This document discusses biblical passages that support welcoming and caring for strangers and refugees. It provides examples from both the Old and New Testaments showing God's heart for foreigners and commanding Israelites to treat them with justice, kindness and hospitality. The document advocates meeting the practical, emotional and spiritual needs of refugees with compassion as a way to fulfill the greatest commandment of loving one's neighbor. It offers suggestions for how to build relationships with refugees and prepare to serve them, emphasizing prayer, cultural sensitivity, not proselytizing and showing Christian love.

1.  2 Chronicles 6:32-33: “Likewise, when a
foreigner, who is not of your people Israel,
comes from a far country for the sake of your
great name and your mighty hand and your
outstretched arm, when he comes and prays
toward this house, hear from heaven your
dwelling place and do according to all for
which the foreigner calls to you, in order that
all the peoples of the earth may know your
name and fear you, as do your people Israel,
and that they may know that this house that I
have built is called by your name.”

2.  Exodus 22:21: “ You shall not wrong a stranger
or oppress him, for you were strangers in the
land of Egypt.”
 Leviticus 23:22: “ And when you reap the
harvest of your land, you shall not reap your
field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather
the gleanings after you harvest. You shall leave
them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the
LORD your God.”

3.  Numbers 15:16: “ One law and rule shall be for
you and for the stranger who sojourns among
you.”
 Numbers 15:26: “ And all the congregation of
the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the
stranger who sojourns among them, because
the whole population was involved in
mistake.”

4.  Psalm 41:1: “ Blessed is the one who considers
the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord shall
deliver him.”
 Hebrews 11:13: “These all died in faith, not
having received the things promised but
having seen them afar, and having
acknowledged that they were strangers and
exiles on the earth.”

5.  Hebrews 13:2: “Do not neglect to show
hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares.”
 Matthew 25:35: “…I was a stranger and you
welcomed me.”
 The Greatest Commandment Matthew 22:39: “
And a second is like it: You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.

6. Kingdom Vision
Kingdom Work

7.  Why should we reach
refugees?
 What is the heart of God?
 What does it look like?

8. After this I looked, and there before me
was a great multitude that no one could
count, from every nation, tribe, people and
language, standing before the throne and
before the Lamb. They were wearing
white robes and were holding palm
branches in their hands. 10 And they cried
out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to
our God, who sits on the throne, and to
the Lamb.” Rev. 7:9

9.  Then the angel showed me the river of the
water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the
throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the
middle of the street of the city; also, on either
side of the river, the tree of life[b] with its
twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each
month. The leaves of the tree were for the
healing of the nations. ( Rev. 22:1-2)

10. “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has anointed me to bring
good news to the poor; he has sent me to
bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim
liberty to the captives, and the opening of
the prison to those who are bound; 2 to
proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and
the day of vengeance of our God; to
comfort all who mourn.” Isa.61:1-2

11. Cultural Values: Kingdom Values:
 Defend identity Deny self
 Critique others Serve others
 Achieve ends Trust God for ends
 Superiority Equality
 Self interest World interest
 Control process Release process

12. The Gospel is transcultural but ministry is not.
Cross-Cultural Ministry in the Bible:
 Woman at the well: John 4
 Healing of the centurion’s servant: Mat. 8
 St. Paul at Areopagus: Acts 17:22-28

13.  Cultural Knowledge vs Cultural
Intelligence
 Examples

14. Meeting the Practical,
Emotional, and Spiritual
needs of refugees with
compassion in the name of
Christ.

15.  Team work
 Why used items
 Buying a car
 Finding a job
 English as Second Language
 Cultural differences of time, hygiene, etc.

16. Building Genuine Relationships
 Sharing meals together
 Give and take
 Asking question
 Attitude check
 Be a learner

17. How to prepare?
 Relying on God 's sovereignty, wisdom,
providence
 praying
 Engaging communal wisdom and knowledge

18.  We do not proselytize
 Pray for them
 Let them know that you pray for them
 Show them by example how Christians love
one another

19.  Pray for their specific needs
 Pray for their circumstances
 Pray for their family back in their country
 Pray for their countrymen
 Pray for those in authority
 Pray for world peace

20.  More individuals , Sunday school classes,
churches
 Men to help with furniture delivery
 Financial support