This organization has been one of the most effective organizations for helping out during a crisis. Do your own searches, they have been an active part of crises around the world. Tornadoes, hurricanes, famine, they are there helping out. Send them a donation for a specific cause or effort, and 100%of your money will go to that effort.

Not especially religious myself, but so sick of the bashing I see here,

A guy would think they were following the advice recorded as the words of Jesus to just do good, but don't shout about it.

The Evangelical churches are just the opposite. They are vocal, loud, and always yelling about something they oppose.

One gets heard; the other doesn't.

That escape my mind at this time. St. Anthony’s in SF, which serve 4K meals a day

For years I've wondered why real Christians haven't aggressively tried to take back their brand.

Several things sold me but what stood out was the fact that this church, which has about 1/3 the parishioners of the local Catholic church and struggles financially, gives every cent of its Christmas services donations to a local charity that helps the poor and homeless. That's their biggest take of the year and they give it all away.

They also take the middle and high school youth groups on a service trip every summer. My son went 4-5 times. They'd go to Appalachia and fix poor and elderly peoples' homes (through a contractor who ran such trips). These experiences affected my son and his friends deeply - and they had a blast.

It's sad that the Evangelical mega churches don't seem to be losing support, while attendance at our church is, literally, dying off (I admit that we don't go that often ourselves). The local Baptist churches are packed on Sundays.

I will also say that I was raised in the Catholic church when it was focused on social justice and charitable works. Along with the abuse scandal, I have been saddened at the church's evolution to all abortion all the time.

Our current church is ecumenical - Episcopalian, Lutheran, and Presbyterian - and our budget consists of local, state, national, and worldwide charity. We feed, clothe, and educate people (especially girls in Tanzania, where our church is the sole supporter of two different educational facilities), send needy children to camps, and our building is used by numerous community groups.

good works inspire me greatly. Now that I'm retired, I hope to join a community that comes together to help, rather than to put people down.

... a food pantry twice a month for over 20 years.

They are very helpful with the lower income people in the community. They provide free meals at times. They hand out food baskets during the Holiday season! While we lived in Wyoming the church there became involved in politics, which we DID NOT approve of! Our thoughts are to each their own. I WILL NOT push my religion on anybody! Your choice is your choice! So i say there are Good Churches and BAD ones!

to note how true followers of Christ behave. (Hint: it does NOT include insulting widows, bereaved parents, 16 year old girls, or entire nations.)

Sojourners and Tikkun, among them.

Thank you for this.

... feeds hundreds of street people every week.

...are (whatever the negative attribution of the day is). The Evangelicals are a large group, currently popular amongst a certain set -- they are noisy, and they are mistaken. They are NOT everybody, and they do not speak for everybody else, not by a long shot.

Thanks for speaking up.

87.74% financial and 97% accountability and transparancy according to charitynavigator.org

https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4031

Staffed by volunteers who are members of local Catholic churches. I know of many who in tough times were able to get free food for themselves and families and also financial assistance for paying utilities and home heating repairs.

acts of kindness motivate me enormously. Since I'm resigned, I would like to join a network that meets up to help, as opposed to put individuals down.

It's worth clicking on the link to see it all. The ELCA is the 5th largest protestant denomination in the U.S. with 4.5 million members.

https://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/Slavery_Apology_Explanation.pdf

DECLARATION OF THE ELCA TO PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
On June 27, 2019, the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted the following
declaration as a statement addressed to people of African descent.
“There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and
female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28).

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) apologizes to people of African descent for its historical
complicity in slavery and its enduring legacy of racism in the United States and globally. We lament the white
church’s failure to work for the abolition of slavery and the perpetuation of racism in this church. We confess,
repent and repudiate the times when this church has been silent in the face of racial injustice.
The ELCA acknowledges that slavery created and perpetuated racism, a truth this nation and this church have
yet to fully embrace. The enslavement of Africans was based on a false narrative of the racial inferiority and
the demonization of black people by the majority culture. Slavery was supported by white religious, legal,
political, and scientific leaders and institutions for social, political, and economic gain. During the 246-year
transatlantic slave trade, which began in 1619, an estimated 12 million people from Africa were stolen from
their native lands, separated from their families, torn from their culture, killed for seeking freedom, tortured
through inhumane forms of punishment, and subjected to lifetimes of captivity. While the white church stood
silently by, people of African descent resisted through acts of rebellion, created new expressions of spirituality
and Christian practice rooted in African traditions, and organized movements for freedom.

The ELCA teaches that racism is sin and that racism denies the reconciling work of the cross.1
Rooted in slavery, racism is manifested through the history of Jim Crow policies, racial segregation, the terror of
lynching, extrajudicial killings by law enforcement, and the disproportionate incarceration of people of
color.2 Descendants of formerly enslaved Africans are still denied equal access and opportunity in church
and society while white people collectively benefit from unequal access, opportunity, and power. Institutional
racism currently exists in the ELCA through discriminatory treatment within the call process; inequitable
compensation of clergy of color; racial segregation; divestment from black communities and congregations;
systemic polices and organizational practices; and failure to fully include the gifts of leadership and worship
styles of people of African descent.