{"id":148,"date":"2008-09-19T12:55:36","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T12:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/progressiverevival\/2008\/09\/hunger-advocate-and-former-con.html"},"modified":"2008-09-19T12:55:36","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T12:55:36","slug":"hunger-advocate-and-former-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2008\/09\/hunger-advocate-and-former-con.html","title":{"rendered":"Hunger Advocate and Former Congressman Tony Hall Connects Faith to Economic Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning next week, the Matthew 25 Network will run a new ad on <span class=\"yshortcuts\" id=\"lw_1221843328_8\">Christian radio stations<\/span>in Ohio connecting the Christian mandate to care for the least among uswith the economic crisis in Ohio and around the country.&nbsp; FormerCongressman Tony Hall, a pro-life Democrat from <span style=\"border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\" class=\"yshortcuts\" id=\"lw_1221843328_9\">Dayton, Ohio<\/span> is featured in the ad.<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bqiYqholdWM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bqiYqholdWM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Former Congressman Hall is famous for his 22 day hunger fast when in 1993 Congress abolished the House Select Committee on Hunger, where he served as Chairman.&nbsp; Hall was appointed by PresidentBush to be Ambassador to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organizationwhere he served until 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The ad entitled &#8220;When did we see you hungry?&#8221; is the first in a seriesof radio ads that the Matthew 25 Network will be releasing inspired by25th Chapter in the <span class=\"yshortcuts\" id=\"lw_1221843328_10\">Gospel of Matthew<\/span>, where Jesus asks his followers to care for &#8220;the least of these.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning next week, the Matthew 25 Network will run a new ad on Christian radio stationsin Ohio connecting the Christian mandate to care for the least among uswith the economic crisis in Ohio and around the country.&nbsp; FormerCongressman Tony Hall, a pro-life Democrat from Dayton, Ohio is featured in the ad. 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