Blessed Migrants
Blessed Migrants

Author: Samuel Lee

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008-11

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0595504086

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For the millions of people who reside outside their native countries, Blessed Migrants shares God's strategy in reaching the changing world through teaching Abraham's four everlasting promises. Dr. Samuel Lee, founder of Jesus Christ Foundation Churches and an international outreach ministry, answers a personal calling to help migrants understand the important role they play in the kingdom of God and to encourage revivals in their hosting nations. By discussing the history of migrants through Biblical stories, he illustrates how today migrants can becomes an instrument of love and a blessing to others-literally transforming themselves into modern-day Abrahams, Josephs, Jacobs and Ruths. Dr. Lee also focuses on the biblical conditions that must be realized in order for current migrants to be blessed and how a Christian migrant can successfully interact with other cultures and host nations. Several migrant-exporting nations are described including the Philippines, Africa, and Korea. Abraham was a migrant and pioneer of faith who dutifully followed the Lord's command. The blessings he received from God still to this day remain inspiration for migrants who want to make a global impact through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Holy Word for Morning Revival - Migration for God’s Move to Carry Out His Economy
The Holy Word for Morning Revival - Migration for God’s Move to Carry Out His Economy

Author: Witness Lee

Publisher: Living Stream Ministry

Published: 2017-07-10

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 0736388192

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This book is intended as an aid to believers in developing a daily time of morning revival with the Lord in His word. At the same time, it provides an overview of crucial verses and exerpts from the ministry concerning the matter of migration in the Lord’s present move. Through intimate contact with the Lord in His word, the believers can be constituted with life and truth and thereby equipped to prophesy in the meetings of the church unto the building up of the Body of Christ.

Migration Miracle
Migration Miracle

Author: Jacqueline Maria Hagan

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2012-09-10

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0674264177

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Since the arrival of the Puritans, various religious groups, including Quakers, Jews, Catholics, and Protestant sects, have migrated to the United States. The role of religion in motivating their migration and shaping their settlement experiences has been well documented. What has not been recorded is the contemporary story of how migrants from Mexico and Central America rely on religion—their clergy, faith, cultural expressions, and everyday religious practices—to endure the undocumented journey. At a time when anti-immigrant feeling is rising among the American public and when immigration is often cast in economic or deviant terms, Migration Miracle humanizes the controversy by exploring the harsh realities of the migrants’ desperate journeys. Drawing on over 300 interviews with men, women, and children, Jacqueline Hagan focuses on an unexplored dimension of the migration undertaking—the role of religion and faith in surviving the journey. Each year hundreds of thousands of migrants risk their lives to cross the border into the United States, yet until now, few scholars have sought migrants’ own accounts of their experiences.

That They Might Seek Him
That They Might Seek Him

Author: Steven B. Kern

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-05-21

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 172528426X

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While state governments determine the "Who?" "How many?" and "Under what conditions?" of immigration, God has determined the "Why?" He orchestrates the times and locations of the nations "that they might seek Him" (Acts 17:24-27). The sovereign God of the universe has redemptive purpose in the movements of the people. In many instances, the formerly "unreached" are moving "within reach." In God's plan, Christ-followers are instruments of compassion and ambassadors of hope. They are invited to respond. That They Might Seek Him: Introduction to Migration Ministry is written with this responsibility in mind. Targeting both students and practitioners, it informs, inspires, and equips. -Learn what the Bible says about migration . . . then and now. -Respond to factors at play in immigration policy development. -Embrace the challenges of message contextualization and migrant integration. -Identify tools for fruitful engagement. -Develop a strategy for fruitful ministry.

Welcoming the Stranger Among Us
Welcoming the Stranger Among Us

Author: Catholic Church. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Publisher: USCCB Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781574553758

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Designed for both ordained and lay ministers at the diocesan and parish levels, this document challenges us to prepare to receive newcomers with a genuine spirit of welcome.

