Why should I support the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund rather than charities on TV

By staff - Aug 16, 2006 - 2

Visit www.worldhungerfund.com for more information on the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund.

  • Only the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund uses 100% of all contributions to feed hungry people. (Personnel are already in place; thus, administrative and promotional costs are borne out of other budgets.)
  • When Southern Baptists give food, they are there for the long haul, desiring to plant churches and make disciples for Jesus Christ. Our desire is to build relationships with people and eventually lead them to a relationship with Christ.
  • The Good News of salvation through Christ is always foundational. Whenever possible, the plan of salvation is shared and an opportunity to respond is given.
  • In emergency situations, food aid must be given. But when possible, hunger ministries are designed to create independence from rather than dependence on food aid.

How Is My Dollar Spent?

When a dollar is contributed to the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund, unless otherwise designated, 80¢ is sent to the International Mission Board for overseas hunger projects while 20¢ is sent to the North American Mission Board to support hunger projects in the United States and Canada. Because personnel and volunteers are already in place, and promotional expenses come through other budgets, 100% of your gifts is used to minister to the hungry in Jesus’ name.

How to Give

There are several ways you can give to the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund:

  1. Give through your church designated for the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund.
  2. If you wish to give directly to hunger efforts in North America, send your gift to:

    North American Mission Board
    Ministry Evangelism Department
    4200 North Point Parkway
    Alpharetta, GA 30022

  3. If you would like to support overseas hunger projects, send your gift to:

    International Mission Board
    World Hunger & Relief Ministries
    PO Box 6767
    Richmond, VA 23230

  4. To learn how you or your church group can adopt a hunger project, visit these sites online http://www.namb.net/hungeror http://www.imb.org/worldhunger

Visit www.worldhungerfund.com for more information on the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund.

Further Learning

Learn more about: Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness

comments

1 On Aug 18th, 2006, at 9:03pm, Rachael Thomas wrote:

I was wondering if SBC actively supports the Millennium Development Goals the UN established.  I realize that the things that are being done are definately helping achieve the goals.  I am a Southern Baptist who would like to help spread awareness about the goals and was wondering if there was support from the Convention.
Thank you

2 On Oct 3rd, 2007, at 7:37am, How much food will my money buy? wrote:

I am currently leading my R.A. group in awareness to world hunger leading up to World Hunger Day in October. We are involving our church in this by challenging them to help us raise money. We would like to be able to tell them what dollar will buy for needs overseas and I have not been able to find this information after hours of surfing the internet. Do you have any statistics along these lines that you could forward to me in the next day or two. Thanks for your help.

Danny England
Versailles Baptist Church
Versailles, Kentucky

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