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A Half Welcome Report
This report from Citizens for Public Justice highlights four main areas of concern: long wait times, long wait times for non-Syrian applications, allocations limits, and travel loans.
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September 18, 2018
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Myth-Busting Fact Sheet About Refugees & Immigrants in Canada
Welcoming refugee claimants at Canada’s borders is a faithful response to our Christian calling to love our neighbours from all around the world. Cut through the political spin and learn the facts about refugees and immigrants in Canada.
August 21, 2018
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Chaplain Prayers: Refugees
Prayers for the broken, wounded, and suffering. This is a prayer for chaplains and spiritual companions to share as they walk alongside refugees.
May 10, 2018
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World Refugee Day Toolkit 2019
For decades, Christian Reformed members in Canada and the United States have been faithful in welcoming refugees. Download your copy of the World Refugee Day toolkit today. How will your church celebrate and remember refugees this June (and beyond)?
March 8, 2018
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FAQs about Refugees and Refugee Resettlement
The CRC Office of Social Justice has created and gathered resources that answer Frequently Asked Questions about refugees and refugee resettlement.
February 9, 2018
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Mary Jo Leddy: The Call of Refugees
Mary Jo Leddy is the founder of Romero House, a refugee welcome house in Toronto. She writes powerfully about the call of Christ that she hears—and that we too can hear—when she comes face-to-face with a refugee in need.
February 8, 2018
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Welcoming Refugees Photo Series
For over a half of a century the Christian Reformed Church has worked with and ministered among refugees. Read stories of CRC congregations and members welcoming, helping to resettle, and being blessed by refugees.
February 5, 2018
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How the United States Immigration System Works
If we’re going to think faithfully about immigration and immigrants, it’s important that we share an understanding of how immigration works today. This fact sheet provides basic information about how the U.S. legal immigration system is designed.
February 5, 2018
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Immigration Book: Welcoming the Stranger
In their book, Welcoming the Stranger, Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang Yang move beyond rhetoric to offer a Christian response to immigration.
November 9, 2017
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Advent Activities for the Refugee Crisis
Advent is a celebration of the light of Jesus entering the world, and is especially important during this refugee crisis. Here are activities that individuals and churches can do to embody that light to refugees during the Advent Season.
July 3, 2017
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Remembering, Reaffirming and Reinvigorating Our Response to Refugees
An estimated 20 million people are living on the brink of starvation in South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, and Nigeria. At the same time, violence and civil wars across the globe have led to the largest numbers of refugees in recent history. Now is the time for us to act.
May 15, 2017
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Explore How Your Church Can Get Involved on Immigration
Are you interested in helping your congregation learn more about immigration? There are four important ways a church can engage deeply in immigration work: learning and sharing the myths and facts, reflecting a care for immigrants during worship, having meaningful connections with immigrant communities and organizations, and effectively advocating for more just policies.