From the looming deficit in Washington to the poor who remain dependent on Washington, the growing welfare state is hurting more than it’s helping. There has never been so important a moment in our history for the Church to be both a voice…

James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission - Published in The Joplin Globe   I was recently contacted by the Missouri Association for Social Welfare with a request to participate in the annual point-in-time…

James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission - Published in The Joplin Globe March 4, 2012 After working diligently to connect charitable organizations and churches on-line to better steward distribution of resources,…