My buddy Makeesha's Blog Action Day post (here) began like this: "I think about poverty differently after having been poor. I grew up middle class but spent several years as an adult below the poverty line. I had to live off the charity of others for my shelter, my food, my transportation. My oldest was born on state aid…" [read the whole post here.]
She mentions that "…if a church of 200 people making on average $60,000/year chose to give their 10% tithe toward the crisis of poverty for just 1 year they could fund an average “back on their feet” program in an average mid-sized city in America."
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