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 do something in 2012 when a couple of payday lenders moved into their East Lake Street neighborhood. Read the entire article here.
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 article she wrote for Comment magazine earlier this spring. “Predatory lending, when you look at it as a practice, contributes to the diminishing of the ability of individual humans and…
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 as a stage for self-promotion, prejudice and blithering ignorance, one of the more encouraging trends is an increasing seriousness about the issue of poverty. Events in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore…
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 fell behind on his auto title loan because he lost one of his two part-time jobs. The car was taken, he paid very high fees to reclaim his car, just…
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 it bluntly: “Texas is America’s most powerful Bible-Belt state.” Texas has the second largest population in the country, home to more than 26 million people. In 2014, Texans led six…
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 you need wheels. You might feel gratitude for not being injured, for having auto insurance, and for having paid extra for rental car coverage on your policy. While you’re shaken…
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 awareness about families in financial crisis and how high-cost lending negatively impacts them. Read the entire article here.
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 sit by idly while some of the poorest among us are preyed on by people simply looking for a quick buck with no regard for the devastation they cause in…
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 allowed their faith to enter the public square. While that is true, it is also the case that an unwillingness to confront economic injustices is a sign that Catholic faith…
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 sit by idly while some of the poorest among us are preyed on by people simply looking for a quick buck with no regard for the devastation they cause in…