In the early morning hours of Thursday, January 3, 2013, James G. Fulmer was found frozen to death on the steps of a Nashville church. James Fulmer was 50 years old, homeless and physically disabled (wsmv.com). His tragic story is just one of nearly 1,000 homeless men and women who will die each year from hypothermia. (nationalhomeless.org). Every night in the United States, more than 600,000 people become homeless. Their stories are diverse and their journeys to homelessness are varied. Many ended up on the streets due to domestic violence, job loss and mental illness (npr.org). Some were teachers, accountants, musicians, painters and even doctors. Many homeless people once lead normal lives. Yet there is a social stigma that views homeless people as lazy, unwilling to work, uneducated and even untrustworthy. In a capitalist society that places the highest value on image and the almighty dollar, there seems to be little desire to interact with these “outcasts.” According to a recent article in the New York Times, there are people in New York who have multiple jobs and still have jobs. I can't afford to pay the rent for an apartment in the city. Many therefore remain homeless and must find refuge in one of the city's shelters. (nytimes.com) The New York Times states that “affordable housing advocates say employed homeless people are evidence of the growing gap between wages and rents – which increased in the city even during the last recession – and, given the shortage of subsidized housing, how difficult it is to escape the shelter system, even for people who have jobs… jobs are not enough to get people out of homelessness” (nytimes.com). What we see modeled in New York is worrying middle of paper and political concerns, all with a huge economic overlay” (governing.com). What Jonathan Walters observes so clearly is the need for men and women from all walks of life (education, government, psychology, medicine, etc.) to become active in solving the problem…together. The Church is undoubtedly filled with influential people in all of the areas mentioned above and yet the Church body fails to obey basic biblical commandments that deal with social justice. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "It is appalling that the most segregated hour in Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning"...and although he was referring to racial segregation, his comment remains true in terms of classism and social segregation. If we are ever to end homelessness, the Church must become proactive, missional, and obedient to the teachings of Jesus..