Southern Baptist resolutions on refugees, immigration not new
NASHVILLE (BP) – Resolutions approved at the Southern Baptist annual meeting are intended to address issues of the day, providing a historical record for the collective stance of the members of the largest Protestant denomination in the country.
Immigration a subject requiring diligence, accountability, say resolution authors
NASHVILLE (BP) – Billings, Mont., is not what you would consider to be the front lines of the national debate over immigration. But that doesn’t mean the topic isn’t important to all Southern Baptists.
Immigration resolution encourages secure borders, care for migrants
NEW ORLEANS (BP) — Amid a contentious U.S. immigration crisis, messengers to the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting resolved to biblically care for immigrants while urging just and compassionate governmental treatment. Not many immigrants make it to Lifeway Church in Billings, Mont., where Stacy Gaylord is senior pastor, but the 2023 Resolutions Committee member […]
Revised immigration bill has bipartisan support
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity expressed hope new bipartisan legislation will translate into a focused endeavor to reform at last the United States’ immigration system.
ERLC urges Congress to address border crisis
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity has urged Congress to find a solution for the “ongoing humanitarian emergency” at the United States’ southern border.
Baptist groups join others in bracing for end of immigration policy
TIJUANA, Mexico (BP) — The upcoming expiration of a COVID-era immigration policy has communities and groups such as ministry centers bracing for a surge in migrants.
Refugee resettlement up in U.S., still below government limit
WASHINGTON (BP) – Refugee resettlement in the U.S., a cause promoted by Southern Baptists and other evangelicals, doubled in March from the previous month, the Department of State said in its monthly report.
Immigration bill infringes upon churches’ outreach ministries, pastors say
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP) – An immigration bill advancing through the Florida legislature would infringe upon religious freedom of churches to minister to immigrants there, pastors and other evangelical leaders say.
FIRST-PERSON: Evangelicals believe dreamers deserve dignity and concern
President Biden’s visit to the border this week highlights our nation’s broken and outdated immigration system. As the New York Times reported, in the 12 months leading up to October 2022, the Border Patrol encountered 1.7 million migrants trying to cross illegally, the highest number since 1960. Its reform should be a priority on both sides of the aisle. We need authentic leadership, the kind that seeks solutions over soundbites, which has been vanishingly rare in our nation’s capital these days.
Congress again appears to fail to provide solution for Dreamers
WASHINGTON (BP) -- Congress apparently will once again adjourn without adopting a long-term solution for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.
