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These resources ground you and your community in the biblical call to faithful witness and equip you to act.
Rapid Response Planning Guide
This short worksheet will guide you and your team/organization through a set of key questions that need to be answered to maximize the impact of rapid response opportunities for your leaders, your organization, and advance justice. Note that many actions in organizing have a time horizon of several weeks or even several months. With Rapid...
اقرأ عبر الإنترنت External Link · Civic EngagementJoined Together, Torn Apart: How U.S. Immigration Policies are Separating Families
An in-depth look at how current immigration policies harm families through separation, trauma, and poverty, and a call for the church to respond with both support and active advocacy. It calls for faith communities to care for affected families while working to prevent unjust separations in the future.
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رحلة صلاة موجهة لمدة 7 أيام لرعايا الكنائس للتشفع لجيرانهم المهاجرين، مع نصوص مقدسة يومية وتأملات وموجهات صلاة محددة.
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مجموعة أدوات تقدمها منظمة "وورلد ريليف" (World Relief) تتزوّد بها المسيحيون بالمعلومات الدقيقة، والقناعات الكتابية، والخطوات العملية للاستجابة بإيمان للهجرة في أوقات الشك.
اقرأ عبر الإنترنتأحب جيرانك - دليل صلاة لمدة 7 أيام
رحلة صلاة موجهة لمدة 7 أيام لرعايا الكنائس للتشفع لجيرانهم المهاجرين، مع نصوص مقدسة يومية وتأملات وموجهات صلاة محددة.
A Liturgy for Those Flooded by Too Much Information
A contemplative prayer for anyone overwhelmed by the relentless flow of news, helping readers bring anxiety and information overload to God.
مجهزون للتصرف: فهم الهجرة في أوقات غير مؤكدة
مجموعة أدوات تقدمها منظمة "وورلد ريليف" (World Relief) تتزوّد بها المسيحيون بالمعلومات الدقيقة، والقناعات الكتابية، والخطوات العملية للاستجابة بإيمان للهجرة في أوقات الشك.
اعرف حقوقك
كل شخص في الولايات المتحدة يتمتع بحقوق دستورية بغض النظر عن وضعه كمهاجر. تعرف على حقوقك الأساسية الستة وماذا تقول إذا تم إيقافك أو احتجازك.
A Guide to Engaging in Respectful Conversations about Immigration
A practical framework for Christians to discuss immigration faithfully — with conviction, humility, and genuine respect for those across the table.
Litany for Dreamers Prayer
A responsive litany by Fran Pratt interceding for DACA recipients and Dreamers — giving congregations words of solidarity, grief, and hope.
FAQs on Religious Liberty & Immigration
A legal FAQ addressing the urgent intersection of religious liberty and immigration enforcement — what faith communities can legally do to protect their immigrant members.
Know Your Rights Training Event Guide
A step-by-step guide from the ILRC for churches and organizations to host their own Know Your Rights events for immigrant neighbors.
Supporting Students Amid Deportation Threats
A toolkit for educators on how to support immigrant students living under the fear of deportation — with practical strategies for schools and youth workers.
God’s Household: Overview
An introduction to God's Household — a church initiative rooting immigrant solidarity in the biblical metaphor of the household of God.
Sermon Outlines: Welcoming the Stranger
Three sermon outlines from evangelical pastors and scholars on the biblical call to welcome immigrants and refugees -- for preaching, teaching, and small group study.
God’s Household: Prayer
A prayer and reflection toolkit for the God's Household initiative — structured intercession for immigrant families and reflection on belonging in Christ.
Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan
The ILRC's family safety planning toolkit for immigrant families preparing for possible enforcement actions — with a step-by-step guide and fillable planning documents.
Lament for Israel and Gaza
A liturgy of corporate lament from World Relief for the people of Israel and Gaza — giving congregations words to grieve alongside those suffering in conflict.
Common Forms of Relief
A reference tool from the ILRC listing the most common legal pathways available to immigrants seeking protection from deportation or a path to legal status.
Churches and Immigration Raids: A Brief Legal Introduction
A legal primer by Robert Chao Romero on what churches need to know about immigration enforcement, sanctuary, and their rights as faith communities.
Advent Welcome: Prayer
A structured prayer guide for the Advent Welcome initiative, interceding for immigrant families and practicing the hospitality of Advent.
Advent Welcome: Sermon Outline
A sermon outline for Advent on welcoming the stranger as welcoming Christ — theologically grounded and ready to adapt for your congregation.
Pentecost Resource Bundle
This Pentecost, friends, churches and communities across the country are praying, gathering, listening, and advocating alongside immigrant neighbors. The Pentecost Resource Bundle was created to help you take a faithful next step, whether you are just beginning to learn, inviting your church to pray, gathering with others in your community, or preparing to respond more...
FAQ on Sanctuary Congregations and Harboring
The ACLU answers common legal questions about what it means to be a sanctuary congregation and whether churches risk legal liability for supporting immigrant members.
