For Immediate Release: November 9, 2021 Press Contact: Jennifer P. Gore, Center for Public Justice Jennifer.portergore@cpjustice.org Faith Leaders and Veteran Advocates Urge Congress to Establish…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2021 Press Contact: Katie Thompson katie.thompson@cpjustice.org 908-472-8820 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, joining the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House voted 218-208 to overturn the…
May 21, 2021 United States Senate Washington, DC 20515 Dear Senators, Each year, many households face financial crises. Over the last several decades, high-cost lending…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2021 Press Contact: Katie Thompson katie.thompson@cpjustice.org 908-472-8820 Faith Leaders Applaud the U.S. Senate for Voting to Overturn OCC’s Harmful Rule Enabling Predatory Lending WASHINGTON,…
For Immediate Release March 30, 2021 Press Contact: Katie Thompson katie.thompson@cpjustice.org 908-472-8820 Faith Leaders Applaud Congress’ Decision to Challenge OCC’s ‘True Lender’ Rule National Faith…
The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader United States Senate S-230, The Capitol Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Chuck Schumer Minority Leader United States Senate S-221,…
For Immediate Release July 7, 2020 Press Contact: Katie Thompson katie.thompson@cpjustice.org 908-472-8820 CFPB Weakens Consumer Protections as Nation Struggles Through COVID-19 Pandemic Washington, DC –…
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION OF THE LETTER Predatory Lending: A Pandemic We Can’t Afford In the wake of the major economic disruption caused…
March 22, 2020 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION OF LETTER The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader Unites States Senate S-230, The Capitol Washington, DC…
Dear Director Kraninger: The Faith for Just Lending coalition respectfully submits the following comment in response to the above-referenced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. In 2017,…
Members of the Faith for Just Lending coalition support a strong small dollar lending rule from the CFPB. We are disappointed and concerned with the…
February 7, 2018 Read the statement from Faith for Just lending sponsors here.
August 16, 2016 Faith for Just Lending sponsors express concern and urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to strengthen the proposed payday rule in a…
Tom Strode Baptist Press August 31, 2016 WASHINGTON (BP) — The Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity and other members of a diverse religious coalition have…
North Dallas Gazette August 16, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representing diverse theological views from across the country, today faith leaders united their efforts to take…
Anyra R. Cano-Valencia / Christianity Today / JUNE 30, 2016 A youth minister and advocacy outreach specialist for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship shares her introduction to the…
Yuki Noguchi / NPR / June 16, 2016 / “A few years ago, a man came to pastor Wes Helm at Springcreek Church in Garland, Texas, and…
Mark Oppenheimer, “Beliefs” columnist for the New York Times, informs readers about the diverse Christian coalition that has united against predatory lending practices, and about…
PE News June 3, 2016 George O. Wood – general superintendent of the Assemblies of God (USA) and chair of the World Assemblies of God…
Opinion by Pastor Phil Snider Springfield News-Leader May 26, 2016 Over the last few years I’ve been part of several conversations related to predatory payday…
Monday, May 23, 2016 By Michael Cooper Industry representatives say payday lenders provide necessary service to customers. SPRINGFIELD — Local church leaders want Springfield to…
May 18, 2016 For John Miller, his proclaimed faith and profession in law collide when he serves his church, Platte Woods UMC, and volunteers with…
The Reporter May, 21, 2016 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Wednesday it plans to present new proposed payday lending rules on June…
On his blog, Pastor Carl Ruby of Central Christian Church in Springfield Ohio makes a strong case for why Christians should actively seek to reform payday…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2016 LifeWay Research recently completed a survey of 1,000 Christians in 30 states to understand American views on payday lending.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2016 You can download a copy of the Report here.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Rodriguez: Payday lending leads to cycle of debt Posted: April 2, 2016 – 12:03am Rev. PLÁCIDO RODRÍGUEZ, CMF, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Lubbock,…
Today, February 11th, the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit will convene a hearing on payday lending regulation entitled “Short-term, Small Dollar Lending: The…
27 January 2016 | by CNS , Megan Cornwell Opposition to the high-interest loans in US is big election issue for religious Ahead of…
Springfield, Missouri church and credit union commit to work together to provide lower-interest loans options as alternatives to “predatory lending institutions. Read the entire story here…
A statewide coalition of religious groups is gearing up in 2016 for another fight for regulatory curbs on high-interest payday and title loans in Alabama.…
*Somerset, NJ – Last Friday at the 4th Annual Dfree® Financial Freedom Conference, hundreds of Black church leaders from around the nation gathered to launch a national strategy…
In response to payday lending practices, churches have started programs to help the poor escape their debt. Correspondent Lucky Severson reports from Birmingham, Alabama on…
When the Texas legislature failed to enact regulations against what many call predatory lending, Mesquite city Council members addressed the issue themselves. Read the entire…
Claudette Humphrey of Salina, Kansas, found herself caught in a debt-trap of payday loans, despondent and wondering if she would ever get out. “It’s desperation…
