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Who Is My Neighbor?
Exploring God's heart for immigrants and refugees.
Thursday, March 16, 2023
With special guest Matthew Soerens
It’s both our mission and our privilege at World Relief to help empower churches throughout the Tri-Cities to love and serve our foreign-born neighbors in tangible ways.
Join author Matthew Soerens for this morning event with invited Tri-Cities-area ministry leaders as we explore God's heart for immigrants and refugees.
Together we can become a community of welcome.
Thursday, March 16, 8:30-12 noon
Leo Center
3525 East A Street, Pasco, WA 99301
With Guest Speaker, Matthew Soerens
Author and World Relief's Vice President of Advocacy and Policy
Until most recently, Matthew Soerens served as the U.S. Director of Church Mobilization and Advocacy for World Relief and the National Coordinator for the Evangelical Immigration Table, a coalition that World Relief leads along with partners like the National Association of Evangelicals, the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and various other national Christian organizations. Matthew will explore how Christians can engage in policy discussions in non-partisan ways guided by our Christian faith, highlighting several bipartisan proposals likely to be considered by the U.S. Congress in the coming weeks and months.
He is the co-author of Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate (InterVarsity Press, 2018), Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis (Moody Publishers, 2016) and the recent Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church (InterVarsity Press, 2022).
Get a glimpse of Matt speaking with other church leaders here.
Event Agenda
- 8:30-9:00 - Meet & Greet - Coffee provided by World Relief
- 9:00-9:30 - Introductions and Opening Comments from World Relief staff and clients
- 9:30-10:15 - Special Guest Matthew Soerens
- 10:15-11:00 - New Neighbor Stories and an invitation to participate in the work with us as the church
- 11:00-noon - Traditional Afghan Meal provided by World Relief and Partners
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This event is by invitation only due to limited seating capacity.
Questions? Or are there other pastors you would like to include? Please contact TriCitiesOffice@wr.org for them to be added to the waiting list.