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GR youth finding a home in this collaborative center for change
wzzm13.com
The Bethel Christian Services partner deals with employing, housing, and even furnishing some housing for Grand Rapids youth.
Read MoreAs a Black son adopted by white parents, I relate to Amy Coney Barrett’s mixed family | Opinion
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Ibram X. Kendi and others have criticized SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett for adopting Black children — but as a Black person raised by white adoptive parents, I see another side.
Read MoreOct. 1 deadline approaches for Trump administration to issue refugee ceiling
FOX 8 News
The Oct. 1 deadline for President Donald Trump to set an allowable number of refugees to resettle in the United States in fiscal 2021 is quickly approaching, and the administration still hasn&#8217…
Read MoreAt midnight tonight, America’s doors will close to refugees. Here’s why that’s not a good thing
The Christian Post
With no indication that any deliberation will be signed by midnight tonight, the legacy of refugee resettlement in America comes to a screeching – and disconcerting – halt.
Read MoreU.S. Refugee Backlog Swells, Leaving Families Waiting to Reunite
Wall Street Journal
Each year President Trump has been in office, he has set the annual cap on the number of refugees the U.S. would accept at a record low. The cap for this year was 18,000 refugees, but the number was further reduced by a temporary moratorium due to the coronavirus pandemic and by other limits the administration imposed.
Read MoreI Was A Stranger
Evangelical Immigration Table
September 29, 2020 By: Laura McCarter As a college student, I began learning about the unrest in Syria that sparked an escalating refugee crisis. I’d previously traveled to Lesotho, Africa, and long had a heart for the people of Sub-Saharan Africa. But the growing violence and humanitarian crisis in Syria caught my heart in a […]
Read MoreA Silver Lining During the Pandemic: More People Are Becoming Foster Parents
NBC10 Philadelphia
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, NBC10’s Rosemary Connors says some non-profits in our area are seeing nearly a third more applicants who want to...
Read MoreSpread warmth this season: donate winter coats at any Kellogg Community Credit Union branch
WOODTV.com
BATTLE CREEK, Mih. (WOTV)-Kellogg Community Credit Union (KCCU) has begun its annual coat drive to help the members of the communities in which they serve stay warm this winter. The coat driv…
Read MorePrayer Partner: Pray for Unaccompanied Children
Evangelical Immigration Table
Around 34 million children are forcibly displaced from their homes. They have escaped violence, trafficking, and starvation – horrors that no child should ever experience. Each of these 34 million children are made in the image of God, each of them matter deeply to him, and each of them should matter to us. The Psalmist […]
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