Tom Davis Event

There was a terrific turnout for the CGC -sponsored event to hear Tom Davis.

Tom reminds us that:

- The apostle James wrote that caring for orphans and widows is the very essence of religion. (Pure and faultless [religion] is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress. James 1:27)

Christians have been remiss in their duty to care for the fatherless. He cites as proof:

There are 143 million orphans in the world today. Every 5 seconds a child dies due to hunger. More than 1 million children are trafficked every year as sex slaves and another 8.4 million are enslaved. There are over 2.3 million children living with HIV. Yet Evangelical Christians are less likely than are non-Christians to give money and assistance to AIDS-related causes. There are 2.1 billion professed Christians living on earth. In the U.S. 159 million claim to be Christians. If only 7% of professing Christians responded to God's call to care for the fatherless, all 143 million orphans would have a home.

You don't need to be rich or powerful to help the poor. There are many, many little things you can do to help the widows and fatherless. In fact, as a Christian, Gods expects this of you.

There's another chance to see Tom tonight (Saturday, April 4) at 6:00 pm
at Westwood Church, 4412 N. Apopka-Vineland Rd. in Orlando.