Church Helps Pay Off Nearly $2 Million of Medical Debt for More Than 900 Families
Church members in Maryland are doing their part to transform their city for the better, helping out complete strangers by paying off medical debt for local families with no strings attached.
Revolution Annapolis, a nondenominational church with around 170 members, has paid off nearly $2 million dollars in medical debt so far this year.
The church raised $15,000 dollars and donated it to the non-profit organization RIP Medical Debt. The organization routinely purchases medical debt at a greatly reduced price and pays it off on behalf of families in need, with no obligation or tax repercussions to the family.
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RIP Medical Debt was able to use Revolution Annapolis’ $15,000 donation to purchase and pay off $1,893,288.73 of medical debt from more than 900 families in 14 counties in Maryland, KDFW-TV reported.
Lead pastor Kenny Camacho hopes the effort will give despairing people a renewed sense of hope.
“Forgiving medical debt is not part of a strategy to get people to attend or give to local churches,” Camacho said.
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“We know that there are strings attached to almost everything we do these days: everything you buy, everything you search for online, becomes part of the next advertisement you see.
“Revolution wants to resist the idea that the church is just another business: the church should exist so that people can have hope, period.”
Revolution Annapolis aims to point people to Jesus Christ, our ultimate hope and forgiver of our greatest debts. Meeting people practically, where there is a tangible need, is one way to soften hearts to hear the gospel.
“We think this is a practical and tangible way that we can help people — regardless of whether they are part of a church or not — experience forgiveness that impacts their lives in a meaningful way,” Camacho told The Christian Post.
“We hope that is kind of the taste of the larger message that we would like to communicate to people about what it means to have debt forgiven.”
Camacho said the church plans to continue and expand its medical debt forgiveness efforts.
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