Because its more efficient and less wasteful to feed people in a common area than it is otherwise. Example, the Church I go to is on Westridge Pkwy. There are zero residential homes and zero homeless people there. Even if we had sandwiches available, no one would come to get them.Rawedge Rim wrote:
I understand that there will always be the poor and homeless. So why doesn't every church have a soup line, even if it's only a couple of sandwichs, then an old guy doesn't have to set up shop on the beach to do the same job. It's one of the basic tenets of christianity.
But the Presbeterian Church in town has the room and the parking and is more common to the homeless. Our Church and other Churches supports their Church, both financially and with people and logistics. We also support another soup kitchen called "In His name Ministries" and we are not the only Church or private group that supports it.
I have Pastor friend that just set up a Church in a run down trailer park in Locust Grove. Not only that, they sold their house and bought another (less nice) that is closer to there so they can be in the area where they are needed the most. They have Church and feed the poor right there in the trailer park they set up Church in. That's just one of many many outreaches that go on across the US every day that get no press and do so the right way. Without waving their banner of hey "look what we are doing".