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Article: Serving the total man and community: Hill District Ministries; Combating poverty, hunger, poor housing
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- January 16, 1999
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Serving the total man and community: Hill District Ministries; Combating poverty, hunger, poor housing
by Genea Webb
For New Pittsburgh Courier
Hill District Ministries has been combating poverty, community organizational issues, hunger and housing problems for the past 13 years.
A nonprofit corporation consisting of 39 churches of various denominations, Hill District Ministries was founded in 1985 by Rev. Thomas Smith of Monumental Baptist Church, which is also in the Hill District.
"It was originally organized to address the problems facing the people in the Hill District," Smith said. "There are problems with housing, providing supervised activities for children, family issues, hunger ...