The leadership of ABCUSA who minister to immigrants and refugees applauded a bipartisan framework presented by eight senators, lauding their public work toward rewriting this nation's immigration laws. ABCUSA has a long history of welcoming immigrants to our shores and into our churches. This shows in the denomination's membership, as no single ethnic group can boast a majority. The American Baptist Home Mission Societies, formed in 1832 for mission work on America's frontier, states that this move is in line with our biblical call to welcome the stranger among us.
It feels good to be an American Baptist today.
~Reported by Bob Allen in Christian Century, March 6, 2013
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