One was its namesake , Bread for the City , started in 1974 by the Emmaus Fellowship , a coalition of five churches in downtown Washington , DC , in order to feed and clothe the poor .
Bread for the City began as two separate organizations .
One was Bread 's namesake , Bread for the City , started in 1974 by the Emmaus Fellowship , a coalition of five churches in downtown Washington , DC , in order to feed and clothe the poor .
Bread for the City began as two separate organizations .