Devita Parnell is Young Baptist Ecosystem Manager of the Cooperate Baptist Fellowship. She is co-organizer of Advocacy in Action for leaders within Cooperative Baptist Fellowship partner congregations. Parnell formerly served as missional resources specialist at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. She is a member and deacon at First Baptist Church of Decatur, Georgia, an alumni board member of McAfee School of Theology, and a member of Baptist Women in Ministry. Parnell is an advocate for children and youth as justice leaders and mother of Tyler and Julia. She is an ordained Baptist minister. She is Cooperative Baptist.
These fact sheets provide a snapshot of hunger and poverty in the United States and in each state plus Washington, D.C.
Good nutrition is a critical part of ensuring that all human beings can use their bodies and minds to live an active life and reach their full potential.
Las personas que toman la decisión de dejar su hogar y venir a Estados Unidos, generalmente han tenido muy pocas opciones. Factores más allá de su control han provocado que sus circunstancias estén marcadas por hambre y violencia para poder quedarse.
Dear Members of Congress,
As the president and Congress are preparing their plans for this year, almost 100 church leaders—from all the families of U.S. Christianity—are...
This devotional guide invites deepened relationship with and among Pan-African people and elected leaders in the mission to end hunger and poverty.
Thank you for inviting me to preach here at Duke University Chapel. And I especially want to thank the Bread for the World members who have come this morning.
Bruce Puckett urged...
These fact sheets provide a snapshot of hunger and poverty in the United States and in each state plus Washington, D.C.
In 2017, 11.8 percent of households in the U.S.—40 million people—were food-insecure, meaning that they were unsure at some point during the year about how they would provide for their next meal.
Unnecessarily long prison sentences, combined with the lack of rehabilitative programs for people in prison, exacerbate hunger, poverty, and existing inequalities.
Overly harsh mandatory minimum prison sentences have contributed to the rapid increase of our country’s prison population. The...