This LA megachurch has served 350,000 free meals during pandemic
Los Angeles, US RNS Just over a month after the Dream Center began offering free meals to Los Angeles residents in the midst of the pandemic, the faith-based nonprofit reached a major milestone. On Tuesday, the centre passed the 350,000 mark of free meals it has provided since mid-March. People carry free meals away from […]
In the US and beyond, houses of worship pitch in to help those left vulnerable by virus outbreak
RNS The United Methodist Church has long promoted abstinence from alcohol. But that didn’t stop City Road Chapel in the suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee, from announcing a Bar and Restaurant Workers Help Fund this week to assist locals whose food-service jobs have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. “The reality is we’re a community-based church, and we’ve […]