PBS’ Religion and Ethics Newsweekly: Combating Hunger

Posted by Kendall Harmon

BOB ABERNETHY: One important lobby is the Christian group Bread for the World, which fights hunger here and abroad. Reverend David Beckmann, a Lutheran pastor, is president of Bread for the World. David welcome.

DAVID BECKMANN (President, Bread for the World): Thank you.

ABERNETHY: Bring us up to date, how many hungry people are there in the United States?

BECKMANN: It’s now 1 in 7 Americans who lives in a household that runs out of food.

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Filed under: * Culture-WatchCharities/Non-Profit OrganizationsDieting/Food/NutritionPovertyReligion & Culture* Religion News & CommentaryOther ChurchesEvangelicals* Theology

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