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Changing Politics of Hunger 'Holy Obligation' Says ELCA Pastor, Advocate
From <NEWS@ELCA.ORG>Date Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:29:24 -0500
Title: Changing Politics of Hunger 'Holy Obligation' Says ELCA Pastor, Advocate ELCA NEWS SERVICE >October 14, 2010 Changing Politics of Hunger 'Holy Obligation' Says ELCA Pastor, Advocate 10-271-JB DES MOINES, Iowa (ELCA) -- God is calling on people of faith to change the "politics of hunger" by convincing members of the U.S. Congress to adopt legislation that will reduce domestic and global hunger and poverty, said the Rev. David Beckmann in a news conference here. Tonight Beckmann, a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), economist and president of Bread for the World, Washington, D.C., and Jo Luck, chief executive officer of Heifer International, Little Rock, Ark., will be awarded the 2010 World Food Prize here in a ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol. >More: >http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4658 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elcanews Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews