{"id":1932,"date":"2011-07-15T16:29:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T20:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fbclafayette.org\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2011-12-12T09:26:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T14:26:53","slug":"should-churches-support-the-united-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/should-churches-support-the-united-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Churches Support the United Way?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should a church like ours participate in the annual fund drive of the United Way?\u00a0 What do you think, and what passages from the Word of God would you use to support your answer?\u00a0 Recently the leadership team at Faith decided that we are going to step up and be pacesetters for this fall&#8217;s United Way Annual Fund drive. 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