Denison Forum
Dr. Jim Denison
We should all be grateful for officials who act in such heroic, selfless ways, though they would probably tell us they are “just doing their jobs.”
The same cannot be said, however, regarding Samaritan’s Purse, Texans on Mission, and other religious groups whose volunteers are responding to the destruction of Hurricanes Milton and Helene. My friend, Dr. Duane Brooks, noted in one of his daily devotionals that Christians responding to disasters seldom have to compete with atheist groups, because they’re not there.
The numbers bear him out. According to Philanthropy Roundtable:
- Americans who attend religious services weekly and pray daily are nearly twice as likely as others to do volunteer work. Nearly two-thirds gave to the poor in the past seven days, compared to 41 percent of other Americans.
- People who attend worship at least twice a month give four times as much to charity as non-attenders.
- Such giving is not reserved for religious causes: 65 percent of those who attend religious services regularly also give to secular causes, compared with 50 percent of those who never attend religious services.
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