FROM THE EDITORS December 7, 2009 ISSUE

PUT A DENT IN THE WORLD'S POVERTY INDEX

GOD'S UNDIMINISHABLE SPIRITUAL RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL. AND THIS IS A MESSAGE WE CAN SHARE—IN PRAYER—WITH ALL PEOPLE.

ON OCTOBER 20, The New York Times reported on a revised formula used by the National Academy of Science for calculating medical costs. It shows that approximately 47.4 million Americans (almost 1 in 6) last year lived in poverty—seven million more than the government's official figure. This means that the United States has a higher poverty level by most measures than any other industrialized nation.

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