Refugees: What You Don't Hear on the News

A true game master, Jeff shares how his love of games became a unique bridge to befriend newly arrived refugees in Berlin. He paints a picture of how a city and the church can readily welcome displaced families into their community through surprising avenues.

Show Notes:

FROM THE NEWS:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57087818

In their newly released book, Refuge Reimagined, the Glanville brothers call for biblical rethinking of the refugee crisis in the paradigm-shifting terms of kinship and family, beautifully blending ancient Old Testament wisdom with modern international affairs. Listen to these engaging scholars as they encourage the church to look back at its history in order to move forward!

Show Notes:

ON THE NEWS: https://www.bushcenter.org/exhibits-and-events/exhibits/2021/out-of-many-one.html

Kinbrace: https://kinbrace.ca/

Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics: https://www.amazon.com/Refuge-Reimagined-Biblical-Kinship-Politics/dp/0830853812

Inverse Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inverse-podcast/id1358332600

On Script: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/onscript/id1073724153

Awake at Night by UNHCR: https://www.unhcr.org/awakeatnight/

English L’Abri: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/english-labri/id1244171705

Learning Farsi brought Alli all the way to Turkey where she met some dedicated followers of Jesus in an Iranian house church- including her husband! Alli shares not only fascinating geopolitical and gospel content on the plight of Iranian refugees, but she shares how their warm and hospitable culture has much to teach us.

From the News:

https://reporting.unhcr.org/yemen

Weekly Missions Roundtable: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MTWWestCoastOffice

Recommended Resources: 

Jumping Through Fires by David Nasser: https://www.amazon.com/Jumping-through-Fires-Revolution-Redemption/dp/080107259X

Fourth and Ten Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forth-and-ten/id1208550311

Matthew Soerens is an author, a father, and the US Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief, where he helps evangelical churches to understand the realities of refugees and immigration and to respond in ways guided by biblical values. Matthew previously served as a Department of Justice-accredited legal counselor at World Relief’s local office in Wheaton, Illinois, and before that, with World Relief’s partner organization in Managua, Nicaragua. He challenges the church to reorient its views on refugees and immigration through a scripture-based and facts-based perspective.

On the News: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-europe/the-parisians-housing-refugees-during-the-pandemic

“I was a Stranger” Scripture and prayer guide http://www.evangelicalimmigrationtable.com/iwasastranger pdf

Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis http://www.seekingrefugebook.com

Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate https://worldrelief.org/welcoming-the-stranger/

PODCAST: Beyond Soundbites: https://beyondsoundbitespodcast.org/

PODCAST: Quick to Listen: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/podcasts/quick-to-listen/

Guy, formerly a refugee from Burundi, explains how the church practically welcomed him as a brother into their lives upon arrival in America. Chris, a pastor at One Voice Fellowship, tells how meeting Guy kick-started a journey of a congregation that now has 8 different languages on a given Sunday. Their intertwined stories show the compelling force of the global church.

Show Notes: 

From the News: https://www.dailysabah.com/world/asia-pacific/major-fire-breaks-out-at-rohingya-refugee-camp-in-bangladesh

Tangible: Making God Known Through Deeds of Mercy and Words of Truth 

https://www.amazon.com/Tangible-Making-Known-Through-Deeds/dp/1612914411

Misreading Scripture through Individualistic Eyes https://www.amazon.com/Misreading-Scripture-Individualist-Eyes-Patronage-ebook/dp/B085FQG1D3

Over one million refugees have entered Greece since 2015. Join our conversation with Phaedra Tolias to hear how a new church faced this unexpected wave of those fleeing violence with a warm embrace. Learn about exciting entrepreneurial initiatives including an expanding composting project! Maybe you can implement some of these innovative ideas in your own city!

QUOTE: “The tears of God are the meaning of history.”  Nicholas Wolterstorff

ON THE NEWS:  https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1078852dd

GLYFFADA CHURCH: Facebook, Instagram

RECOMMENDED PODCAST - RISEN MOTHERHOOD

Kaitlyn is Co-founder and executive director of FOR THE NATIONS, a multi-faceted ministry in Dallas. She provides helpful statistics and information that clears up misunderstandings surrounding the US refugee resettlement process. Come hear stories of how lives (including hers) have been changed through friendships with refugee families who are new US citizens!

IN THE NEWS: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/4/bangladesh-ships-rohingya-refugees-to-island-despite-protests

FOR THE NATIONS, DALLAS. Ftnro.org

https://www.facebook.com/ftnro/

Book: The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby

Jason delves into the fascinating history, culture, and personality of the Rohingya, a Muslim people group who fled from genocide and persecution in Myanmar. Jason will share the triumphs and heartaches of working with and learning the unwritten language of those who are often called “the most persecuted people on earth.”

ON THE NEWS: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/4/bangladesh-ships-rohingya-refugees-to-island-despite-protests

RECOMMENDED PODCAST:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/podcasts/the-daily/rohingya-muslims-myanmar.html

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/audio/2017/dec/07/rohingya-crisis-myanmar-bangladesh-podcast-lucy-lamble

Thanks for listening!

Elinor adores all things French. Her two loves, coffee and refugee friends, wonderfully collide in a local cafe that also provides job training for refugees to become baristas. Elinor eloquently shares both helpful information and stories showing God’s heart (and hers!) for refugees facing a global crisis. She is a joy..and this is one inspiring podcast. 

PODCAST RECOMMENDATION: News in Slow French.  

AUDIOBOOK: THE MITFORD SERIES by Jan Karon

IN THE NEWS:  www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55055914

Joy and Philip Kirkland’s love for the people of Athens is so evident in their leadership of an multicultural church (with eight languages!) as well as the care and counsel of unaccompanied minor refugee boys through FAROS. It is so evident how God loves in and through them.       

ON THE NEWS: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54082201

https://faros.org/

www.threadsofhopehellas

greekinterculturalchurch on Facebook

https://linktr.ee/interculturalchurch

Church members singing doxology in 6 languages: https://youtu.be/aQFGHWasjTQ

RECOMMENDED PODCAST:  Philip – PRAISE HANDS by cross cultural Christianity, Joy - Unlocking Us by Brene Brown