Families in the #Cincinnati, #Ohio, area are breathing a huge sigh of relief thanks to a church’s recent partnership with a nonprofit based in #NewYork.
Sunday, leaders at #CrossroadsChurch announced they had paid off $46.5 million in medical bills for tens of thousands of families living in and outside of the Tri-state area. “In Ohio, church official say, they have abolished $42. 8 million in debts across 41,233 households in 103 zip codes,” the report noted, adding the church had also eliminated “$1.9 million in debt across 2,974 Kentucky households, $1.5 million across 503 Tennessee households and $200,000 across 136 Indiana households.” Pastor Brian Tome told his congregation about their accomplishment during a service over the weekend: “You know how much medical debt we retired? We eliminated 46-and-a-half million dollars in medical debt. Forty-six-and-a-half million dollars in medical debt. The partner we work with said in a one time shot, one time act, that’s the largest amount of medical debt that has ever been retired in one shot. Come on! Who’s excited about that? That is amazing. It’s amazing.” Church leaders worked with RIP Medical Debt to accomplish their goal and offer their neighbors a helping hand. “RIP Medical Debt empowers donors to forgive billions in oppressive medical debt. We are dedicated to removing the burden of medical debt for individuals and families and veterans across America,” the nonprofit’s mission statement read.
Community members received bright yellow envelopes informing them they were chosen by the church to receive the financial help.
For every $100 donated to RIP, the organization eliminates $10,000 of debt, according to its website. “The message of Jesus is he has come to rescue us, and so it was really an honor of ours to help you in a time of need,” Tome said. “Something just happened to you and you’ve been having to pay the price and live with the crushing burden of that and so we hope you feel release, we hope you feel free,” he concluded.
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Way to go!!!!!
Great job!
By community do they mean illegal aliens?
Notice is never says mousqe..
Trump steals from his charity
@briansanders
That’s great but why do all these churches have so much money.jesus was never paid to preach. He did it because he loved people. Now it’s all nothing but a business
tax the church and we don’t have to worry about that debt to begin with
Imagine if the candidate for president donated all the money to this project instead, rather than what he’s spending on buying the election!
Great and I get to risk death because I can’t go to ER…
Amazing! From ky
Why is no one asking how a church has 46.5 million to just give away?
@jp._.jr