Migrants and Religion: Paths, Issues, and Lenses
Migrants and Religion: Paths, Issues, and Lenses

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-11-04

Total Pages: 856

ISBN-13: 9004429603

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Despite the worldwide dramatic spread of religious-based discriminations, persecutions, and conflicts, both official data and academic literature have underestimated their role as a root cause of contemporary migrations. This multidisciplinary study aims to overcome this gap. Through an unprecedented collection of theoretical analysis and original empirical evidence, the book provides unique data and insights on the role of religion in the trajectories of asylum seekers and migrants – from the analysis of the religious geography of sending countries to the role of spirituality as a factor of resilience and adaptation. By enhancing both academic and political debate on these issues, the book offers the possibility of regaining awareness of the close link between religious freedom and the quality of democracy. Contributors include: Paolo Gomarasca, Monica Martinelli, Monica Spatti, Andrea Santini, Andrea Plebani, Paolo Maggiolini, Riccardo Redaelli, Alessia Melcangi, Giancarlo Rovati, Annavittoria Sarli, Giulia Mezzetti, Lucia Boccacin, Linda Lombi, Donatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda, Giovanna Rossi, Beatrice Nicolini, Cristina Giuliani, Camillo Regalia, Giovanni Giulio Valtolina, Paola Barachetti, Maddalena Colombo, Rosangela Lodigiani, Mariagrazia Santagati, Fabio Baggio, Vera Lomazzi, Paolo Bonetti, Laura Zanfrini, Mario Antonelli, Luca Bressan, Alessandro Bergamaschi, Catherine Blaya, Núria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero, and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca.

Because Dreams Also Migrate: Psychosocial aspects in the migrant population
Because Dreams Also Migrate: Psychosocial aspects in the migrant population

Author: Angélica González G

Publisher: L.J. Crowe

Published: 2024-04-21

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1685746926

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Amidst life's changes and challenges, the decision to emigrate may arise. For some, it is a moment of joy and hope, as they seek a new horizon that presents fresh opportunities to fulfill their long-held dreams. However, for millions of people worldwide, emigrating presents a challenge. For many, emigration is not a choice made for pleasure, but rather out of necessity. It is a means to protect and even save one's own life. Despite cruel disadvantages and misfortunes, entire families, single children, young people, and adults risk dangerous migration routes. They do so because it is preferable to emigrate than to remain in a place where hunger, poverty, cold, mutilations, and violence are prevalent. One loses more by staying than by setting out on the road to the unknown and uncertain. Finding a dignified life is a fundamental right for everyone. In the pursuit of this goal, some may face obstacles and their journey will serve as a guide for those who follow. A reflection to understand that we are all migrants and that we all deserve a better life.

Migration in West Africa
Migration in West Africa

Author: Joseph Kofi Teye

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-07-04

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 3030973220

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This open access Regional Reader examines the dynamics and impacts of international migration within and from West Africa. The book presents key theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on historical trends, geographical patterns, drivers and socio-economic impacts of both voluntary and involuntary migration in West Africa, a region that is characterised by high level of mixed migration flows. The book is divided into three main parts: changing patterns and governance of migration, managing environmental and forced migration, and diaspora, transnationalism and development. The chapters raise key research questions and outline recommendations for improving migration governance, protecting migrants and harnessing the benefits of migration for socio-economic development for both countries of origin and destination of migrants. As such this Regional Reader provides an interesting read to students, academics, researchers, migration experts, development practitioners and policy makers.

The God Who Sees
The God Who Sees

Author: Karen González

Publisher: MennoMedia, Inc.

Published: 2019-05-21

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1513804146

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Meet people who have fled their homelands. Hagar. Joseph. Ruth. Jesus. Here is a riveting story of seeking safety in another land. Here is a gripping journey of loss, alienation, and belonging. In The God Who Sees, immigration advocate Karen Gonzalez recounts her family’s migration from the instability of Guatemala to making a new life in Los Angeles and the suburbs of south Florida. In the midst of language barriers, cultural misunderstandings, and the tremendous pressure to assimilate, Gonzalez encounters Christ through a campus ministry program and begins to follow him. Here, too, is the sweeping epic of immigrants and refugees in Scripture. Abraham, Hagar, Joseph, Ruth: these intrepid heroes of the faith cross borders and seek refuge. As witnesses to God’s liberating power, they name the God they see at work, and they become grafted onto God’s family tree. Find resources for welcoming immigrants in your community and speaking out about an outdated immigration system. Find the power of Jesus, a refugee Savior who calls us to become citizens in a country not of this world.