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'Welcoming the Stranger' by Matthew Soerens & Jenny Yang & Leith Anderson
World Relief staffers Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang move beyond the rhetoric to offer a Christian response to immigration. With careful historical understanding and thoughtful policy analysis, they debunk myths about immigration, show the limits of the current immigration system, and offer concrete ways for you to welcome and minister to your immigrant neighbors.
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The Kingdom Mosaic: Life Together Series
This is the first iteration of what will become a series of Bible studies focused on justice, racial righteousness, and the mosaic nature of the kingdom of God. The purpose of this series is to ground our pursuit of life together in the word of God as we grow from a denomination with multiethnic ministries into a multiethnic denomination.
READ ECC RESOLUTION
2014 Immigration Resolution
The “2014 Proposed Immigration Resolution” is presented to the church with the intent of fostering dialogue, awareness, and feedback around a complex and often politicized issue.
The Evangelical Covenant Church is one of many evangelical communities across the country who affirms the importance of engaging in this timely dialogue. Instead of reacting to already-polarized debates, the church has the opportunity to speak into and shape this issue as faithful witnesses relying on our biblical foundation and commitment to follow Christ. This resolution invites the Evangelical Covenant Church, a historically immigrant church, to learn about and respond to current immigration issues with compassion and justice so that we may potentially shape the current conversation on immigration for the good of all.
Individuals and churches were invited to submit comments, edits, resources, and thoughts regarding the draft resolution to the Christian Action Commission (CAC) in 2013. This input was being considered by the CAC in preparing the final resolution for the Gather 2014.
The CAC encourages churches to spend some time reflecting on the resolution and learning about the topic addressed. A resource sheet has been provided by the CAC for church, small group, or individual use to help begin exploration of the topic. Thanks for joining the conversation and sharing (below) with the rest of the church your thoughts and resources on this important topic.
2014 Resolution on Immigration – Download now
LMDJ Immersive Experience
A Migrant Journey: Scripture’s Call to Welcome the Stranger Immigration Immersive Discipleship Experience at the southern Tijuana/San Diego U.S. border
Immigrant stories in the Covenant
· Tim Hawkinson, Renew Covenant Church, Carroll, Iowa. Historical and theological perspective of pioneering Swedish immigrants chartering what would become the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Sneha Augusthy tells the immigration story of she and her mother from India and how that story is weaved through several Covenant churches
Phil Anderson (retired North Park Theological Seminary professor) and Danny Martinez (Central Conference Superintendent), LovtheCov podcast episode
·”Grateful for the Journey from Dreamer to Advocate”
Milly Silencio, licensed Covenant clergy
How a church stewarded what it was entrusted with to create a welcoming space for refugees
Suggested books for further education
· Soerens, Matthew, and Jenny Hwang Yang. Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2018
· González, Karen. The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong. Harvey, ND: Herald Press, 2019
· Wu, Cindy. A Better Country: Embracing the Refugees in Our Midst. Littleton, CO: William Carey Library Pub, 2022
· González, Karen. Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration
· Carroll R., Daniel. Christians at the Border: Immigration, The Church & The Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2013
· Hanson Bourke, Dale. Immigration: Tough Questions, Direct Answers. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014
Digital resources for further study
· Sojourners in a Strange Land: Looking to the Bible to inform our conversation about immigration. Reprinted from the Covenant Companion.
· Evangelical Views on Immigration (A study sponsored by the Evangelical Immigration Table and World Relief)
Video resources
Podcast resources
Liturgical congregational resources
“Litany for Dreamers”
Make an impact today
If you or your church is interested in funding the development of Immigration Legal Service Centers through Covenant churches please