Hunger is an Injustice
As people of faith, we commit to learning, educating, volunteering, donating, engaging and advocating so all may thrive with enough food—answering God’s call to justice, kindness, humility and neighborly love.
2025 Ecumenical Statement on Hunger Justice
And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8 NRSVUE)
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Hunger is an affront to justice. Today, although food is abundant in our country and our world, hunger is surging in communities near and far – driven by conflict, climate-fueled disasters, failing economies and unjust policies that have undermined the safety nets so many of our neighbors rely on to survive.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
As people of faith, our vision is a world where everyone has access to enough nutritious food to thrive. We believe that, by standing shoulder to shoulder, our vision can become reality, around the corner and around the world.
Hunger is deeply tied to other injustices. Across the globe, it robs millions of people of health and opportunity — especially those who also lack access to clean water and safe sanitation. Hunger disproportionately affects refugees and immigrants, families recovering from disasters, people experiencing homelessness and others whose voices are too often ignored or silenced. But by bringing together our skills, experience and passion to this vital shared mission, we can heed God’s call “to loose the bonds of injustice…to let the oppressed go free, to break every yoke and to share your bread with the hungry.” (Isaiah 58:-7).
Through this Ecumenical Statement on Hunger Justice, we are answering the scriptural call to “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:31) to ensure all have what they need to thrive. We pledge to be the neighbor that everyone in our world deserves so that no one goes hungry in a nation and world of such plenty.
In faith and solidarity,
17 Individual Signatories
Mr. Sufyan Aldulaimi, Du, NC 27701 Ms. Kellye Branson, Church World Services, Old Hickory, TN 37138 Ms. Laura Curkendall, Church World Service, Snohomish, WA 98296 Mr. George Devendorf, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Mr. Andrew Gifford, Church World Service and Stone Village Church, Worthington, OH 43085 Ms. Linda Hartke, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Westborough, MA 1581 Ms. Zarita Herasme Terrero, CWS, Lancaster, PA 17602 Ms. Mary Catherine Hinds, Raleigh, NC 27606 Ms. Debbie Kincheloe, CWS, Nashville, TN 37206 Ms. Erin Luchenbill, Church World Service, West Springfield, MA 1089 Mr. Sinisa Milovanovic, Berrien Springs, MA 49103 Mr. Carlos Naranjo, Director, Miami, FL 33155 Lina Rodriguez, CWS, Kingsland, GA 31548 Mr. Rick Santos, CWS, Washington, DC 20901 Annie Sechrist, Red Lion, PA 17356 Jon Skogen, Chicago, IL 60601 Ms. Sarah Wingard, West End Mennonite Fellowship, Lancaster, PA 1760220 Organizational Signatories
African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Alliance of Baptists American Baptist Churches USA Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada Church of the Brethren Church World Service Community of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in America International Council of Community Churches Moravian Church in America Philadelphia Yearly Meeting General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Reformed Church in America United Church of Christ The United Methodist Church CWS, Mr. Gaspard Nkulikiyinka, Forney, TX CWS Harrisburg, Mr. Alex Swan, Harrisburg, PA CWS Wilmington, Rev. Dr. Wesley Magruder, Wilmington, NC Ebenezer COB, Ms. Zarita Herasme Terrero, Lancaster, PAWhat We Commit To:
By signing this Ecumenical Statement on Hunger Justice, I commit to being a safety net for neighbors near and far who are facing hunger. I will:
Add Your Name.
Take a Stand.
This is our moment—to live out our faith, to embody love in action, to defend the rights and dignity of those yearning for hunger justice.
📖 “Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.”
– 1 John 3:18
This isn’t just a statement.
It’s a movement.
And it starts with you.
