The Church On Homelessness

Want to read the rest of this paper? Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay and over 50,000 other term papers

Church agrees with these three ideas and also makes its
own judgement on the suffering of these millions of people. From the time of
the earliest Christian communities, the church has always shown a preference
for the poor, the needy, and on the outcasts of society. The way that the
church insists on reaching out to the poor through mission collections, food
pantries, and shelters shows the preferential love that the church has for these
people. The church has always appealed to government programs set up to
help the poor and has always supported cities to set up housing programs in
the poorest areas
As long as there are people without housing, Christians who have
dwellings are called upon to assist homeless persons to provide for their basic
needs. Many church congregations and ministry organizations of the Catholic
Church in America offer food, shelter, respect, care, and counseling to the
homeless. Many volunteers help in food pantries, shelters, group homes, ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays. Write better papers. Get better grades. Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE: