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Does Your Church Have a Widows' Ministry?

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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This verse in Scripture cannot be more compelling or clearer:

"Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world." (James 1:27)

Scholars have produced massive volumes on the biblical mandate to care for orphans and widows. The Bible is not ambiguous on this topic. I am grateful churches around the world have taken some steps to care for the orphans, though much more remains to be done.

But, in North American churches, I see hardly any intentional church wide ministries to widows. Millions are left to suffer and struggle in silence.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/7-reasons-your-church-should-have-a-ministry-to-widows-157937/#xsWRFctpOWKJQEVs.99

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