Scripture:

For the fool speaks folly, his mind is busy with evil: He practices ungodliness and spreads error concerning the LORD; the hungry he leaves empty and from the thirsty he withholds water. (Isaiah 32:6)

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?
(James 2:14-16)

Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?… “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’ (Matt. 25: 34-40)

Bread for the World also has a large number of Resources for Churches including Bible study and Sunday School guides. 


Facts:

Did you know…
• that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly “food stamps”) provides about $1.12 per meal ($101.53 per person/month), and that 28.4 million Americans receive this benefit? (source)

• that food banks and food-rescue organizations provide emergency hunger relief to 9% of all Americans? (source)

• that world hunger reached 1 billion people as of June 2009? (source)


To learn more about hunger in the U.S. and around the world, see the following:
• Share Our Strength, childhood hunger in America

• Feeding America, hunger in the U.S. (including a hunger quiz and an interactive map with Alabama statistics)

• World Vision, global food crisis