Jonathan Landon is a law student at the University of Iowa who completed research in May 2009 showing that ministers criticize such practices as predatory lending, but that those practices are often widespread in areas with high concentrations of Christians. Landon also found that churches sponsor educational programs to help congregants get out of debt.

Robert Katz is a New Orleans-based CPA, minister and author of books on personal finance, including The Solomon Portfolio: How to Invest Like a King.

Charles Clark is an economics professor at St. John’s University in New York and an expert on Catholic social teaching and economics.

Ron Blue is the founder of Ronald Blue & Co., a financial and investment consulting firm in the Atlanta area. He is a co-author of the 2009 book Surviving Financial Meltdown: Confident Decisions in an Uncertain World and president of Kingdom Advisors, a nationwide network of evangelical Christian financial professionals.

Chuck Bentley is CEO of Crown Financial Ministries, a prominent national Christian financial education ministry with representatives across the country and internationally.

Kingdom Advisors is a nationwide network of evangelical Christian financial professionals in almost 60 U.S. communities.

The multifaith Web site Beliefnet.com maintains a Financial Crisis Support Center with prayers, tips, blogs and groups.

Read a May 25, 2011, essay about the religious and moral implications of credit card debt.

Read a January 13, 2012, essay about how faith ministries aid the unemployed.