The thought that some people think that funding these religious test soup kitchens is something the government should do rather than provide services for those in need without pushing faith along with it, makes me feel ill. I think that a church requiring a profession of faith or attendance at a service before it would provide food appalling in itself.
Then there are churches that provide real charity once in a while. A woman I knew was on public assistance because she had left her abusive husband when he started abusing their two boys instead of just abusing her. She had moved back to her home town with the help of friends and family, and gotten an apartment. At the time it was the best place she could find, but it was really more than she could afford. I think her selection might have been hampered because she was looking at the wrong time of year in a college town. She found a better apartment, for much less money, but could not afford the deposit. There was no public money for such charity, her friends and family had already helped as much as they really could as far as money went. Public assistance forbid her from saving that much even if she could figure out how. In desperation she called around to churches. She had been raised Catholic, but resisted it, managing to get kicked out of CCD for vocally, obnoxiously, and stubbornly sticking to her own beliefs about birth control. She did not consider herself Christian, and as far as I know still does not. She wanted the money, either given or loaned, for the deposit for the new apartment. She could find help with the move itself. A small protestant church, the specific denomination I do not recall, gave her the money, no strings. They asked that she not repay it. They could see that this would really make a big difference and helped her. It did. The first month savings she used to buy the boys winter coats.