Marcio Sierra Jr, pastor at Lighthouse Church, has seen close to half of his congregation lose their jobs in the economic tidal wave that has accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marcus Allen, pastor at Mt. Zion Baptist Church and president of the African American Council of Churches, talks with members and neighbors whose precarious financial position has been upended by the current economic calamity. And most of those with jobs do not have the kind of work that lets them work from home, so they are more exposed to the virus.
Sierra and Allen reflected on the words of Psalm 46 – “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear…” and they joined together with other churches around the Madison area to create a fund – the Psalm 46 Fund – to help families primarily in the Latino and African American communities affected by the COCVID-19 crisis.