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What The United Methodist Church Says About Hunger 2000 Social Principles 162. Since the growing worldwide population is increasingly straining the worlds supply of food, minerals, and water and sharpening international tensions, the reduction of the rate of consumption of resources by the affluent and the reduction of current world population growth rates have become imperative. From the earliest times, the Christian community, in response to these teachings, has expressed compassion and care for those in need. In recent years, this has been expressed in the giving of millions of dollars for direct food distribution. We call upon all nations, but particularly the developed nations, to examine those values, attitudes, and institutions that are the basic causes of poverty and underdevelopment, the primary sources of world and domestic hunger.