RE: The article is clear that the Government GRANTS to the churches were paid in 2010, 2011, and 2013 AND the grant is clear that the money was for the border crisis in 2014.
If the church is to do its job in following the command of Christ to love thy neighbor as thyself, it would use the resources of its members to help whoever needs help.
As I see it, this is a use of other people’s money ( which the government TAXES ) to do good.
I don’t call that charity at all.
And there’s a danger in taking government money — eventually the government will dictate CONDITIONS you must follow in order to continue receiving the grant or whatever you want to call it. Some of these conditions will be antithetical to what a christian believes in.
Better keep your religious charity SEPARATE from tax payer money.
Amen.