Hunger/Homelessness - news
Hunger ministry reaps great harvest
JEFFERSON CITY – Nearly 1,000 people have come to know Jesus as their Savior this year as a result of hunger relief ministries in Missouri Baptist churches. more »
By Brian Koonce - Dec 29, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness,
FBC Charlotte feeds 5,000 with Thanksgiving boxes
One thousand poor families in Charlotte, N.C., came for a box of food and hundreds found new life in Christ during a “Feeding 5,000” outreach by First Baptist Church Nov. more »
By Norman Jameson - Dec 16, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness, ,
Cookeville churches deliver 3,435 meals to residents
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — At least five churches here prepared and delivered about 3,435 meals to area residents Nov. 25.
The Thanksgiving meal delivery was held last year by Stevens Street Baptist Church, Cookeville, with Baptists from a few other churches helping. more »
By Connie Davis Bushey - Dec 10, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness,
Amid despair of AIDS crisis, hunger relief offers help, hope
SWEETWATERS, South Africa—When Caroline came to the door, she rejoiced as she saw the bags of food brought by volunteers from a nearby South African church’s Itemba Ministry. more »
By Curt Iles - Dec 9, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness, ,
Tonga suffering relieved by food project
BINGA, Zimbabwe—Southern Baptists have brought badly needed relief to an isolated region of Zimbabwe, where a national political impasse — compounded by hyperinflation, a cholera epidemic, and a burgeoning food crisis — have brought the country near the point of collapse. more »
By Mark Kelly - Dec 9, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness, ,
MRM volunteers reach Warren, surrounding area
Tyler Mitchell, a 15-year-old from Hot Springs, spent Saturday, Oct. 11, doing something a bit out of the ordinary—scraping paint from a side of a home. more »
By Lisa Watson - Nov 7, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness, ,
Kentucky Baptist churches work to feed state’s hungry
OWENSBORO, Ky.—Eaton Memorial Baptist Church has sat at the corner of Third and Orchard Streets in downtown Owensboro for 100 years now—“God’s Corner,” the church has lovingly nicknamed it. more »
By Drew Nichter - Nov 3, 2008
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness,
HUNGER hits close to home and around the world
ALEXANDRIA, La. – “Upwards of 25,000 children die from hunger or hunger-related causes every single day, somewhere in the world,” according to materials produced by the Louisiana Baptist Agricultural Missions Fellowship. more »
By Karen L. Willoughby - Nov 1, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness,
Set Free Church stays the course with poor
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—One of the more unusual Missouri Baptist church plants launched in the 2000s is pressing on with a heart to reach the poor.
Set Free of Kansas City, which is focused on the metropolitan community of Riverside these days, is all about downtown discipleship. more »
By Allen Palmeri - Oct 9, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness, ,
World Hunger Day offers opportunity
On Oct. 12, Southern Baptists will observe World Hunger Sunday and congregations across the United States will collect offerings for the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund. more »
By Charlie Warren - Oct 8, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness, ,