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Immigration: Who is shaping our response?

Immigration: Who is shaping our response?
Tim Farron
Tim Farron

I’ve been reflecting on a moment in Luke 7. A woman comes to Jesus with an alabaster jar of costly perfume. She breaks it and pours it all at His feet. The disciples complain about the “waste,” but she holds nothing back. She doesn’t compartmentalise Jesus; He is everything.

That story has been on my mind as the UK wrestles with a heated immigration debate once again.

Immigration & integration: A debate on how can we consider it wisely

Immigration & integration: A debate on how can we consider it wisely
Krish Kandiah & Tim Dieppe

en invited Dr Krish Kandiah and Tim Dieppe to consider the question: "How can UK Christians respond in a Christlike way to issues of immigration and integration?"

Tim is Head of Public Policy at Christian Concern, the campaigning evangelical organisation and author of The Challenge of Islam: Understanding and Responding to Islam’s Increasing Influence in the UK (Wilberforce Publications 2025). Krish is the Director of the Sanctuary Foundation, which supports vulnerable individuals, families and children including refugees and those seeking asylum. He is a regular advisor to government on refugee resettlement and child welfare reform.

The Good Samaritan & today's migrant myths

The Good Samaritan & today's migrant myths
David Shepherd
David Shepherd

Back in 2018, I read a post on the Psephizo blog (written by evangelical scholar Ian Paul) that described the emotive impact of flags.

He wrote: “Flags are hugely emotive. They are powerful symbols which evoke emotional and even visceral reactions… Think about the controversies provoked by those in the southern US states flying the Confederate flag.”

Immigration: What is a Biblical policy?

Immigration: What is a Biblical policy?
Luke Dorman
Luke Dorman

Jesus exhorts us with every severity to love foreigners with cost.

The Old Testament provides a model of immigration policy which:

Christians urged to think globally

Christians urged to think globally
Nicola Laver
Nicola Laver

Migration in the UK church context was the focus of a conference for 150-plus church leaders, theologians and other Christian workers at Oak Hill College.

It followed a report last year that found almost half (47%) of all migrants across the world are Christians. According to the report from Pew Research, 29% of migrants are Muslim.

Evangelicals and small boats
editorial

Evangelicals and small boats

Some years ago the noted US pastor, theologian and writer Tim Keller wrote a book called Generous Justice.

In it, citing Zechariah 7v10-11, he highlights a ‘quartet of the vulnerable’ repeated throughout the Bible – ‘the widow, the fatherless, the immigrant... the poor.’ (He translates the Hebrew word gare as ‘immigrant’ rather than ‘foreigner’ or ‘alien’ as is more common, saying it ‘more accurately conveys to modern readers the meaning of the word.’)

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