SB 145 Debate Not in Accordance with Matthew 25
Article by: Jennie Belle, Immigration and Farmworkers Director Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee of the North Carolina General Assembly discussed SB 145, an anti-immigrant bill that would...
View ArticleVideo of Webinar: Loving Our Neighbors in a New Administration (con subtítulos)
Article by: Jennie Belle, Immigration and Farmworkers Director Did you miss our webinar, ““Loving Our Neighbors in a New Administration?” If so, please watch the one-hour video below to learn ways to...
View ArticleAnswering your Questions about Sanctuary
Article by: Aleta Payne, Deputy Executive Director President Trump’s recent executive actions impacting refugees and immigrants have faithful people increasingly interested in how they might support...
View ArticleBlessed not Blocked or Banned
Article by: Aleta Payne, Deputy Executive Director This Sunday’s Gospel reading was the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:1-12. Jesus says blessed nine times, but he never says blocked or banned. When Jesus saw...
View ArticleThe Threat is not from Immigrants and Refugees
Article by: Aleta Payne, Deputy Executive Director The Council has had a busy weekend. Much of the staff was helping with the Beyond Gun Violence Conference at United Church of Chapel Hill, but we also...
View ArticleSanctuary, Not Deportation
Article by: Jennie Belle, Immigration and Farmworkers Director First in a series of three blogs. God calls people of faith to remember that they once were strangers in a strange land and they must,...
View ArticleAdvent Calendar to Support Immigrants and Refugees
Today when I logged onto Facebook, among all the heartbreaking news in our world (some from credible sources, others questionable), I was taken with a graphic shared by Hacking Christianity, a blog...
View ArticleMourn, Pray, Serve, Organize
Last week’s election has left a lot of people filled with anxiety and uncertainty, especially our brothers and sisters who immigrated here. Millions of people who have come here from other countries or...
View ArticleDia de los Muertos: Honor for the Dead; Justice for the Living
Article by: Aleta Payne, Deputy Executive Director By Nina Voli, Duke Divinity School Intern Historically, the celebration of Halloween has its origins in the Celtic festival of Samhain, a pagan...
View ArticleGetting Going Again – Welcome The Immigrant
WelcomeTheImmigrant.com was a website started by a group of churches in North Carolina that were concerned over how what they perceived was rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and sentiment in North...
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