Know Your Rights: What to Do if You or a Loved One is Detained
A step-by-step guide from the National Immigrant Justice Center for families on immediate and longer-term steps when a loved one is detained by immigration authorities.
Power of Attorney for Temporary Guardianship
A template power of attorney for immigrant parents to designate a temporary guardian for their children in case of detention or deportation — a critical piece of family preparedness.
Know Your Rights: When Confronted By ICE
A National Immigrant Justice Center guide on how to respond legally and calmly when confronted by ICE agents in any setting.
Welcoming Refugees Together: 5 Day Family Devotional (Older Elementary)
A 5-day family devotional for older elementary children exploring the biblical call to welcome refugees — with daily scripture, reflection questions, and family activities.
Advent Welcome: Promotional Graphics
Downloadable graphics for churches joining the Advent Welcome campaign — ready for bulletins, social media, and digital displays.
Rights of Places of Worship with the Revocation of Sensitive Location Policy
A legal explainer from UNDIVIDED on what protections remain for places of worship after ICE rescinded its sensitive locations policy.
Know Your Rights: If Immigration Agents Come to Your Workplace
The ACLU Texas explains the rights of workers during an immigration workplace enforcement action — what agents can and cannot do, and what workers can assert.
Know Your Rights: When ICE at Immigration Court
A National Immigrant Justice Center resource on rights and risks for immigrants and advocates when ICE is present at or near immigration court.
Was Jesus a Refugee?
A biblical and theological reflection from World Relief exploring Jesus's experience as a refugee and what it means for how Christians engage forced displacement today.
دليل للرعاة وقادة الكنائس للاستجابة للأوامر التنفيذية المتعلقة بالهجرة
دليل عملي ورعوي لقادة الكنائس حول كيفية الاستعداد والاستجابة ودعم رعيتهم في سياق أنشطة إنفاذ قوانين الهجرة.
From Compassion to Connection: A Church Leader’s Guide to Engaging Immigrants
World Relief's guide for church leaders on moving from sympathy at a distance to lasting, mutual relationship with immigrant neighbors.
Advent Welcome: Overview
An introduction to the Advent Welcome campaign — inviting churches to practice hospitality toward immigrant neighbors as an act of welcoming Christ himself.
Welcoming Refugees Together: 5 Day Family Devotional (Preschool – 2nd Grade)
A 5-day family devotional for young children introducing the theme of welcoming strangers — with simple Bible stories, age-appropriate questions, and hands-on activities.
Know Your Rights: Avoid Immigration Fraud
A National Immigrant Justice Center guide helping immigrants identify notario fraud and other immigration scams before they cause irreversible harm.
Rapid Response Planning Guide
This short worksheet will guide you and your team/organization through a set of key questions that need to be answered to maximize the impact of rapid response opportunities for your leaders, your organization, and advance justice. Note that many actions in organizing have a time horizon of several weeks or even several months. With Rapid...
“A Pastor’s Experience in Alligator Alcatraz” Podcast Discussion Guide
Listen to Pastor Wilber’s story and use our featured discussion guide as a resource with your community. His Story His Church’s Response Our Response
Detention Center Prayer Vigil Template
Use this template to lead a prayer vigil or solidarity gathering at an immigration detention center in your area based on an original gathering led by Rev. Marta Pumroy Corder. Introduction We are here at ________ to pray for those who are detained, those who are working in this system, and those who are connected,...
A Guide for Sharing your Story
NaLEC has prepared this guide to support those who may choose to share their story publicly after being wrongfully detained and later released. We offer this because we know that behind every headline is a human being. A family. A story. A life that matters. Too often, stories like yours are told about people, but...
National Immigration Legal Services Directory
A searchable national directory of vetted nonprofit legal service providers offering free or low-cost immigration assistance across all 50 states.
Joined Together, Torn Apart: How U.S. Immigration Policies are Separating Families
An in-depth look at how current immigration policies harm families through separation, trauma, and poverty, and a call for the church to respond with both support and active advocacy. It calls for faith communities to care for affected families while working to prevent unjust separations in the future.
Know Your Rights Red Cards
The ILRC's iconic red cards that immigrants can carry and show to ICE agents, asserting their constitutional rights in any encounter.
We Have Rights Videos
A multilingual video series from the We Have Rights Campaign providing know-your-rights content for immigrant communities across the country.
Know Your Rights and Advocate Training
An online training from the ILRC equipping advocates and faith communities to teach immigrants their constitutional rights in their own communities.
Know Your Rights Cards (Various Languages)
Multilingual know-your-rights cards from CLINIC that churches can print and distribute to immigrant community members in their native languages.
Responding to ICE in Places of Worship
World Relief's practical guide for churches on preparing for and responding if ICE agents come to their building — legally, pastorally, and with theological clarity.
Sensitive Locations + Becoming a Faith Witness Video
A video from UNDIVIDED tracing the history of the sensitive locations policy and inviting faith communities into the role of public witness in its absence.
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