{"id":17035,"date":"2015-11-02T13:14:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T21:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17035"},"modified":"2015-11-02T13:14:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T21:14:46","slug":"north-carolina-church-caught-practicing-christianity-neighbors-complain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/02\/north-carolina-church-caught-practicing-christianity-neighbors-complain\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina church caught practicing Christianity. Neighbors complain."},"content":{"rendered":"

From "Kossack" Steeler Grrl at Daily Kos:
\n\twww.dailykos.com\/story\/2015\/10\/30\/1442492\/-NC-church-caught-practicing-Christianity-Neighbors-complain<\/a><\/p>\n

A church in Concord, NC, called Showers Of Blessings has become the target of complaints from its neighbors for following the teachings of the Bible.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Residents living next to a Concord church are frustrated because they said no one told them a program that houses homeless people opened up inside the church.  That program has been operating for one-and-a-half years.<\/em><\/p>\n

For a year and a half, nobody noticed the homeless people were there. What tipped the neighbors off? Construction. Nothing perks up Southerners' noses like construction vehicles in the neighborhood. The facility is called My Father's House. There's even a sign out front.  Run by Concord-based Cooperative Christian Ministry, it currently has housing for four families and has been approved to build four additional units in the church sanctuary.<\/p>\n

Cooperative Christian Ministry (CCM) began in 1981 when seven Concord (NC) churches decided that by combining their efforts they could reach more people in need and provide greater assistance to the community as a whole. Today churches, businesses and other organizations work in conjunction with many, many individuals to actively support the ministry.<\/em><\/p>\n

CCM has the support of Concord city government and city leaders have confirmed that the ministry is operating within the law. Nonetheless, at least two neighbors are angry they weren't notified Christianity is being practiced inside God's house.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Collins: "We just don't want them walking around, this neighborhood has been quiet."<\/p>\n

Lindsay Coronis: "We weren't notified about it and I don't think that's fair for any of the neighbors….  I just don't think its good for my kids to be around it."<\/p>\n

The CCM executive director, Ed Hosack, points out "These are families from our communities that may have experienced job loss.  There may have been medical bills, the break up or loss of a family member.  All of the residents remain engaged in purposeful, intentional activities and most of them go to work each day.  Residents are screened and drug tested and the facility has 24-hour management."<\/p>\n

You can see all that in the video, which is difficult to embed, but can be viewed here:  http:\/\/www.wsoctv.com\/news\/news\/local\/neighbors-upset-over-churchs-homeless-family-progr\/npBz8\/<\/a><\/p>\n

CCM is holding (by today, has held, but I have no update yet) a community meeting in the church fellowship hall on Sunday to address neighbors' concerns. When the legal practice of religious freedom puts Jesus' teaching into action and is met with hostility in a red Southern city, the demonization of poverty must be nearly complete.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From "Kossack" Steeler Grrl at Daily Kos: www.dailykos.com\/story\/2015\/10\/30\/1442492\/-NC-church-caught-practicing-Christianity-Neighbors-complain A church in Concord, NC, called Showers Of Blessings has become the target of complaints from its neighbors for following the teachings of the Bible. Residents living next to a Concord church are frustrated because they said no one told them a program that houses homeless people […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}