It’s true I could be wrong about them. I could be fooled. But that’s not the important thing. What matters here is that I know who I am – who I am in relationship with God. I am a person who helps people in trouble.
As refugees flood Germany and other European communities, a surprising number of people raised Muslim are choosing to adopt Christianity and be baptized in their new homes.
Episcopal Migration Ministries says that the Syrian refugee crisis is the largest forced displacement of people in the world today with 9.5 million people displaced, including 3.2 million refugees who have fled to neighboring countries.
People seeking asylum are living under virtual house arrest in Germany, sheltered by churches from deportation to the war-torn nations they’ve fled. The practice of granting asylum in churches to people fleeing persecution is an old custom which German churches have followed since the 1980s.