Pastor Jerome Smith is doing for his flock what generations of Democrat city government couldn’t, nearly doubling their income.
Pastor Jerome’s church, Great Praise Church of God in Christ has started a job preparedness and shuttle service that takes underemployed inner city residents of Milwaukee and transports them out to Sheboygan county manufactures who are in need of new workers.
And nary a government grant, subsidy or agency is involved.
If idle hands are the devils workshop, then gainfully employed hands must be the highest praise to God.
A great story but I can’t help but wonder if he will bus them to the polls to keep voting democrat?
Agree LBS. I also wonder when some gov entity will step in and find the good pastor derelict in some gov regulation regarding the training and/or transportation aspect. We know some hood will try to grab the van at some point. Or, some gov hood will force the church to pay “tribute” to the hood for protection.
Pray God keeps the good keep happening.
I admire Pastor Jerome’s creativity. I hope those folks he is helping find a place in their heart to drop a few bucks in his church’s offering plate each Sunday.
Hey you know what? I think it’s a good story. Let’s leave it at that just for today.
He will be shut down by the system. The powers that be don’t want inner city black people working. I give it a month at the outside.
Good on this Pastor and this site for reporting it.
That is what the Church is for. Find a need and fill it.
Most impressive: the people who get with this program stick with it; also that $19/hour wage. Milwaukee has a very moderate cost of living and a person at that salary can have a real life, as opposed to the pinch penny misery that wage would buy in New York.
The problem is that working people frequently turn Republican once they start paying taxes The Democrat poobahs can’t have this.
Good! There is a link to the church web site in the article so I looked. The Pastor’s personal story is inspiring. The statement of faith and articles of belief mirror those at my church. This is not a liberal ‘anything goes’ church but one firmly rooted in the Bible. God Bless the Pastor and congregants.
This is AWESOME! That’s one sliver on how this country can be rebuilt.
This guy has to be Bernie’s long lost cousin.
Glad to hear about this. These street-pastors do make a difference.
The pastor was quick to stress that he’s NOT a Republican. On the other hand, I’ve been distancing myself from the RNC lately too.
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise (h/t Gomer Pyle)
A pastor who has studied the Early Apostolic communities on training a man to work and then making them work. Good for this pastor he needs prayer. Others have hit upon the fact that the government will find a simple way (no permit . . .) to operate his shuttle service.