Celebrate 50 Years of Impact Through ELCA World Hunger in 2024

Even as we have worked to transform the world with and for our neighbors through ELCA World Hunger over the last 50 years, our church has been transformed. Together we have learned how hunger, poverty and other justice issues intersect. We have deepened our understanding of how baptism calls us to “strive for justice and peace in all the earth.” We have been strengthened in hope by the decline in hunger since we began this work. And we have nurtured relationships with local communities to ensure that the work we support will be sustainable, effective and authentic.

We have been part of this story — a story of faith in action, a story of hope, but most of all the story of a church set free for bold, abundant love and service, a church that responds, with creativity and courage, to God’s invitation to transform the world.

Join us and be part of the story of our next 50 years together — boldly and hopefully pursuing God’s promise of a just world where all are fed.

Stories of Impact

As we prepare to celebrate one of the ELCA's longest-standing ministries in 2024, we are excited to ignite our hunger network with stories and updates to shine a light on our steadfast commitment to eradicate poverty and hunger worldwide. 

On this special occasion, ELCA World Hunger is reaching out to collect stories of the communities they have been able to support in the past 50 years.

Have you received an ELCA World Hunger Grant in the past? Let’s show the grant funds in action!

Please email any stories to hunger@elca.org with the subject line: 50th Anniversary Story.