[The Grammarian]

A Christian pastor's primary objective is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. First and foremost.

I agree with you that that should be a Christian's first priority. However, I agree with the Salvation Army's "soup, soap and salvation" slogan in that I (and they) don't believe you can minister to someone's spiritual needs and leave their basic material needs (that is, food and shelter) unmet.

I don't believe government has any legitimate part in meeting those material needs though. That's the Church's job.

[singfreedom]

Same for me. I was always taught that Christian charity was a personal, individual, obligation and not something I was to pass off to the government and forget about.