This Sunday – September 13, 2015 We Welcome Refugees are inviting all churches and Christian Leaders to take a moment in your services and gatherings to discuss the incredible humanitarian tragedy and faced by largely Syrian Refugees.This is the church's moment in history. “We Welcome Refugees” harnesses the capacity of the church’s diverse social network in order to open doors to the unfathomable number of refugees who are now showing up at our doors. The world is facing the worst refugee crisis since WWII. There are 7.6 million Syrians who are displaced in their own country and 3.8 million who have sough refuge in other countries. There is not relief for this crisis in sight. In fact, the data and situation suggest things will become worse. These families are moving not simply better their lives, but literally save their lives.
There is a place for your church, your people, your community, to have a practical, tangible, real way to welcome in the stranger in Christ’s name, a place hosted by World Relief, The Justice Conference, and Ann Voskamp (with more partners to be added soon). We’ve seen the heart-stopping photographs. And we know that the Love of God, for such a time as now, will not be stopped. And the Church, moved to action, can be God’s answer to untold prayers, to bring grace and justice and redemption in a situation that can seem impossible.
Check out the WeWelcomeRefugees website >> *The material above is adapted from the “We Welcome Refugees” website.
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Introducing “The Justice Conference,” a gathering of intentional Wasted Evangelism in Action8/25/2015 In 2013 I was introduced to The Justice Conference, a gathering of evangelical, socially-minded Christians in Philadelphia around issues of justice. I was overwhelmed as over 3,000 Christians came to be challenged about local and global issues on poverty, oppression, and other issues of justice. Hundreds of organizations, agencies, NGOs, and church-centered ministries set up booths—artists, coffee entrepreneurs, hydroponics, medical practitioners, even some young ladies in middle school raising money to send poor African children to good schools. The Justice Conference vision is “to serve the discovery of ideas, celebrate the beauty of justice, and foster a community of people who live justice together.” Althought the physical conference has found a home in Chicago, the conference is a multisite venue, being hosted in home towns and churches throughout the United States, and as well, also hosted in Hong Kong and Melbourne, Australia). They are one of the largest Biblical and Social Justice Conferences that brings world-class Speakers and artists together, all designed to catalyze emerging works of justice around the globe. The Justice Conference has emerged as one of the premier gatherings for Christian leaders, justice practitioners, students, and learners from all over the world. They seek to leverage the power of community and catalyze the work of justice globally, nationally, locally and personally. What if Christians truly lived out the message of Jesus and transformed their communities through their love and the practice of authentic justice? This idea was put into action by Ken Wytsma (Antioch Church, Bend) and Stephan Bauman (World Relief), who together, founded and facilitated the first The Justice Conference in 2010. Since it’s birth, momentum continues to build and the vision for The Justice Conference continues to reach thousands of people around the world, connecting a generation of men and women around a shared concern for the vulnerable and oppressed. They have created space in the life of the church and in our busy calendars for God’s church to help find practical ways to involve people in issues of justice—both in their day-to-day lives at home and around the world—by providing first rate exhibitors, literature (at the Conference Bookstore), pre-conference sessions and spotlight organizations. The 2016 Justice Conference is scheduled for June 3-4 in Chicago. Consider joining them >> *The content above is adapted from The Justice Conference website. |
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