Life Across Borders: A World Relief Mini-Series – Details, episodes & analysis

Rodney was comfortable with his views on immigration, until a World Relief staff member spoke at his church and revealed God’s heart for immigrants. In this interview with Karyn Bryant, World Relief’s Changemaker community lead, Rodney shares about the transformation he experienced after volunteering with World Relief and getting to know refugees and other immigrants on a personal level.

Jenny Yang, Vice President of Advocacy and Policy at World Relief sits down with Abiyot Mulugeta, World Relief South Sudan’s Country Director to talk about the global issue of mass displacement and how World Relief is serving Internally Displaced People in South Sudan. 

In an interview with Karyn Bryant, World Relief’s Changemaker Community Lead, Jose Serano, World Relief SoCal’s Associate Director of Immigration and Outreach, shares his story of migrating to the United States and discusses the complexities of immigration and gaining legal status in the U.S.

Episode Resources

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In this episode, you’ll hear from World Relief’s Basuze Madogo and PJ Moore. Basuze was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was resettled in the United States in 2014, and currently works as a Resettlement Specialist at World Relief Memphis where PJ serves as the Office Director. Today, their friend and colleague, Karen Spencer, talks with them about how the fluctuating refugee ceiling has impacted local offices and what they are doing to Rebuild Welcome with the recent refugee ceiling increase. Listen in.

Just 12% of evangelical Christians say their views on immigration are primarily informed by the Bible. In this episode, Matthew Soerens dives into the facts about immigration and explores what the Bible has to say about God’s heart and the Church’s response.

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, World Relief President Scott Arbeiter joins Jenny Yang and Matthew Soerens to discuss the current increase of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S. southern border.

Immigration, mass displacement and refugee resettlement are complex issues. At the heart of these issues, though, are women, men and children who are made in the image of God and long to live flourishing lives. In this series from World Relief, we’re diving into the subject of immigration and mass displacement from a global and biblical perspective. We’ll discuss current policies and practices, share stories from refugees and immigrants within our community and answer questions like What does the Bible say about immigration and How should I respond? Whether you’re new to the conversation or a long-time advocate for refugees and other immigrants, we hope these conversations are helpful, informative and inspiring. This is Life Across Borders: A World Relief Mini Series.

In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, World Relief’s Scott Arbeiter, Jenny Yang and Matthew Soerens discuss what we can do in response to unaccompanied minors arriving at the border and what steps we’d like to see the U.S. government to take to remedy the situation.

In this episode World Relief’s Jenny Yang and Matthew Soerens discuss what it will take to rebuild the U.S. refugee resettlement program, how World Relief is preparing, and what you can do to help.

On Friday April 16th, the Biden Administration announced that it would be keeping the historically low refugee ceiling set by the Trump administration for fiscal year 2020. But, after an outpouring of opposition from faith leaders and advocates like World Relief, President Biden reversed course saying he would set a new refugee ceiling on May 15th.