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  Homeless people don't have jobs.  If you don't have a job, you can't tithe.  God needs money.
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  I'll do you one better. When Houston was flooding a few years ago, Joel Osteen actively locked down his church building, preventing people from taking shelter. >
  
  Kenneth Copeland did this during a tornado. The tiny town's only large building, a grocery store, was unsafely full. One of like the 3 volunteer fireman escorted us to the location with people.pilong in to whatever vehicle they could fit in.  They sent everyone, including disabled citizens, elderly, women and children down to his airstrip. There were armed guards at the end of the lane to let everyone know they needed to turn back. Backing the cars down the lane was a whole cluset fuck that look forever. Luckily by the time we made it back, the tornado had passed our area and we were able to go home, but I've never forgotten that or that evil, tiny little man I saw pop up from time to time on TV. This would have been in the late 90s.
  I live across the lake from his compound now and it's still the case. A few years back a weird freak wind blew in fro.a. way it doesn't normally..it came fast and HARD and what was a beautiful day  to be on the lake got dangerous fast. People shored up where they could. 2 men reported being blown in to his property and by the time they hit the shore, there were armed guards coming to meet them. Demanded they leave but obviously they couldn't, they didn't even intend to come there but just couldn't fight this weird wind.  The men stayed watching them the entire time until it settled enough to force their way out of this little Cove.  Everyone who lives around here hates him and thinks he's super fucking creepy. >
  
  Dear God. Kenneth Copeland is as bad as they come. Sorry you had to go through that. Also, you're absolutely right about the creepy factor. He looks and acts like something trying to pass as human, but is doing a horrible job at it. >
  
  They do in my neighborhood. My neighborhood is old and has a lot of old churches. Homeless people sleep at them every night and pretty much hang around all the time. The churches also feed them (and anyone who needs a meal) and provide mobile showers. They are all small churches, not those multi million dollar mega churches that turn people away in need (looking at you, Osteen) >
  
  Large megachurches will actively try to remove homeless people, smaller churches will work with communities to shelter the homeless >
  
  In my hometown this was because during the colder half of the year the churches would rotate every week providing shelter, food and shower. >
  
  Same near me, and they pay for a pretty large permanent homeless shelter as well