NCC Poverty Resources (click here to join our network)

• Love for the Poor: God's Love for the Poor and the Church's Witness to It [PDF]

Downloadable Factsheets

• Poverty Factsheet [PDF]
• Children's Health Factsheet [PDF]
• Children's Nutrition Factsheet [PDF]
• Rural Poverty Factsheet [PDF]
• Urban Poverty Factsheet [PDF]
• Federal Budget Factsheet [PDF]

Online Resources

• A Faith Reflection on the Federal Budget [PDF]
• Poverty and hunger resources from the Bread for the World Institute.
• “Just Neighbors Tool Kit” is an excellent resource for helping church groups understand the nature and impact of poverty. It offers nine sessions, but each can also be used as “stand-alone”. More information available at www.justneighbors.net and www.familypromise.org.
• Guide to Poverty in the United States from the MCC Washington Office.
• Hunger Study Guide from the MCC [ PDF]
• For the Common Good by Ron J. Sider
• Offering of Letters, from Bread for the World.

More Resources
Liturgical Resources
Congregational Study Guides
NCC Statements on Poverty
Advocacy Toolkit

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