(ChurchLeaders) Benjamin Watson may be retired from the NFL, but he is not wasting his retirement; nor is he wasting his quarantine. The 16-year NFL veteran and father of seven is lending his voice for a new initiative designed to help churches struggling to pay their bills during the global pandemic. The Churches Helping Churches Initiative supplies those struggling with $3,000 church grants through the help of other churches that are more financially stable.
“When there’s hardship in the body of Christ, the body of Christ should be first to help those in need,” Watson told Focus on the Family President Jim Daly.
The idea behind Churches Helping Churches is for larger, more financially stable churches to reach out and assist struggling churches in their own cities and communities.