There are over 14 million widows in the United States today.That is a significant portion of any person’s life (U. Widowhood lasts on the average 14 years.Over 800,000 persons are widowed each year.Too many survivors are not ready to deal with the issues of widowhood (Holmes and Rohe stress scale). The death of a spouse is the number one stressor in a person’s life.These seven factoids should give you at least a glimpse of the need for ministries to widows in your church. Though the biblical mandate to care for widows should be sufficient motive for our churches, consider some of the struggles widows experience. Millions are left to suffer and struggle in silence. I am grateful churches around the world have taken some steps to care for the orphans, though much more remains to be done.īut, in North American churches, I see hardly any intentional church wide ministries to widows. The Bible is not ambiguous on this topic. Scholars have produced massive volumes on the biblical mandate to care for orphans and widows. “Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” (James 1:27) This verse in Scripture cannot be more compelling or clearer:
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