Christian Leaders Condemn Payday Lenders who Con the Poor

The coalition met Wednesday morning at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, mere blocks from Capitol Hill, before heading out to lobby Congress to add new usury restrictions and control lenders’ ability to confuse potential borrowers through slick marketing.

Galen Carey, vice president of Government Relations at the National Association of Evangelicals, told The Christian Post he and his organization have “become very concerned” about how predatory lending is wreaking havoc among the poor and disadvantaged.

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