We need you to be the fuel for a national movement of churches engaging this missional opportunity

Raise $150,000 by June 30th to mobilize 100 churches

Right now, there's a growing number of churches eager to show and share the love of Jesus with refugees and vulnerable immigrants in their community. Help multiply their impact.

June 20th is World Refugee Day. $150,000 will help hundreds more churches by this Fall in cities across the United States receive access to expert training and support for them to create welcome and belonging for their immigrant neighbors.

The Churches of Welcome team has been hard at work, equipping churches both missionally and practically to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Dozens of churches are already escaping the paralysis of cultural polarization and are on a robust discipleship journey to faithfully engage the refugee & immigration crisis.

Your partnership will help see that cities like Atlanta, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, the Bay Area, Nashville, Des Moines and including your own, has a growing network of churches that:

Learn to welcome biblically and share Jesus faithfully
Raise up missional leaders that are globally minded
Multiply small groups that come alongside vulnerable immigrants
Start practical ministries such as ESL, youth mentoring, and citizenship tutoring

This is the time to lean into our calling to be the church — to help those experiencing extreme vulnerability.

But we cannot do this without you. Will you help by giving today?

When 358 churches give:

$20,000

$10,000

$5,000

At least 50 more churches can be equipped in more cities, so that the local narratives of Christians loving their neighbor can overcome the stories of division and fear. Help churches start life-changing ministry such as ESL, youth mentoring, and citizenship tutoring.

More churches will be trained and supported to sponsor Afghans with Special Immigrant Visas, or to walk alongside newly arrived refugees in Jesus’ name as they restart their lives. Be a part of the Body of Christ that transforms the life of a vulnerable immigrant family.

More churches led by immigrant pastors or former refugees will have support and coaching from our team of experts to help them navigate the fear and complexity many are facing in their community. Create belonging that will impact a new generation of the church that’s arrived from around the world.

We're praying that by June 30th, at least 20 churches will give either by,

church or missions budget
special offering
or inviting members to give directly

Download Our World Relief Day Toolkit

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Animaesh Manglik

Crossroads Church

The Welcoming the Stranger curriculum provided my small group with a framework to approach the conversation on immigration through the lens of Christ. It didn’t just challenge our perspectives—it gave us the language to wrestle with tough questions, the tools to take tangible action, and the heart posture to truly love our neighbors as Jesus would. It reshaped how I see immigrants, not as a political issue, but as people made in God’s image, deserving of dignity, compassion, and community.

Melody Joy Peace Slaton

Sugarland Baptist Church, TX

As a mission pastor, I've never had a team more excited about engaging in ministry as they are with our Good Neighbor Team. The enthusiasm has been contagious, and now other church members beyond the team have been volunteering with the team and with refugee focused ministries in the area!

Rev. Cricket Denton

Haddonfield United Methodist Church

This year, our church had the incredible privilege of partnering with Churches of Welcome to help resettle a refugee family from Colombia. The most beautiful part has been watching their three children build friendships with the kids in our church—playing together, learning together, and showing us all what true hospitality looks like. Through Churches of Welcome...we are building a family of faith that knows no borders.

Kelvin Walker

Metro District of the Christian & Missionary Alliance

Churches of Welcome give us the opportunity to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with an often overlooked group of people that are clearly close to the heart of the Father - refugees. I am thankful for the work of World Relief and look forward to partnering with them in this important work.

Rosilio Román

Christian & Missionary Alliance

The Churches of Welcome initiative gives our U.S. Alliance family a wonderful opportunity to show God's love to families often overlooked and underserved. I encourage everyone to partner with World Relief in this ministry to serve and reach as many as possible.