March 1, 2023
When members of First Presbyterian Church decided to launch a capital campaign to expand and renovate their imposing Gothic Revival edifice, they also wanted to take on a service project to help the poor.
The congregation settled on raising $50,000 to eliminate medical debt for people living below the poverty line.
Helping ease medical debt, especially for people of color, is an increasingly popular social justice project among liberal Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations. Over the past few years some 800 U.S. congregations have partnered with RIP Medical Debt to do so.
Source: For many congregations, wiping out medical debt has become a popular calling