How encouraging to see so many Americans stepping up to serve refugees.

If your church is interested in helping welcome refugees through Welcome Corps, I encourage you to check out 'Churches of Welcome' with World Relief and my colleague Daniel Yang

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worldrelief.org/church-hub/

Join Mekdes Haddis, director of NAE's Racial Justice & Reconciliation Collaborative, and other amazing leaders at the Love Your Neighbor event with World Relief in Greenville, SC, on April 27.

Details and registration: WorldRelief.org/upstate-sc/lov…

The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Haiti is severe. With 362,000 Haitians internally displaced & nearly 5 million facing acute food insecurity, the need for aid is urgent. Learn 3 things you need to know about what’s happening & how you can help.

🔗 bit.ly/3W4tz7f

In 5 minutes, I explain why anti-immigrant policies are the public safety threat, not immigrants.

Jose Serrano has been an integral part of the World Relief team in Southern California for many years & we are already missing him

But Orange County, home to 900K+ immigrants, couldn't have chosen a better inaugural Director for its Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs

“I remember… trying to figure out how in the world we were supposed to help vulnerable people when 85% of our own national staff were internally displaced… The banks didn’t work, the government didn’t work, the phones and the internet didn’t work. But World Relief did.”

A humanitarian disaster is unfolding in #Sudan . The US must engage much more aggressively to save lives. Photo by asicophoto. #KeepEyesOnSudan

'Immigrants, like all human beings, are people “fearfully and wonderfully made” in the image of God, with inherent dignity and value, regardless of their country of origin, ethnicity, religion or any other qualifier.'
Reid Ribble

greenbaypressgazette.com/story/opinion/… @Gbpressgazette

‼️PRESS RELEASE: #Iowa Police Chiefs: New #Immigration Law Threatens Trust Between Community and Law Enforcement - Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force leitf.org/2024/04/press-…

Next Tuesday, April 23, I'll be in Modesto, CA to discuss how the Bible can shape our approach to immigrants & immigration policy

Know someone who should join us for either a pastors' gathering or a 6 PM evening event?

(RSVP needed for pastor event only forms.office.com/Pages/Response…)

“78% of evangelicals, including 71% of those who supported Trump in the 2020 election… support legislation that would pair border security improvements with a restitution-based legalization process & path to citizenship”

Excellent piece in JSOnline - Politics
jsonline.com/story/opinion/…

What’s not said, is that is already against the law in all 50 states to vote in federal elections if you are not a citizen. Most states already require this. But…let’s chase the ghost anyway.

Timely moment to resurface this contentious moment from the 1980 GOP presidential primary debate, when Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush responded to a question on the education of children without immigration legal status youtu.be/YsmgPp_nlok?si…

Thank you to CWS, ICNA Relief, World Relief Texas, Catholic Charities Dallas, Catholic Charities Fort Worth & IRC - International Rescue Committee for your partnership resettling refugees in Dallas/Fort Worth. Partners like you have been essential in welcoming over 50,000 refugees to the United States so far this fiscal year.

82% of evangelicals surveyed by Lifeway Research value hearing sermons on how biblical values can apply to the current U.S. immigration situation.

Matthew Soerens unpacking latest research.

World Relief

research.lifeway.com/2024/02/28/eva…

A message to my fellow evangelicals. greenbaypressgazette.com/story/opinion/…

A year on, the war in Sudan continues to rage.

8.5 million people have fled their homes.

Thousands are still fleeing every day.

Sudan and its neighbouring countries, generously hosting refugees, urgently need international support.

Read more: bit.ly/3vK093w

In Carbondale, IL to watch the #Eclipse2024 .

To borrow my wife’s phrase, it was #totalityworthit to drive 5 hours (& who knows how many to get home)

And I also had thoughts on #thepath , @worldrelief’s giving community, & why I’m so glad to be part of it worldrelief.org/thepath/