For Some Christians, Sharing Medical Bills is a Godly Alternative
http://sojo.net/blogs/2014/01/23/some-christians-sharing-medical-bills-godly-alternative/ by Bob Smietana 01-23-2014 | 4:32pm Every time he goes to the doctor’s office, Daniel Eddinger takes a leap of faith. The Rev. Tom Zobrist, pastor of Liberty Bible Church in Eureka, Ill. Photo: Courtesy Samaritan Ministries International/RNS Eddinger, a 28-year- old father of two from Lexington, N.C., doesn’t have health insurance . But he’s not worried about the cost of getting sick. Instead of insurance, he says, he relies on God — and the help of other believers — to pay his medical bills . Eddinger is one of a small but growing number of American Christians who have joined so-called health sharing ministries — faith-based alternatives to insurance. Health share ministry leaders expect their programs to grow despite the rollout of the federal...