Samaritan Inn provides shelter for the homeless. The Salvation Army cares for winos. The Mountain Mission gives furniture and clothes to the needy. Covenant House works daily with street people. Catholic volunteers repair poor people's homes in nearby Boone County.
Churches run food-banks for the jobless throughout the state.
All these things reinforce the universal belief that religion makes believers kind and caring. As for the holy wars between ethnic groups, scholars and historians say the hatred isn't religious, it's cultural, political, and economic. They look, speak, and dress alike. They live in similar houses. Because religion keeps them alienated in hostile camps.