Great spin on an old tale

Mount Olivet Baptist Church Federal Credit Union - that was the sign across the top of the building.  Diagonally across the street was the Mount Olivet Baptist Church building, built, I'd say, in the 1950s or 1960s.  The auditorium looked like it would hold about 500-600 members at one service.

I like the concept.  That's a great application of the 2000-year-old Good Samaritan parable, a really old tale.  I don't even know what the business includes or entails at this credit union, but what it represents is helping people where the rubber meets the road. Interest alone is probably a good generator of revenue for the church. I like too another comparison.  Leprosy was a dreaded disease of that ancient world. Some of Jesus' recorded healings are about ridding people of this disease.  I'm sure the credit union is also a form of healing for its members since money problems could easily be viewed as a modern plague.

Somebody at this church was thinking.It's a great spin on an old tale. Religion would do well to give new spins to old tales if they want to remain the least bit relevant in this age.