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Goldsboro, Raleigh churches give away free gas cards

A Goldsboro church is giving away gas to 500 cars on Saturday morning in honor of Easter.

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Baptist Grove Church in Raleigh handed out gas cards to help serve the community
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Maggie Brown
, WRAL multiplatform producer
GOLDSBORO, N.C. — Two churches in the Triangle gave away free gas cards to serve their communities this Easter.

Deeper Life Ministries in Goldsboro passed out 500 free gas cards on Saturday morning at three different gas stations, and Baptist Grove Church in Raleigh handed out $25 gas cards to 500 people until noon.

In a statement, Baptist Grove Church Pastor Bankole Akinbinu said that this giveaway is about much more than gas.

"This is about parents being able to drop their children off to school so they can get an education and not fall behind," he said. "This is about men and women being able to get to work so they can continue to provide for their households. This is about relieving our seniors from having to make decisions between grocery money and gas money to get their prescriptions."

Baptist Grove Church in Raleigh handed out gas cards to help serve the community

Pat Ford, an elder at Deeper Life Ministries, told WRAL News that the church has been giving away free gas cards for the past year or so.

"The increase in gas prices is also a motivation for the church to reach outside the church walls for a more wholistic ministry to persons," Ford said. "Meeting them where they are at the point of their needs."

"Deeper Life Ministries wants to rise up to save people some money just as Christ rose to save our lives or eternal destination," Ford added.

Akinbinu said that they chose to give out 500 gas cards because of the Bible verse 1 Corinthians 15:6.

"We will also offer prayer to individuals who desire prayer, while their tank is being filled," he said. "We hope people will leave with fuller tanks and full in spirit."

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