Wednesday, May 31, 8-10 a.m.
Who Is My Neighbor?
Pastors & Church Leaders are invited to join Special Guest Matthew Soerens to discuss a Biblical Response to the Refugee Crisis.
It’s both our mission and our privilege at World Relief to empower local churches to share the love of Jesus to refugees and other immigrant neighbors in both word and deed.
As local churches seek to welcome, serve and learn from their new refugee neighbors, though, many encounter challenges that prevent our new neighbors from fully integrating and flourishing in our communities. We invite you to join us for a conversation in exploring how the church can provide love, welcome, and support to our newest neighbors through advocating for their holistic well-being as they struggle with unique vulnerabilities due to their forced displacement.
Join Matthew Soerens as we explore God's heart for refugees and other immigrants and how we can share the love of Jesus to our neighbors in word and deed.
Breakfast provided by World Relief Upstate SC and the Evangelical Immigration Table.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Transformation Church
1212 Transformation Lane
Indian Land, SC 29707
Agenda for Events
Opening Prayer and Welcome
Food and Fellowship
Presentation by Matthew Soerens
Steps of Response
Time for Q&A
Guest Speaker: Matthew Soerens
Matthew Soerens serves as World Relief's Vice President of Advocacy & Policy and as 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.
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).