Immigration

DALLAS (BP) – Leaders of 13 Southern Baptist ethnic groups have approved a joint statement on immigration seeking religious liberty protections, compassion without demonization and enforcement options including fines or other penalties in lieu of deportation.

BALTIMORE, Md. (BP) – Carlos Sanchez, a law-abiding Venezuelan Christian who came to the U.S. on a student visa and later gained temporary protected status (TPS), believed the 2024 presidential elections were overdramatized.

MIAMI (BP) – They are pastors, deacons, and other clergy, actively working among the 500 Haitian churches in the Southern Baptist Convention – at least for another four weeks. They are active ministers and members of the 3,500 Hispanic congregations -- Nicaraguans, Venezuelans and Cubans – that have united with the SBC.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (RNS) — Back in December, a group of migrants, released just hours before from detention centers or Customs and Border Protection processing, sat ready to participate in Wednesday night worship in the sanctuary of Iglesia Bautista West Brownsville, a Southern Baptist congregation near the U.S.-Mexico border.

MIAMI (BP) – Pastor Keny Felix describes a whirlwind.

SEATTLE (BP) – A federal judge in Seattle issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend refugee admissions, saying the president likely exceeded his authority.

My father-in-law prays for everyone who comes to his house. Missionaries are like that.

I had an interesting experience a few days ago while eating at a Mexican restaurant with a KBC pastor in one of our Kentucky counties.  

NASHVILLE (BP) — Southern Baptists wishing to provide direct input on issues addressed by the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission may do so over the next six months through a survey released by the entity.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Many U.S. evangelicals may view early immigration and refugee maneuvers by President Donald Trump’s administration as a mixed bag.