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa | A Tuesday forum at Dordt College will examine how payday loans are often used by Iowans. The event will be from…
A pair of panelists who’ll take part in a Monday discussion on payday lending raised warnings about the practice. “We recognize there is a need…
Nate Frierson currently works at the Center for Public Justice. While working for Faith for Just Lending, Nate learned from people around the country how unjust…
In November, Faith for Just Lending penned a letter to Congressional leadership urging a strong reform, rather than weak limits embodied in some states such…
POSTED BY LAUREN WALKER AND JEFFREY BLOEM at SharedJustice.org In 2012, on the corner of Park and Minnehaha in South Minneapolis, a Cash Express storefront…
On a visit last year to a community organization that receives funding from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, I heard the story of a…
Tyren McGruder, a working-class single dad, has emerged from the debt trap of payday loans thanks to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Church members decided to…
Faith for Just Lending leader Stephanie Summers appeared Wednesday on WORD 101.5 FM, a Christian radio station located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to talk about an…
By Michael Gerson Opinion writer / The Washington Post / July 9 at 8:25 PM In that portion of the presidential field that does not view self-government…
Stories of hurt and shame are common to this industry BY CHUCK GREENAWAY ON 6/17/2015 12:00:00 AM Recently, I met with a single man who…
IF YOU’RE A Christian who cares about social justice, you can’t afford to ignore Texas. In his book Rough Country, Princeton sociologist Robert Wuthnow puts…
You’re standing at the rental car desk in need of a car. But you didn’t plan to be here. You’ve been in an accident and…
Earlier this month the ERLC joined other faith organizations in forming the Faith for Just Lending Coalition. The purpose of the coalition is to raise…
Opponents of payday lending have a new ally in the fight against predatory lenders: Leaders from the 15.7-million member Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). “We cannot…
Some point to the election of politicians who favor abortion or a redefinition of marriage as a sign that Catholics in Rhode Island have not…
Opponents of payday lending have a new ally in the fight against predatory lenders: Leaders from the 15.7-million member Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). “We cannot…
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…
OZARK, Mo. — Pastor Chuck Greenaway is joining a small group of faith leaders from other states with lax “payday loan” regulations to call for…
by Tom Strode, posted Friday, May 15, 2015 WASHINGTON (BP) — The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has helped launch a religious coalition…
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…
May 16, 2016 Faith for Just Lending sponsors express thanks, concerns and hopes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director, Richard Cordray as the CFPB nears…
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,…
Jesus begins his public ministry by going to synagogue and reading from the prophet Isaiah. “The Spirit of the Lord is on me because he…
During President Barack Obama’s visit to Birmingham last month, he highlighted the problem of personal debt and how payday lending contributes to it. Obama pointed to…
Last week, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) joined a list of religious groups that are speaking out about the dangers of payday loans, and…
When Pastor Chad Chaddick was ordained, he expected to be a teacher, a caretaker of the sick and elderly, a counselor and an evangelist to…
In South Dakota, a conservative pastor and an openly gay former Obama campaign staffer have teamed up to battle an exploitative industry. One of the…
By FREDERICK HAYNES and GEORGE MASON Published: 08 February 2015 07:06 PM Updated: 08 February 2015 10:02 PM Though the recession is over, for too…
BY ALICE FORGY KERR February 23, 2015 Kentucky.com Payday loans have become a scourge on our state with interest rates that average more than 300…
Posted on February 24, 2015 by AARON WEAVER Stephen Reeves, CBF’s associate coordinator of partnerships and advocacy, spoke in favor of payday loan reform at…
“The Bible condemns gaining wealth through usury; and the writers of Scripture warn about gaining wealth through exploiting the poor… [but] The State of Alabama…
Throughout your city, sharp and deadly traps are being set for the most vulnerable and desperate around you. We need to disable these traps before…
On one mile of the Atlanta Highway in Montgomery, Ala., more than a dozen stores offer payday loans or cash on a car title, or…
Every month for about three years, Nina McCarthy followed the same routine after payday. She’d go into a Check Into Cash near her home in the…
NEWS BRIEFS Feb-13-2015 By Catholic News Service U.S. WASHINGTON (CNS) — You’ve seen the ads that boast of zero percent interest on new-car loans? Well,…
BY MICHAEL GRYBOSKI , CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER November 21, 2014|1:40 pm The coalition met Wednesday morning at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, mere blocks…
Chris Sanders, Special to The Courier-Journal Hurry in to get your holiday cash today!” “Bring extra cash Ho-Ho-Home for the Holidays!” These advertisements for payday…
By Rebecca Thiess / Dec. 24, 2014 / US News & World Report The holidays are upon us, and for many this is a season of financial…
By IVORY THIGPEN AND CHRIS CHERRY COLUMBIA, SC — Along with wreaths and lights, the streets of Columbia are festooned with another sign that yuletide…
This Christmas, let’s put an end to predatory lending I get nostalgic this time of year; classic Christmas songs like “Silver Bells,” bring to mind…
CBN.com / By Charlene Aaron / Tuesday, December 16h, 2014 The biggest shopping season of the year is in full swing and many consumers are…
By Adelle M. Banks | Religion News Service November 19, 2014 WASHINGTON — Dozens of faith leaders and consumer advocates are pressing Congress to create…
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