Hunger Offering encourages giving during special offerings to meet year-end goal

The Texas Baptist Hunger Offering supports more than 80 Texas Baptists churches and hunger relief ministries that stand in the gap to fight food insecurity across the state. This year, the Hunger Offering will emphasize two giving opportunities, 5th Sunday and GivingTuesday. 

“A special gift on a 5th Sunday or GivingTuesday gives Texas Baptist Hunger Offering ministries the peace of guaranteed funding support,” said Irene Gallegos, director of Hunger & Care Ministries at Texas Baptists.

The 5th Sunday offering is a special offering that occurs four or five times a year when a month has five Sundays. Churches gather together and take a special offering during worship every 5th Sunday to fight hunger and serve their brothers and sisters in Texas and around the world. The final 5th Sunday of the year is Nov. 29. 

GivingTuesday is a global movement and annual giving event that occurs on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and Black Friday. This year, the event falls on Dec. 1. The event encourages people around the world to unite in giving back. 

Gallegos said Hunger Offering ministries have served nearly 6.5 million meals so far in 2026, and many ministries report serving meals well beyond the 2020 surge. 

One Hunger Offering ministry, Sodzo International, which focuses on nurturing marginalized individuals and families into sustainable, flourishing communities in rural Kenya, partnered with South Main Baptist Church in Houston, asked for prayer in a recent report for funding to come through as the year ends. 

Gallegos encouraged Texas Baptists to consider that every gift, regardless of size, is valuable as the Hunger Offering works to meet its annual funding goal. 

“We are currently at 78% of our goal of $450K for this year,” Gallegos said. “Through generous gifts to the Hunger Offering, Texas Baptists encourage ministries to love their neighbors and make disciples while providing the necessary resources to sow seeds, water and expect a beautiful harvest.”

Join in the fight against hunger today by giving a gift on the next 5th Sunday or on GivingTuesday.