Guest Blog by Jenny Yang Registration for the G92 Immigration Conference is now open! “G92: Equipping the Next Generation for Effective Biblical Responses to Immigration” is an unprecedented 3 day forum that will be held on October 20-22, 2011 at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio. The nation’s most influential thinkers on immigration […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Anna Campbell Esther escaped El Salvador after members of a political group threatened to kill her. She was beaten, abused and scared for her life and her children’s safety. If she did not leave the country, she knew that she would be at risk. When Esther arrived to the United […]Continue Reading →
In my experience talking to churches and Christian groups around the U.S., I’ve found that one of the best indicators of how a person will approach the issue of immigration is his or her age. While there are some wonderful exceptions, a lot of older people have had fewer interactions with immigrants and, in […]Continue Reading →
Guest blog by: Crissy Brooks Last night the anger still burned in me as I reflected on the events of the day. In some respects it was a normal day, the normal interruptions of neighbors stopping by and staff popping in with questions. The thing about the day was that each interruption, the answer […]Continue Reading →
Guest blog by: Juan Martinez . In June Senator John McCain (R-AZ) blamed undocumented people who happen to pass through Arizona for starting one of the fires that burned thousands of acres in Arizona and New Mexico and are now threatening to cross the border into Sonora, Mexico. According to McCain if the borders were […]Continue Reading →
This week, I’m in Central America, on an eleven-day tour through Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. And, naturally, that has me thinking about the places from which immigrants come—and why. No matter how you feel about undocumented immigrants or how the U.S. government should respond to those who have migrated unlawfully, I would […]Continue Reading →
Guest blog by: Sharon Huey Try to imagine a congregation like ours, who for the most part are made up of people who are educated, comfortable, financially-secure. We live in well-furnished homes in the safest neighborhoods of San Francisco. We have insurance policies. We take nice vacations. Our kids don’t really grow up wondering […]Continue Reading →
Guest blog by: Daniel Darling When I talk to Christians about immigration, most conservative hardliners root their philosophy in Romans 13, where we find the theological basis for a government’s duty and right to enforce their law. Ironically, I completely agree with this assessment, because in a fallen world (described in great detail in […]Continue Reading →
Most Americans—polls consistently show—recognize that the mass deportation of the approximately 10.8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully is not the best solution to our country’s immigration problems. Mass deportation, any way that you look at it, would be incredibly costly: the Department of Homeland Security estimates the cost at […]Continue Reading →
Guest blog by: Andrew Means Refuge. It’s an interesting word. Defined as 1) a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger or trouble and 2) Something providing such shelter; refuge is something we all long for. We all want safety, security, and peace. Yet many immigrants, documented and not, come to […]Continue Reading →
