Intro to Supporting Asylum Seekers: A Toolkit for Congregations

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Video, Episcopal Migration Ministries, NY

Description

This video provides an overview of Supporting Asylum Seekers: A Toolkit for Congregations. Episcopal Migration Ministries believes that welcoming asylees is an important part of their expression of the Christian faith. This video can provide your congregation with an overview of the toolkit which can help you decide whether or not the toolkit may be useful to your congregation and can provide an overview of a method for supporting asylum seekers.

Features

An overview of the toolkit based on the table of contents
How to develop teams for this ministry
Definitions and understandings of asylum
Downloadable toolkit
Webinar

Recommended Audience

Congregations interested in developing minsitry with and for asylum seekers resettled in the United States

Cost

Free

Practical Applications

Distribute to leadership to view and then gather to discuss.
Host a viewing session to watch together and discuss how your congregation can get involved.

Updated: November 15, 2024

About the Contributor

Matt Burke

Senior Director of Resource Consulting and Grants

Matt Burke is the senior director of resource consulting and grants for the Center for Congregations. Prior to this role, he also served as the director of the northeast Center for Congregations in Fort Wayne and the Center’s Education Director statewide. Matt has a background in classroom, digital and experiential education and most recently served as the associate director of Learning Science at Kaplan Test Prep. He is passionate about using education to develop deeper faith in congregational participants.

Matt earned a B.A. in Religion from Mount Vernon Nazarene University and a Masters of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Kelly, and his two sons, Silas and Levi. Matt also loves storytelling in films, books and music and finding the intersections of faith and popular culture.

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