Christian Churches Together is a large national ecumenical organization that includes evangelical, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, historic Protestant, racial and ethnic churches. Contact executive administrator Yai Malave in Louisville or Rev. Carlos Malave, the executive director.

Read the results of the 2011 census on poverty and income. Published by the United States Census Bureau.

Read a Sept. 12, 2012, article published by the Religion News Service about an increase in poverty advocacy in churches.

Read a July 2, 2013, article published by The Atlantic about how the geographic locations and racial makeup of poverty has changed.

Read a July 7, 2013, article in at JournalNews.com about how poverty has spread into suburban areas.

Read a July 7, 2013, News-Gazette article about teachers working to overcome generational poverty by understanding the “culture of poverty.”

Eugene Cho is the founding and lead pastor at Quest Church, a Seattle church with a largely under-35 crowd. He’s also the founder of One Day’s Wages, a non-profit organization focused on global poverty.

Taz Tagore is the author of Seasons of Thanks: Graces and Blessings for Every Home. She is also co-founder of the Reciprocity Foundation, which works with homeless youth in New York.