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NCC Poverty Resources

HOME: An Interfaith Study Guide

HOME: a Fighting Poverty with Faith group study guide on what home, housing, and hospitality mean in the Abrahamic traditions

Eradicating Poverty: The Call of the Church (2011)

The crisis of poverty calls on the church, as the body of Christ, to be God’s hands and feet in our community, working to eradicate poverty and provide everyone an equalopportunity to prosper.

Repairing the Breach: A Just Agenda for Public Education Reform - Questions for Federal and State Public Officials (2012)

The NCC Committee on Public Education and Literacy question guide assists you in asking elected officials about public education.

Toolkit: Host a Hunger Awareness Banquet with Your Congregation

This resource generated by the 2011 Fighting Poverty with Faith mobilization will help your church plan an hunger awareness banquet, where those invited to a meal are shown what inequality looks like.

Toolkit: Take the Food Stamp Challenge with Your Congregation

This resource generated by the 2011 Fighting Poverty with Faith mobilization will help you organize a group to participate in the Food Stamp challenge: living for one week on the national average food stamp allotment: $31.50.

Toolkit: World Cafe Affordable Housing Dialogue

This resource generated by the 2011 Fighting Poverty with Faith mobilization offers guidelines on how to host a World Cafe-style dialogue with your congregation. It offers planning tips as well as suggested questions on affordable housing.

The Church and Children

Updated and approved by the National Council of Churches governing board in September 2012, this statement outlines the churches' position on children's issues, putting a special emphasis on childhood poverty.

Love for the Poor (2005)

This theological resource explores the concern for the poor, or love for the poor across Christian traditions. This love creates an opportunity for Christians to speak and act together with followers of other religions and with all people of goodwill.

Green Building/Green Jobs Walkthrough

Learn how greening your place of worship - and also your home, can create good, green jobs in your community, not only caring for God's Creation but providing pathways out of poverty.

Green Buiding/Green Jobs Scavenger Hunt

Get the youth involved in learning how greening your place of worship - and also your home, can create good, green jobs in your community, not only caring for God's Creation but providing pathways out of poverty.Where are the green jobs in your space?