A prominent evangelical Bible teacher holds state welfare programs have no scriptural basis

Evidence

While politicians and business leaders are free to increase their own pay packets, according to Drollinger’s Bible, they may turn a cold shoulder to the less fortunate. Mr. Drollinger believes that social welfare programs “have no basis in Scripture.” “The responsibility to meet the needs of the poor lies first with the husband in a marriage, secondly with the family (if the husband is absent) and thirdly with the church,” Drollinger stipulates. “Again, nowhere does God command the institutions of government or commerce to fully support those with genuine needs.” — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 204

Categorization

• XREF: Economically convenient theology benefiting capital — echoes the ‘trees as infrastructure’/elite self-justification pattern and the selective deployment of religious principle seen across the book.
• SEED: Angle on how ‘biblical’ positions conveniently align with the speaker’s class interests — the Drollinger welfare-theology case study alongside Taylor Farms.