Faith in Foodbanks

Thursday May 29 2014

A new resource helping churches explore issues around foodbanks has been released.

Faith in Foodbanks is an initiative of the Joint Public Issues Team of the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches with Church Action on Poverty.

It includes an introduction to the subject, discussing why the number of foodbanks is growing and why Christians should care; practical ideas, Bible studies, prayers and reflections, worship ideas, posters and templates for further action.

The Trussell Trust, a Christian organisation which runs four in ten UK foodbanks, saw visits increase from just over 340,000 in 2012-13 to over 900,000 in 2013/14.

Last week’s General Assembly of the Church of Scotland expressed ‘severe concern that there continues to be increasing reliance on foodbanks across Scotland’ and urging the UK and Scottish Governments to prioritise ‘eradication of food insecurity in this country’.

Church and Society Convener, the Rev Sally Foster-Fulton told the Assembly: “We must campaign away the need for foodbanks.”

The resources can be downloaded here.

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Comments

M ADAMS - Saturday, May 31st, 2014

“May I thank the general assembly for discussing the subject of food banks. It grieves very much to think that people have to rely on food banks to feed their families. This is disgraceful. This should not be allowed to carry on in the 21st century. I just hope & pray that the Church of Scotland & other organisations will be able to persuade
the government to change its policies.
”

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