Confronting ads promote the UN World Food Programme

January 3, 2010 in for Churches

Thanks to Ads of the World, I came across this confronting campaign for the UN World Food Programme:

and:

The artwork isn’t particularly cutting-edge – we’re used to seeing images of starving people.

However, I’m feeling increasingly convicted that Christians need to be on the front foot, at the forefront of caring for the poor, the marginalised, those who have been the victims of injustice and oppression. You can’t read Amos and not feel uncomfortable.

Should we have posters like this out the front of our churches, encouraging the people in our church and community to remember the poor and oppressed? Why or why not?

  • Ben

    Wow.

    I’m thinking these would be perfect for printing out and sticking up around my university.

    I think there’s a large, ongoing (and very human) problem in our culture that means leads to injustices and inequities of the kinds that would make the prophets baulk and Jesus overturn tables. People just don’t think about others they can’t see.
    There are a number of groups which are focused on encouraging people to get behind initiatives to end world hunger and extreme poverty, but for many people these things simply aren’t an issue. Those of us who see that it needs to be should be active in trying to change the culture around us to one of compassion for all the people the Bible says God created and loves.
    Please email me if you know of any other resources like this. I’ve been thinking for a long time how I can get this kind of message out to my local (university) community.