Payday Lending ‘Grinds the Faces of the Poor Into the Ground,’ Russell Moore Says; New Left-Right Christian Coalition Seeks to End Practice Read

Faith for Just Lending, a new coalition of Christian groups representing different parts of the political spectrum, was formed to advocate for the elimination of unjust lending practices that hurt the poor. “Payday lending is a form of economic predation and grinds the faces of the poor into the ground,” said Russell Moore, president of…

Payday loans targeted by ERLC, others in coalition

by Tom Strode, posted Friday, May 15, 2015 WASHINGTON (BP) — The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has helped launch a religious coalition seeking an end to the predatory loan industry. The ERLC joined with other religious organizations Thursday (May 14) to announce the Faith for Just Lending Coalition at a Capitol Hill…

CBF, SBC unite against payday loans

Known more for their differences than what they hold in common, Cooperative and Southern Baptists have found a common cause in regulating abusive lending practices that prey upon the poor. By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission joined other faith groups May 14 in announcing a…

PRESS RELEASE: Religious groups announce coalition to combat predatory lending

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2015 CONTACT: Elizabeth Bristow, press@erlc.com (Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission) Sarah Kropp Brown, skropp@nae.net (National Association of Evangelicals) Aaron Weaver, aweaver@cbf.net (Cooperative Baptist Fellowship) Katie Thompson, katie.thompson@cpjustice.org (Center for Public Justice) Jerlen Young-Nelson, mediarelations@nationalbaptist.com (National Baptist Convention, USA) Kawana Lloyd, klloyd@piconetwork.org (PICO National Network) Religious groups announce coalition to combat…