Category: Refuge
Persecuted Christians Resettled in US Drop Dramatically Under Trump
The United States is on track to welcome the fewest refugees since its resettlement policy was formalized in 1980, by a substantial margin. Capped at 18,000 people for 2020—the lowest ceiling on record—the US has...
US Continues to Condemn China’s ‘War on Faith’
The US State Department is taking new steps to call out China as one of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom. Last week, both Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom...
Objection to Refugees 1: They’re Violent. Just Look at Europe.
The Western public has indeed been infiltrated. Not by terrorists, but by the mass marketing of the fear of terror. The feeling—the apparent knowledge—that refugees are violent has been broadcast by ratings-focused media and sensationalist...
Responding to Concerns and Objections About Refugees
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. – Psalm 111:10 At this point, I have laid out (hopefully) a means of thinking about refugeeism...
The Contribution of Christians in the Middle East–and the Call to Keep Them There
North American Christians can be confident and excited about the contribution of refugees to our communities. We also need to appreciate the sometimes greater and more vital contribution of refugees when we assist them to...
The Blessing of Refugees: Cultural Contributions of Refugees
Beyond the net positive economic impact of uprooted peoples resettled in our countries, refugees can bless our communities culturally. When God’s people were in exile in a foreign land, swept off to Babylon in captivity,...
The Blessing of Refugees: Economic Contributions of Refugees
Out of Egypt I called my son. – Hosea 11:1 It was out of refugeeism that God returned the Messiah to Israel. It was out of foreignness that the Savior of the world came. Not...
Seeking Salvation–Without Soul Vulturing
As much as refugees need fame; as much as they need freedom from political, economic, and social oppression; as much as they need food, water, and shelter; we know—as Christians and as Christian humanitarians—that at...
Making Refugees Famous: Raising Awareness
As the Church adopts a new, strong, righteous presence in this age of the uprooted, increasingly stepping into positions and platforms that equip it to hear, understand, serve, and be served by refugees, it needs...
10 Presences the Church Can Practice for Refugees
Presence 1: Live a Public, Political Faith The Church can live out a public religion, as it was always meant to. Christianity was never intended to be a privatized faith, as though it has no...