All Refugees articles – Page 2
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Opinion
Creating places of sanctuary is a biblical concept. It's time for the Church to step up
This refugee week, Rev Dr Inderjit Bhogal says now is the time for the UK Church to be a prophetic voice in expressing extravagant hospitality in the face of increasing hostility towards refugees
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Opinion
Sending refugees to Rwanda is a cynical, callous idea. The bishops are right to oppose it
The UK’s first asylum flight to Rwanda was cancelled after intervention by the European Court of Human Rights. With every Church of England bishop, Christian charities and even the Prince of Wales decrying the policy, it’s time the government listened, says Caroline Gregory
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Opinion
Obstructing Ukrainian refugees is a cynical political manoeuvre and our government should know better
Boris Johnson and Priti Patel are commodifying refugees for personal political survival and it’s an abomination, says Rev George Pitcher
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Interviews
Archbishop Angaelos: ‘The world needs the Church more than ever’
The world needs the Church in all its breadth and diversity, says the first-ever Coptic Archbishop of London.
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Opinion
The gospel is more offensive than anything Archbishop Welby could have said about refugees
Church leaders should use their platform to speak truth to power, but I would much rather they use it to unequivocally preach the gospel, says Tim Farron
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Opinion
I was once a refugee. Justin Welby was right to criticise plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
It’s not the job of the Church to solve the issues surrounding immigration, but it is their job to offer moral guidance, says Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani
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Real Life
Supporting Ukrainian refugees is a colossal task, but here’s how our church welcomed a family of 17
Associate pastor Brian Whittaker welcomed 17 Ukrainian refugees to his church on Sunday
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Opinion
Racism at Ukraine’s borders cannot be tolerated
Our silence on racism at the borders gives the impression that some refugee lives are worth more than others, warns the Churches Together General Secretary
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Opinion
Want to help Ukrainians fleeing war? The last thing they need is your old clothes
A Ukrainian mother, carrying her possessions in three suitcases and trying to manage her children at the same time, will not be stopping at the border to pick up your grandad’s old holey jumper that should have gone to the charity shop 15 years ago.
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Opinion
Boris Johnson’s response to Ukrainian refugees is blasphemous
The obstruction of Ukrainian refugees is not just cruel and unpleasant, it’s also deeply unholy, says Rev George Pitcher
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Opinion
Women and children are fleeing Ukraine. But if they come here, they'll be treated like criminals
Tim Farron MP says the Government policy on refugees is wrong. We need to be welcoming our innocent neighbours, not turning them away
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Real Life
Children in Syria are freezing. Here’s what Christians can do to help
ine years after Samara Levy first started collecting aid for Syrian refugees, she returned to the country in the depths of winter. What she found there shocked her
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Opinion
Priti Patel is wrong. The Church must keep sharing the good news with refugees
The Home Office’s criticism of the Church welcoming refugees is racist and religiously illiterate, says Tim Farron
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Testimonies
I was a Muslim, but Jesus woke me from a coma and healed me. Now my whole family believes
A record number of Muslims are converting to Christianity across the Middle East. Jamila tells her story of meeting Jesus while paralysed in a Syrian hospital
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Real Life
‘I found God in a refugee camp and now I rescue cursed children’
When Argaw Ayele fled famine and war in Ethiopia to start a new life in Europe, he never dreamed that God would send him back to rescue children deemed as cursed by their tribes
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Real Life
Why I invited a 17 year-old Afghan refugee to live with my Christian family
Jesus extended hospitality to all, and so should we, says Dan Morris
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News Analysis
What the Taliban takeover means for Afghanistan’s Christians
Many in the West feel powerless to help. But as Emma Fowle discovers, Christians in the UK are making a difference
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Opinion
Cricket matches and Christ: 3 lessons I’ve learnt from welcoming Afghan refugees
The church in Milton Keynes hit the headlines last weekend when they organised a cricket match to welcome refugees fleeing the Taliban. Minister Steve Woods reflects on what God has been teaching him
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Opinion
Priti Patel’s new immigration bill is morally wrong. Any Christian who believes in ‘love your neighbour’ must stand against it
Jesus cared for the least and the lost, and we should be free to do the same. But the government’s new bill may criminalise anyone helping refugees, even if they’re drowning in our seas, says Caroline Gregory
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Archive content
The Road From Damascus
More than one million refugees have arrived in Lebanon after fleeing the conflict in Syria. Sam Hailes visited the country to find out how the Church is responding
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