Since September 11, raids have increasingly become a part of immigration enforcement policy. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) set up operations throughout the US in order to check the immigration status of those employed or living in our communities. Agents round up workers and conduct interviews demanding to see paperwork and documentation. Many times workers are interviewed based on their appearance and some of those arrested are legal residents or citizens. Such broad and massive stings sweep up many people including those who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In fact, between 2006 and 2007 …
Human trafficking is a modern day slavery of global proportions. Trafficking is not something that happens only in economically depressed countries but across the globe there is an underground network that brings humans to those who demand labor, services, and sex. In fact, The International Labor Organization, a UN Agency, estimates that there are at least 12.3 million children, women, and men in forced or bonded labor and commercial sex servitude at any given time. Even here in the United States, it is estimated that every year approximately 17,000 people are trafficked into the country and an unknown but significant …
This 8 ½ x 11” page is printed on both sides, providing all basic information about the Self-Development of People program. It includes Self-Development’s Mandate, Mission Statement, Criteria for Funding, and information about who should apply for a Self-Development grant. It also tells how to apply for a grant.
This 8 ½ x 11” page is printed on both sides, providing all basic information about the Self-Development of People program. It includes Self-Development’s Mandate, Mission Statement, Criteria for Funding, and information about who should apply for a Self-Development grant. It also tells how to apply for a grant.
Office of Multicultural Congregational Support list of suggested resources, prepared as part of our office’s mission to identify and provide resources meaningful to the growing diversity in the church
From the Thoughtful Christian
Is it possible to worship with people of such different backgrounds and experiences?
The current buzzword in many Christian churches today is “multicultural worship.” Is this just another church-growth fad? Is it simply a dream of some leaders who want to incorporate music and liturgical toys that remind us of Christians in other countries? Just what is multicultural worship and how does it work? Actually, multicultural worship appears to be the way God desires us to worship throughout the Bible. God seems to push us to not only tolerate others but to accept them and be …
From the Thoughtful Christian
Is it possible to worship with people of such different backgrounds and experiences?
The current buzzword in many Christian churches today is “multicultural worship.” Is this just another church-growth fad? Is it simply a dream of some leaders who want to incorporate music and liturgical toys that remind us of Christians in other countries? Just what is multicultural worship and how does it work? Actually, multicultural worship appears to be the way God desires us to worship throughout the Bible. God seems to push us to not only tolerate others but to accept them and be …
There is an exciting movement happening across the world. God’s Spirit is stirring God’s people to do new things. In places that seem desolate and forgotten, God is doing a new thing. From Hawaii to Maine, God is stirring the church to reach new people, change lives, and transform communities. Our Reformed heritage demands that we pay attention to this movement.
For an overview of immigration issues, download this informational PowerPoint slideshow (updated February 2010).
Detention Watch Network is pleased to offer this new resource for establishing immigration detention visitor programs -- a compilation of many members’ considerable expertise.
DWN members assist immigrants detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) in many ways. Some are lawyers, social workers, or chaplains working directly with people in detention. Others are community organizers and advocates, working to change the policies and practices that violate the human rights of asylum seekers and other immigrants who come to this country seeking protection and life and that tear apart families and communities. Others are individuals and their families …