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Millions are impacted by the displacement crisis in DR Congo. Learn what’s happening and how you can help.
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How can we empower the vulnerable in a holistic way?
In every passing moment, children are orphaned by disease, women are widowed by violence, families are devastated by natural disasters…
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Jenny Yang, World Relief VP of Policy & Advocacy on Refugee Resettlement
So how does this refugee thing work, exactly? In light of the worst refugee crisis since WWII, Canon & Culture welcomes…
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Who is a refugee and what do they go through to get to the U.S.?
A refugee is someone who has fled one’s home country and cannot return because well-founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.
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Acceptance. Friendship. Hope: Good Neighbor Teams go beyond supplying material needs to refugees
Churches and small groups around the country are mobilizing into Good Neighbor Teams to serve newly arriving refugee families for a period of six to 12 months—supplying material needs like food, clothing, and transportation, and tangible services like school registration, community orientation, job preparation and English tutoring.
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Webinar on The Church and the Refugee | Refugee Crisis
Learn from Gabe Lyons (Q Ideas) as he speaks with Rich Stearns (World Vision U.S., CEO), and Stephan Bauman (World…
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The hallmark of our country is to welcome the persecuted
Jenny Yang, Vice President of Advocacy and Policy at World Relief, joined Suzanne Meridien of Syrian American Council on Hashtag VOA (Voice of America) earlier today to bring clarity on how the Paris Attacks have created an uncertain future for Syrian Refugees in the United States and what we, as Americans and Christians, can do to welcome refugees.“One of the hallmarks of our country is actually to welcome the persecuted.” – Jenny Yang
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