“God so loved the world, that he gave, even to the point of risking his own son. And in the name of those refugees, in the name of that Jesus, help all refugees, all people who suffer, anyone who’s alone, everyone who is in need. That’s what love does. Love came down at Christmas, because God so loved the world, that he gave.”
The retreat from refugee resettlement flies in the face of our nation’s history of being a place of refuge to persecuted persons. The Episcopal Church, through the ministry of Episcopal Migration Ministries, is committed to welcome for all.
Forty people showed up, and formed the kernel of a community group that eventually sponsored a Syrian refugee family for settlement in Connecticut.
Episcopal Relief & Development serves tens of thousands of displaced people in Rome through the ongoing relief efforts of its partner, the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC)
Episcopal Migration Ministries has responded to the news with a strong resolve and advice on how to continue to support refugees.
Justin Welby met Iraqi Christian refugees in Amman, Jordan, today. He also visited Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp, and met with King Abdullah II.
Australia has it’s own situation with boat people. Australia’s Royal Navy intercepts boats full off would-be immigrants and refugees to Australia off that nation’s coasts and detains them in refugee centers. However, Australia has farmed these centers to other island nations in the vicinity of Australia. There are detention centers on Christmas Island, Manus Island and Nauru.
50% reduction in allowed refugees means cuts at Episcopal Migration Ministries and other resettlement agencies.
An interfaith gathering of residents and religious congregations blessed the opening of Congolese refugee Ndoole Mamboleo’s new tailoring business in Kalamazoo, MI, on Sunday afternoon. MLive.com
The Washington Post is reporting on how the fallout from Trump’s executive order is affecting church-run refugee resettlement programs. World Relief, an evangelical-run organization that