--- title: "Churches of Welcome:: Greater Houston Welcomes" description: How can church leaders engage the complex realities of immigrants and global diversity in a way that points to the Kingdom? And how do we do ministry in the quickly changing landscape as American cities grow more and more to look like the globe? image: https://discover.worldrelief.org/hubfs/sugarland%20baptist%20-%20banner-1.png --- [Skip to content](https://discover.worldrelief.org/greater-houston-welcomes#main-content) [![sugarland baptist - banner-1](https://discover.worldrelief.org/hs-fs/hubfs/sugarland%20baptist%20-%20banner-1.png?width=800&height=450&name=sugarland%20baptist%20-%20banner-1.png "sugarland baptist - banner-1")](https://www.churchesofwelcome.com/) [![sugarland baptists](https://discover.worldrelief.org/hs-fs/hubfs/sugarland%20baptists.png?width=444&height=100&name=sugarland%20baptists.png "sugarland baptists")](https://www.churchesofwelcome.com/) ## Thursday, March 27, 2025 10:30 am - 1:00 pm [Sugar Land Baptist Church](https://sugarlandbaptist.org/) 16755 Southwest Freeway Sugar Land, TX, 77479 #### Ministries & Organizations Present - [Abba’s House](http://www.abbashousetexas.com) - [Church World Service Houston](https://cwshouston.org/) - [Churches of Welcome, World Relief](https://www.churchesofwelcome.com/) - [Mosaic Formation](http://www.mosaicformation.org) - [Houston Welcomes Refugees](http://www.houstonwelcomesrefugees.com) - [Texas Baptists Intercultural Ministries](https://www.texasbaptists.org/ministries/intercultural-ministries) - [Urban Strategies](https://urbanstrategies.us) #### Resources - [Cindy’s book: A Better Country, a 7-week small group study](https://a.co/d/cvaXEji) - [Community Resource Doc](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vTN5gBSdhLTdYNco_GSr_ErikS7tSOSNtUtAvNpeT-0/edit?usp=sharing) - [Prayer Vigil Toolkit](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kG48wB4_MLL3q51G8q8MbJv-89nURd-V?usp=drive_link) - [Refugee Task Force flyer](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bwMpg8qIYKHMFomO1o1qNUYPDC9tkEqN/view?usp=drive_link) - [RTF Community Support Form](https://forms.gle/e4xMLkYpektApYkw7) #### Events - [April 11 - Diaspora Network vision breakfast](https://www.diaspora-network.com/events/april-church-vision-breakfast) - [April 28 - 15-hr prayer pursuit](https://forms.gle/cAM6D6aMusnjkCFa8) - [Sept 12-13 - Diaspora Network National Conference](https://www.diaspora-network.com/events/2025-diaspora-conference) ### How can church leaders engage the complex realities of vulnerable immigrants in a way that points to the Kingdom and healthy diversity? And how do we do ministry in the quickly changing landscape as American cities grow to look more and more like the globe? Join Greater Houston ministry leaders for this think tank on:  - How to think biblically and critically about the crisis of global mass displacement - How to raise up missional leaders to engage locally in winsome ways - How to lead a locally and globally minded mission - How to activate the global church that's emerging all around us Meet with leaders from World Relief and local Houston organizations to learn how your church can respond to this missional leadership opportunity arriving at our doorstep. ![Daniel Yang - Headshot](https://discover.worldrelief.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Daniel%20Yang%20-%20Headshot.jpg?width=197&height=200&name=Daniel%20Yang%20-%20Headshot.jpg "Daniel Yang - Headshot") ![sandlin-taylor](https://discover.worldrelief.org/hs-fs/hubfs/sandlin-taylor.jpg?width=197&height=200&name=sandlin-taylor.jpg "sandlin-taylor") Daniel Yang Churches of Welcome, National Director Dr. Taylor Sandlin Sugar Land Baptist Church, Senior Pastor #### And many more other practioners and leaders! [Churches of Welcome](http://www.churchesofwelcome.com) 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. Amid this great displacement, God is at work through local churches providing a direct response by meeting tangible and spiritual needs—showing and sharing the love of Jesus.  For more information, contact [mpeace@wr.org](mailto:mpeace@wr.org). --- [![WR\_logo\_4C](https://discover.worldrelief.org/hs-fs/hubfs/WR_logo_4C.png?width=264&height=62&name=WR_logo_4C.png "WR_logo_4C")](https://worldrelief.org/) World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to develop sustainable, locally-driven solutions to some of our world’s greatest problems. Copyright © 2025, World Relief