News Archives - Faith for Just Lending

Lotteries, payday lending, and the swindling of America’s poor

lendjustlyadmin - Jul 10, 2015

Letter to Congressional Subcommittee

lendjustlyadmin - Feb 11, 2016

Churches preach against payday loans, some enter lending business

lendjustlyadmin - Mar 25, 2015

Lending A Hand

lendjustlyadmin - May 27, 2016

Payday loans topic of Sioux Center, Iowa, event

lendjustlyadmin - Dec 3, 2015

Predatory lending may be legal, but it’s not right

lendjustlyadmin - May 27, 2016

Evangelicals Denounce Payday Lending, Join Fight for New Regulations

lendjustlyadmin - May 27, 2015

The Odd Couple Fighting Against Predatory Payday Lending

lendjustlyadmin - Mar 20, 2015

Evangelicals Denounce Payday Lending, Join Fight for New Regulations

lendjustlyadmin - Jun 2, 2015

Ministers call for action to curb predatory lending

lendjustlyadmin - Apr 8, 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

News

Evangelicals Denounce Payday Lending, Join Fight for New Regulations

Predatory Lending is Theft

PRESS RELEASE: LifeWay Research: American Views on Payday Loans

Payday loans targeted by ERLC, others in coalition

Letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Lotteries, payday lending, and the swindling of America’s poor

Letter to Congressional Subcommittee

Churches preach against payday loans, some enter lending business

Lending A Hand

Payday loans topic of Sioux Center, Iowa, event

Predatory lending may be legal, but it’s not right

Evangelicals Denounce Payday Lending, Join Fight for New Regulations

The Odd Couple Fighting Against Predatory Payday Lending

Evangelicals Denounce Payday Lending, Join Fight for New Regulations

Ministers call for action to curb predatory lending