News Archives - Faith for Just Lending

Press Release: CFPB Weakens Consumer Protections as Nation Struggles Through COVID-19...

lendjustlyadmin - Jul 10, 2020

Payday Lending ‘Grinds the Faces of the Poor Into the Ground,’...

lendjustlyadmin - May 26, 2015

Payday loans targeted by ERLC, others in coalition

lendjustlyadmin - May 18, 2015

The Odd Couple Fighting Against Predatory Payday Lending

lendjustlyadmin - Mar 20, 2015

Payday loans topic of Sioux Center, Iowa, event

lendjustlyadmin - Dec 3, 2015

Payday Lenders Escaped Regulation, but Now They Face the Church

lendjustlyadmin - Mar 12, 2015

Unjust Lending: One Church Takes Note and Inspires Change in City

lendjustlyadmin - Sep 13, 2015

PRESS RELEASE: LifeWay Research: American Views on Payday Loans

lendjustlyadmin - May 17, 2016

Frederick Haynes and George Mason: It’s time to confront usury

lendjustlyadmin - Mar 16, 2015

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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Press Release: CFPB Weakens Consumer Protections as Nation Struggles Through COVID-19...

Payday Lending ‘Grinds the Faces of the Poor Into the Ground,’...

Payday loans targeted by ERLC, others in coalition

The Odd Couple Fighting Against Predatory Payday Lending

Payday loans topic of Sioux Center, Iowa, event

Payday Lenders Escaped Regulation, but Now They Face the Church

Unjust Lending: One Church Takes Note and Inspires Change in City

PRESS RELEASE: LifeWay Research: American Views on Payday Loans

Frederick Haynes and George Mason: It’s time to confront usury

Catholic groups aim to curtail payday lending