As church groups look to help refugees and asylees, ministry that received direct encouragement from last summer’s General Assembly, one Louisville congregation continues to stand out as a possible model and inspiration.
In the spring Rich Copley introduced news service readers to the Amiri family: a mother, father and four children from Afghanistan who moved to Louisville with help from Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) and Second Presbyterian Church.
“What do you think?” Rob Fohr, director of Faith-Based Investing and Corporate Engagement for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), asked after surveying the multi-room warehouse packed with household supplies. “I think there’s a lot to do,” replied Carl Horton, coordinator of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.