Today the riverbed encampments that have been home to upwards of 1000 homeless men, women and children have reached the end of the line. All of these people need the forgiveness and the power of Jesus Christ to truly set them free from their addictions to heroin, alcohol, methamphetamine, and prescription drugs. Some need mental health care, some just need a small amout of financial help to get them back on their feet. Some are in dire need of medical and dental care. We know the government ruins everything they get involved in and that is by design. The government is secular and godless. The church of Jesus Christ has been commissioned to restore and renew the world. It has been bestowed with the responsibility by Jesus Christ himself to care for the sick, set the prisoners of addiction free, to restore lives, to care for the widows, the oppressed, the fatherless and the poor. Well the evictions have begun and the homeless have nowhere to go for help or do they?
“The Grace Korean Church office, which supports the administration of the Korean Church of Grace, is located in the Vision Center of the Church. The basic tasks of the church are basic administrative and financial affairs and various events. Above all, we want to provide kind and sincere service to the Saints and all those who visit us. “
Grace Ministries International
Grace Ministries sits on 26 pristine acres in Fullerton. They have plenty of room to house the homeless.
Grace Ministries Praise the Lord Fullerton Nature preserve.
They have plenty of money too.
$25,000 a seat
You would think Bonanza was filmed here.
They spent $30,000,000 on its 2500 seat “vision center.”
They even stole our library from us the residents by rigging a dirt cheap lease of the Fullerton Hunt Library and parking lot bringing the compound up to almost 30 acres.
Money money everywhere at Grace Ministries International and not a bed, a shower or a meal to be found because there was no room for them at the inn.
“We go into the world as missionaries. We are passionately convicted that as Christ-followers who bear his name, we are to participate with God’s work in the world and to pass along to others what God has given us.”
EV Free Fullerton
EV has plenty of room to house the homeless.
They recently spent close to $20,000,000 to build a parking structure that sits empty 6 1/2 days and 7 nights a week that is big enough for 550 parking spaces which is almost 200,000 square feet. It is well lit and provides excellent access to the sanctuary that EV Free recently spent $5,000,000 to remodel which seats around 1000.
They also own multiple apartment buildings and the shopping center across the street. They currently are spending another $1,200,0000 on more rennovations.
It even has a gymnasium complete with showers and a large kitchen. It could house and feed many people in need. EV Free takes in about $26,000 a day tax free and spends every dime of it.
Money money everywhere At EV Free Fullerton and not a bed, a shower or a meal to be found because there was no room for them at the inn.
“We are a mix of ages and ethnicities at different places on our spiritual journeys, a community of faith committed to pursue God together, build community by connecting and serving in meaningful ways, and unleash compassion both locally and globally.”
Eastside Christian Church Anaheim
Eastside Christian Church spent $56,000,000 to aquire and rennovate the 20 acre site in Anaheim. This is a centrally located property and could house many of the displaced residents from the river encampment.
Posh seating at their new Laserium concert venue
There is plenty of room and plenty of parking for everyone.
Eastside takes in about $39,000 per day tax free and spends every dime of it.
Money money everywhere At Eastside and not a bed, a shower or a meal to be found because there was no room for them at the inn.
I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE CAN BE SO STUPID TO GIVE AWAY THEIR MONEY TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON’T FOLLOW WHAT IS MANDATED IN THE VERY BIBLES IN THE PEWS.
Matthew 25:31-46Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
#1 by Adam Taylor on January 24, 2018 - 8:24 pm
A mandate to care for the poor is clear. An individual mandate, not a corporate mandate. Since there is no corporate salvation, there is certainly no corporate mandate. Each of Christs’ instructions were given to individuals explicitly. There are, no doubt, hundreds of individuals that are linked to these large churches who already proactively care for these people in need, but on their own time and in their own way. If it is a “bottom line” quarterly charity report that one wants to see from these churches, isn’t that a step away from the personal acts that are to be valued and pursued?
Also, KABC AM 790 interviewed an OC Worker on 1/24/18 who reported that 4,500 Used Drug Needles had been recovered from the grounds of the Santa Ana River homeless area. Who can possibly assure single mothers bringing their little ones to the nice church in town that there is no unnecessary risk present on the playgrounds? We would not accept a “restricted / cordoned / back area” status for the homeless while on church grounds, would we? And if they were to move freely on the church campus, how shall the older single ladies’ meeting place be overseen?
Mega churches already have earpiece-wearing security personnel among their attendees. How much more tactical training and legal consideration would be put upon those volunteers?
As for me and my house, it is and will be up to us who we will welcome into our home and minister to. We will have to assume the spiritual, financial and legal responsibilities that today’s world requires when a land owner offers sanctuary to any person. That will be our family decision, and even having performed such acts, our spiritual relationship with our Father In Heaven will still be a mystery to everyone except our individual souls.
Comment on large churches all we want; there is only individual obedience to God. I understand the perspective of the author, but I can’t charge churches with dereliction of our Individual Commission.
#2 by Dora on January 25, 2018 - 9:21 am
There is no mandate in the Bible to create these large corporate entities. There is no mandate in the Bible to attend these brainwash sessions and furthermore, there is no mandate in the Bible that requires giving money to these corporate entities. The only mention in the NT of giving of one’s money was only a collection for the widows and orphans. That is not happening.
#3 by Kara on January 31, 2018 - 1:35 pm
Individual vs. corporate?
Your argument is such a cop out.