“Love your neighbor” is one of Jesus Christ’s most famous commands. One church in central Indiana decided to live this commandment by paying off the medical bills of thousands of Hoosier families.

The Northview Church congregation raised $20,000 for charitable donations earlier this summer, though it didn’t have a particular charity in mind at first, according to the local news station WTHR. When the church’s pastor, Steve Poe, proposed using that money to pay off medical debt in the community, the church agreed.

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