Information for Congregations
A person arrives at your church asking for assistance.You don't know anything about them except what they tell you.
You want to extend God's love and compassion, but you don't want to enable any self-destructive behaviors or abuse of church resources.
That's where ROSM comes in.
How to make contributions
List of participating congregations
Info on First Link....
Stories (without names)
Client testimonies.
Talk about churches working together.
Info about database.
Scriptures on caring for the poor
Benevolent ministry models.
How
to make contributions
ROSM is
a tax exempt non profit that relies solely on the gifts of
individuals, congregations and agencies. To make a
contribution to the work of ROSM, send your check made
payable to ROSM and send to 3100 Tates Creek Rd. Lexington,
Ky. 40502.
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Contributors to ROSM
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Scripture on Caring
for the Poor
"If one of your
countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself
among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary
resident, so he can continue to live among you.
Leviticus.
25:35
“There will
always be poor people in the land. Therefore I
command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and
toward the poor and needy...”
Deuteronomy.
15:11
If there is
a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the
land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be
hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother
Deuteronomy 15:7
Blessed is he who has regard for the
weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble.
Psalms 41:1
He who is kind to the poor lends to
the Lord, and he will reward him for what he has done.
Proverbs 19:17
Do not mistreat an alien or oppress
him, for you were aliens in Egypt. Do not take advantage of
a widow or an orphan.
Exodus 22:21-22
Do not deprive the alien or the
fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a
pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:17
When you have finished setting aside
a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of
the tithe, you shall give it to the levite, the alien, the
fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your
towns and be satisfied.
Deuteronomy 26:12
Learn to do right! Seek
justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of
the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. (Jer.
22:3)
Is.1:17
The alien living with you must be
treated as one of your native-born. Love him as
yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the Lord
your God.
Lev. 19:34
You are to love those who are aliens,
for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:19
Cursed is
the man who withholds justice from the alien, the
fatherless or the widow. Then all the people
shall say Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:19
If your
enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, if he is thirsty,
give him water to drink”
Proverbs
25:21
Is not this
the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the
chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and o provide
the poor wanderer with shelter 0- when you see the naked,
to clothe him and not to turn away from your own flesh and
blood?
Isaiah 58: 6-8
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