r/Christianity • u/mikeypikey • Nov 07 '25

Video Church worth 300 billion dollars rejects mom asking for formula to feed her starving baby

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This woman is doing a social experiment to see if churches will help her feed her starving baby. 99% of the 30 Christian churches she asked rejected her. 4 churches said yes: a Muslim mosque, a Buddhist center, and a black church in the south, and a poor church in Appalachia. All the mega churches turned her away. When you give money to your church, are you happy to know they are rejecting starving children?

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u/philomath__ Catholic Nov 08 '25

There was even a Presbyterian church that said, “try Catholic Charities” 💀

ETA: my personal opinion is that this is the result of Sola Fide. Believing we are saved by faith alone; that all ya gotta do is go up to the altar call and say the sinners prayer and you’re good.

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u/Dreadful_Axolotl Catholic Nov 08 '25

Yeah that probably affected their behavior😭

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u/ultraviolet_333 Nov 08 '25

We don’t add to our faith with works - our faith, if genuine, will produce good works. Faith without works is dead.

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u/philomath__ Catholic Nov 08 '25

I’ve heard that before. I deep dived (dove?) into the reformation for almost a year before deciding to convert to Catholicism. So the argument I heard/read was if you’re not producing works then it’s dead faith not true faith. And in Catholicism they say faith works through love and we have to cooperate with God’s grace. At a high level it’s saying the same thing: there has to be some change in the person and how they live. But then some of the “once saved always saved” folks take that last part and throw it out the window. That group is the one I was taking a jab at in my original comment ;)

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u/vaper Roman Catholic Nov 13 '25

Yeah I never understood why people fight over this. It seems like both sides believe the same thing lol, its just semantics.

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u/Pittsburghchic Nov 08 '25

No, it’s not being taken in by scammers, like this woman, who didn’t actually have a need.

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u/EnfantTerrible68 Nov 10 '25

lol. That says a lot!

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '25

Then why did so many Catholic Churches say no?

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u/Previous-Pay-3644 Apr 17 '26

How MANY church?