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SUMMARY:Borders & Belonging: Immigration Through a Biblical Lens
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row ct_row_stretch=””][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]\nBorders & Belonging: Immigration Through a Biblical Lens\nExcelsior Covenant Church | Saturday\, November 14 | 9 am – 12 pm | 19955 Excelsior Blvd\, Excelsior\, MN 55331 \nBorders & Belonging is a half-day forum wrestling with the biblical tension of balancing secure borders and the rule of law with welcoming the stranger and protecting the vulnerable. \nAs Christians engage the complexity and disruption of global migration\, we must find ways to live in the balance of what Scripture teaches: that nations and borders are part of how God orders human life\, and that the church has an obligation to care for the immigrant and to use its voice to advocate for just policy. \nRecognizing that neither the “deport them all” crowd nor the “open borders” advocates offer solutions that align with biblical principles\, this forum wrestles with scriptural teaching\, thoughtful policy\, and the lived experience of immigrant neighbors to help Christians think faithfully and act well on immigration\, holding law and love together as the Bible shows us. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”REGISTER FOR FREE HERE” color=”success” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2F2001890302785%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row ct_row_stretch=””][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8187″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8195″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8186″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row ct_row_stretch=””][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]\nAt this forum\, you will engage the topic from three perspectives: Bible\, Policy\, and Neighbor. \n\nBible: Wrestle with a biblical framework that affirms the legitimacy of borders and the rule of law while calling the church to care for the sojourner and to advocate for a society that treats all people with dignity.\nPolicy: Understand the policy principles and current proposals shaping U.S. immigration.\nNeighbor: Hear directly from immigrant neighbors\, including brothers and sisters in the faith\, whose lives are shaped by our nation’s laws and by the church’s welcome.\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row ct_row_stretch=””][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” border_width=”5″ el_width=”10″ css=”” accent_color=”#778235″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text css=””]\nEvent Schedule\nSesson 1 | Biblical Wrestling: Enforcing Laws & Loving Our Neighbors \nSession 2 | Principles for Just Immigration Policy \nSession 3 | Immigrant Voices (facilitated panel) \nDig Deeper: Conversation Breakouts \n\nGood Neighbor Teams\nImmigration Legal Services\nPolicies and Advocacy\nImmigrant Experiences\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row ct_row_stretch=””][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” border_width=”5″ el_width=”10″ css=”” accent_color=”#778235″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text css=””]\nPartners helping to organize this forum include:\n\nEvangelical churches and denominations seeking to faithfully engage this topic.\nThe National Association of Evangelicals and Transform Minnesota\, networks that have developed and embraced biblical principles to guide immigration policy.\nArrive Ministries\, whose mission\, in partnership with the local church\, is to live out God’s command to welcome refugees and immigrants.\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8324″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row ct_row_stretch=””][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” color=”black” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Registration” tab_id=”1789763948042-abbd57e2-631e”][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”REGISTER HERE!” color=”success” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2F2001890302785%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator”][vc_column_text css=””]Please note: This event is free but registration is required.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Speaker Bios” tab_id=”1789763948086-945a0d4e-29d3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nDr. Carlos Telléz\nDr. Telléz earned his undergraduate degree in church planting from the Sembrar Institute in Bogotá\, Colombia. He earned an MA and MDiv from Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake\, Indiana. He received a PhD in Intercultural Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield\, Illinois. Dr. Téllez has been involved in a variety of ministries in the US and Latin America\, including cross-cultural missions\, preaching\, music\, youth\, children and church planting. He has served in various types of churches ranging from suburban megachurches to immigrant churches to multiethnic urban churches. Dr. Téllez has also served at higher education institutions in the United States as Director of Global Initiatives\, Dean of Chapel\, and as a full-time faculty member\, among others.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””]\n \nSteve Eng\nSteve Eng serves as advocacy director for the National Association of Evangelicals\, equipping pastors\, nonprofit leaders and ministry leaders to exercise their God-given influence for the good of their communities and nation — rooted in the NAE’s foundational framework\, “For the Health of the Nation.” An ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church\, Eng brings both a shepherd’s heart and a seasoned policy voice to his work. He has spoken at more than 150 events nationwide and regularly engages leaders and legislators on Capitol Hill. Eng holds a degree in political science from St. Olaf College and an M.Div. from North Park Theological Seminary. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Directions” tab_id=”1790092500058-cde2d7b7-8a43″][vc_goo_maps location=”19955 Excelsior Blvd\, Excelsior\, MN 55331″ css=””][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://transformmn.org/event/borders-belonging-immigration-through-a-biblical-lens/
LOCATION:Excelsior Covenant Church\, 19955 Excelsior Blvd\, Excelsior\, MN\, 55331\, United States
CATEGORIES:Church Impact
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