadmin - Dec 17, 2015

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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

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Letter to Congressional Subcommittee

Iowa: Catholics and evangelicals unite against payday loans

Springfield church, credit union create payday loan alternatives for area poor

Churches ready to resume fight against payday lenders

Black Church Leaders Launch National Strategy to Address Payday Lending

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on Payday Lending

Mesquite TX: Council passes new rules on payday loans

Catholic groups aim to curtail payday lending