Christianity’s reach
The long history of the aid and welfare activity in Christianity is truly impressive in its immense scope, systematic nature and determination. One of the greatest, if not the greatest social systems, Christian aid reaches almost every corner of human distress and responds to every disease across the globe. There is almost no place – from famine and plague-stricken Africa to the poverty-stricken neighborhoods of Sao Paulo and Mexico City, to the gutters of Bombay and Calcutta- where Christian priests, missions, shelters, medical workers or some other presence or activity for the needy cannot be found. The Christian aid system encompasses almost every known form of social institution known to man from birth ‘til death: hospitals, medical clinics, schools, institutes of higher education, soup kitchens, shelters for the poor, needy, abused and homeless, the elderly- the list is endless.
Traditions of Compassion- Khen Lampert
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