Forgive us our debts: Mount Carmel Baptist Church is teaching its congregation how to manage credit. (Black Wealth Initiative).

From: Black Enterprise | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Armstrong, Lisa | Copyright information

BISHOP RUSSELL'S "DEBT LIQUIDATION REVIVAL" GETS MEMBERS OF HIS CONGREGATION OUT OF DEBT. IT STARTS WITH CONTRIBUTING TO THE BOWL OF CUT UP CREDIT CARDS THAT HE'S HOLDING.

THERE'S SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY GOING ON AT Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia. Sure, there's praying, clapping of hands, and singing of hymns. But upon the pulpit sits a jar filled with cut-up credit cards--a testament to what makes this church unique. Because along with payin...

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