Ministry in the Grocery Store!

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A nondenominational church in Virginia claims to be the first church in history to open up its own nonprofit grocery store to provide its local impoverished community discounted groceries at up to three-quarters of the cost of regular grocery stores.

Last month, The Vineyard Church in Hampton hosted the grand relaunching of its nonprofit, The Storehouse. The Storehouse, which is located in the back of the church, exists with the purpose of providing affordable food and household necessities to many in the Hampton Roads area who don't know where their next meal is going to come from.

Read more at: https://www.christianpost.com/news/va-ministry-opens-first-ever-church-run-grocery-store-to-provide-affordable-food-to-needy-224117/

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