Hunger
ANY TIME IS A GOOD TIME TO IMPACT HUNGER
Please encourage your church to participate in this special offering.
Promotional material for Domestic Hunger is available at the North American Mission Board website at www.namb.net AND
www.namb.net/site/c.9qKILUOzEpH/b.258449/k.9E93/Hunger_Relief
Promotional material for Overseas Hunger is available at the International Mission Board website at www.IMB.org AND
www.imb.org/worldhunger/whf.asp
SEE Hunger Facts Sheet at end of this article.
North American Mission Board
"The North American Mission Board's Hunger Ministry assists churches,
associations, and state conventions, so that in the process of distributing food,
the Gospel can be shared with people in need. By meeting someone's physical
needs, opportunities are created to address their spiritual needs."
Examples of ministries through which the North American Mission Board works
to accomplish their hunger ministry goals include senior citizens' feeding programs,
soup kitchens, hospitality houses, Baptist rescue missions, stocking food pantries,
and providing food in disaster situations when disaster funds are not available
or are inadequate.
International Mission Board
"Since 1974, the Human Needs Office (now World Hunger & Relief Ministries)
has been assisting missionaries as they meet the needs of many throughout the world.
"The Hunger Fund is used to underwrite both developmental and disaster relief
human needs ministry projects. Developmental projects include those specifically
related to food distribution, agricultural needs, job skills training, education,
community development, water well drilling, water purification, and sanitation and
hygiene ministries. Most disaster relief ministries include those that provide for
emergency items such as food, water, shelter, blankets, medical assistance,
cleanup and repair of community infrastructure and reconstruction. Developmental
projects are long-term projects whereas normal disaster relief ministries remain active
no more than six to 12 months in duration, depending upon need and situation."
2006 NAMB HUNGER REPORT
Domestic Hunger Funds
⇒ Southern Baptist hunger ministries fed over 3.5 million meals in North America.
⇒ Over 30,000 professions of faith were reported as a result of hunger ministries.
⇒ A meal at a Southern Baptist hunger ministry averages under 40 cents per meal.
Southern Baptist hunger ministries across the nation face increasing requests for food.
⇒ Pray for those who minister among the hungry
⇒ Learn about Southern Baptist hunger ministries in your area and link with them
⇒ Involve your family and neighbors in hunger ministry activities
⇒ Promote hunger funds giving in your church
EVANGELISM STATISTICS
⇒ 9,000 new hunger ministry volunteers were trained in evangelism.
⇒ The gospel was shared with over 650,000 people through hunger ministries.
STATE STATISTICS
⇒ Over 60,000 volunteers helped at 2,200 hunger ministry sites throughout the U.S. in 2006.
FAST FACTS
⇒ One in four people in a soup kitchen line is a child.
⇒ More than 35 million Americans are food insecure, hungry, or at risk of hunger.
⇒ 96 billion pounds of food are wasted each year in the United States.
⇒ 12.4 million children live in food insecure households.
⇒ 64% of low-income children from client households participated in a school lunch program.
Only 13% participated in a summer feeding program.
⇒ Over half of the families that access food pantries have children under 18 in the home.
⇒ 37 million people in America live below the poverty line, 12.6% of all Americans.
⇒ 35 million Americans are food insecure, meaning their access to enough food is
limited by a lack of money and other resources.
⇒ An estimated 40% of poor families must choose between:
♦ buying food and paying for utilities or heat.
♦ paying for food and paying their rent or mortgage.
♦ between paying for food and paying for medication or medical care.
⇒ Nearly half of all families that use a food pantry consisted of working
families with children.
America’s Second Harvest
