News Archives - Faith for Just Lending

Lending A Hand

lendjustlyadmin - May 27, 2016

Letters to Congressional Leadership

lendjustlyadmin - Dec 3, 2015

Black Church Leaders Launch National Strategy to Address Payday Lending

lendjustlyadmin - Jan 11, 2016

PRESS RELEASE: The Collateral Consequences of Payday Loan Debt

lendjustlyadmin - Apr 13, 2016

PRESS RELEASE: LifeWay Research: American Views on Payday Loans

lendjustlyadmin - May 17, 2016

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

lendjustlyadmin - Jul 10, 2015

Payday lenders preying on our communities; cap interest at 36 percent

lendjustlyadmin - Mar 16, 2015

Faith leaders call for end to abusive payday lending practices

lendjustlyadmin - Aug 18, 2016

Catholic News Service: Payday lending a top obstacle to financial independence...

lendjustlyadmin - Feb 21, 2015

PRESS RELEASE: Religious groups announce coalition to combat predatory lending

lendjustlyadmin - May 15, 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

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With Payday Loans Burying Borrowers, Community Tries Alternatives

CBF, SBC unite against payday loans

PRESS RELEASE: Religious groups announce coalition to combat predatory lending

Payday loan rule flawed, say ERLC, others

Lending A Hand

Letters to Congressional Leadership

Black Church Leaders Launch National Strategy to Address Payday Lending

PRESS RELEASE: The Collateral Consequences of Payday Loan Debt

PRESS RELEASE: LifeWay Research: American Views on Payday Loans

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

Payday lenders preying on our communities; cap interest at 36 percent

Faith leaders call for end to abusive payday lending practices

Catholic News Service: Payday lending a top obstacle to financial independence...

PRESS RELEASE: Religious groups announce coalition to combat predatory lending