Tell politicians: Refugees need help, not hate.
As people of faith, we have a moral responsibility to welcome the sojourner and love our neighbor.
Click here to sign the petition.
Destitute and on the run, a man and his pregnant wife were running for their lives.
Their baby was due soon, and as they looked for a place to prepare, fearful people turned them away.
Without any medical care, the baby was born in a barn. Days after the birth, the new family had to get back on the road to escape violence and persecution.
This child could have come from Syria. But the young child in this story is known as Jesus, who, in the Christian tradition, brought a radical message of peace and welcome to a world in desperate need of healing.
Since the violence in Paris, Beirut, Egypt and across the world, more than half of U.S. Governors are saying they want to refuse entry to Syrian refugees, and both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are proposing legislation that would stop the resettlement of Syrian refugees and slash refugee resettlement programs as a whole.
As people of faith, we have an urgent moral responsibility to let politicians know that we believe in - and will fight for - an America that welcomes the sojourner and loves our neighbors.
Click here to sign the petition.
We live in a world with the highest number of displaced people since World War II.
This includes nearly 8 million internally displaced Syrians, 250,000 people killed within Syria, and 4 million Syrian refugees fleeing exactly the kind of terror which unfolded on the streets of Paris, Beirut and Baghdad.
We're proud to be part of a coalition of humanitarian organizations across the faith spectrum speaking out strongly on behalf of Syrian refugees - and I hope you'll join us.
Sincerely,
Jen Smyers
Church World Service
Auburn Theological Seminary
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1800
New York, New York 10115, United States
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