Immigration information resource now available for district leaders

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Lenexa, Kansas

To meet the growing challenge of undocumented Christians among the ranks of Nazarenes in the U.S. and Canada, the USA/Canada Mission/Evangelism department has entered a partnership with World Relief to provide legal counsel to district superintendents and ethnic ministry coordinators.

Effective October 1, 2008, district leaders will have access to a toll-free number and an E-mail address directly linked to a World Relief legal team that would respond to the options available to them so that liabilities could be mitigated.

These are crucial issues for the church.

"We have to work in a very complex environment in order to do Kingdom work," said General Superintendent Jesse C. Middendorf about this initiative. "I am grateful that you are helping us."

World Relief works with local evangelical churches to bring relief to suffering people in the name of Christ. Together, World Relief and partner churches are saving lives and restoring hope through ministries that address poverty, disease, hunger, persecution, and the effects of war and disasters. They meet suffering people's physical, emotional, and spiritual needs - showing them the Church cares because Jesus loves them.
World Relief believes showing suffering people that Christians care and the Church wants to make a lasting impact on their lives are powerful expressions of their faith and love for God.

"It is our prayer that this resource would readily help our leaders as they deal with the complexities of the immigration challenge," stated USA/Canada Mission Strategy Director Oliver Phillips.
--UCME

 

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