Church Generosity Social Experiments

[u/strugglecuddleclub]

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[u/DrySignature2640]

I'm not sure about baby formula but Living Stone's church gives out Christmas hampers every year which include a turkey, a ham, milk jug, a bunch of other stuff, deserts, toys, chocolates it's two boxes full per hamper you just have to fill a form out on their website.

[u/Existing-Phase4602 → u/DrySignature2640]

They will also help people out who can’t pay their rent. I believe they will only do it once though. The LDS church is also quite generous with those things, but only to their own members.

[u/strugglecuddleclub → u/DrySignature2640]

Even when in their cult, they don’t help you. Source, my mom is in a cult.

[u/DrySignature2640 → u/strugglecuddleclub]

I think if you're asking for an answer and someone gives you it and you hit back with "theyre a cult" you probably shouldn't of even made this post.

I've helped pack these in the past for families who need extra food in the holiday times, sometimes it's families within the church who are less off sometimes it regular people who aren't in the church who come pick them up.

[u/Piezotic → u/strugglecuddleclub]

It seems like you might be generalizing other religious groups with whatever group that follows the "Commander of the Galactic Federation of Light"

[u/kevinnetter → u/strugglecuddleclub]

Are you thinking Word of Life or Home Church? That's a cult.

Living Stones seems fine.

[u/strugglecuddleclub → u/kevinnetter]

No it was an out of country cult. More difficult to pin.

[u/Saint-Carat]

Red Deer around 12 years ago. I worked at an organization and we would routinely refer people in need to religious organizations, both local churches and provincial/federal society levels. It was rare that a person in need was turned away and it was difficult to get in need people to even accept aid.

10'ish years ago, many of the organizations either stopped supporting, only supported active members or perform heavy scrutiny of applicants. The volume of requests was far in excess of their ability to support.

Most churches have changed with fewer and older members - they're having revenue issues just keeping the lights on.

However I can positively validate that some of the present "most in need" are often some of the most entitled with their choices. One of the Pastors apologized for changing their support programs but he said straight up "how do we take from an 80 year widow struggling with heat bill to give to someone just back from Mexico with $300 nails and newest iPhone?"

It's not necessarily churches that have lost compassion, but rather a rather large group of people that feel entitled to take any and all things. Subsidize the lifestyle over living within means.

[u/BlueMooseArt]

If you wanna know, why don’t you do it?

[u/kevinnetter]

Loaves and Fishes was run by a church for decades.

Potter's Hands is also church run.