David Beasley was in a World Food Programme meeting in Niger, West Africa, when a team member came in and simply said “the Nobel Peace Prize.” “Wow, who got it?” Beasley asked. “We did,” the staffer replied. “Oh, my goodness,” the stunned executive director of the World Food Programme said, adding an enlivened “Wow.” Beasley, […]
‘World Hunger Fund’ now ‘Global Hunger Relief’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Southern Baptists will observe World Hunger Sunday Oct. 13, and Southern Baptist congregations across North America will receive offerings for Global Hunger Relief (formerly the World Hunger Fund). When it comes to people in need, big numbers can hide the human faces they represent. Statistics tell us that more than 1 billion […]