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Your church is a part of launching a national movement of churches committed to some of the world's most vulnerable arriving in America everyday.

Today we’re witnessing one of the greatest humanitarian crises in world history: Over 110 million people forced to flee their homes, desperately seeking refuge. Many of those include the tens of thousands of refugees resettled by the United States every year, and the historic number of immigrants seeking a new American life. In 2024, America is in a unique cultural moment where churches need to be equipped and resourced in three ways: 

  • To welcome and resettle more displaced people in any city in America, including yours
  • To raise up a generation of missional leaders that is more global than ever
  • To improve the narratives and conversations around immigration at both national and local levels

Churches of Welcome is a national movement of churches, all with different backgrounds and histories, embarking on a discipleship journey and missional opportunity to engage one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time. And we think this is one huge part in healing and rebuilding the church in America for the future.

Hear Daniel Yang and Matt Soerens talk about why America needs churches to help lead the conversation.

Charter Members:

  • Have a mindset of global Christianity 

    "We believe God is ultimately behind Christians from around the world coming to the United States as a part of renewing the American Church.”

  • Have a heart for immigrants

    "We believe immigrants have been a large part of making America vibrant and want to be a part of creating belonging for them in our community and society at large.”

  • Value the voice of diverse leaders

    "We believe in access for immigrant leaders to all spaces, especially so that emerging leaders can make better decisions both for their own communities and broader American society.” 

  • Trust in World Relief

    "We know World Relief as a leader among evangelicals in advocating for the most vulnerable, especially among immigrants and refugees in America.”

Partnership Impact:

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  • Launch a church-based movement that will help change the narrative around immigration through Biblical fidelity and action

  • Reduce the resettlement crisis by helping create the ability to resettle refugees in any city in America

  • Help up to 3 churches from immigrant or vulnerable communities be a part of this movement

  • Create a wide table that that makes room for the next generation of global church leaders in America

Partnership Benefits:

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  1. Total access to The Workshop

  2. Total access to The Church Leaders Hub

  3. Equipping from World Relief to start a Good Neighbor Team

  4. Strategic consultation from World Relief to build your local ministry to immigrants

  5. Have Daniel Yang, Matt Soerens, or another World Relief leader speak at your church or help you convene a city-wide network

Vision Casting Resources:

Please use the following resources to cast vision for your members, leaders, campuses, and churches in your network. You can create digital or in-person events and campaigns, or find creative ways for others to become a church of welcome.
Websites
Collateral Toolkits
Videos or Series 
  • “Let Us Be the Church” by Jon Guerra (Song & Chords) 
Testimonial Videos 
Getting Your Small Groups Started in the Discipleship Journey 

LEARNING 

Your small groups can begin discovering right away the biblical theology for how the church can love immigrants and refugees in Jesus’ name through the Welcome the Stranger course. 

 

DOING 


Matt Peace - CircleSetup a consultation with Matt Peace to have a simulation sent to you, and to discern how your church can begin engaging. You can begin mobilizing your small groups to action through setting up a refugee simulator table at your church. Sample some stories below that will move your church to be the hands of feet of Jesus: 

 

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SERVING 

Scott Reitz - 2Setup a consultation with Scott Reitz to learn more about Good Neighbor Teams. Your church or small groups can begin the process of sponsoring a refugee into you community through a Good Neighbor Team and experience mutual transformation in the name of Jesus.

 

Interested in having our team come speak at your church or co-hosting an event? Or is there another resource you need?

Let us know!

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