Month: September 2016

In this special webinar, John Hirst will interview Dean Merrill, who co-authored “Serving God in a Migrant Crisis” with Patrick Johnstone (see item above). John is the point person at GMI and Dean is the guy who...

This past week, we heard an interview from a would-be candidate for President of the USA. The interviewer asked the prospective candidate for his position on Aleppo, and the candidate was dumbfounded. “What is...

Can you get to Colorado Springs by Tuesday, Sept. 13? If so, it’s not too late to take in “Beyond the Tents: Engaging Refugees and Migrants,” a special afternoon symposium staged by Global Mapping...

Are you curious about why there’s such a mongo refugee crisis now? …today? Get the skinny here… http://www.theskimm.com/skimm-guides/eu-migrant-and-refugee-crisis Not only will you sound smarter, you just might...

Here’s a cool idea for those going or those sending — and for those TRAINING those who go. Billed as an applied Bible study from the only biblical book focused on someone who went cross-culturally to serve, this...

Stratfor is a geopolitical intelligence firm that provides strategic analysis and forecasting to individuals and organizations around the world. By providing the background on global events and setting them in the context of...

You thought it was bad for Aleppo (partly because certain political leaders were clueless about the identity of the city). What about for the CHILDREN in this crisis? The UN Children’s Fund just released a story on...

Faith & Forced Migration is a blog for those who want to serve or are already serving refugees in their community. Articles are posted twice a week on topics like current events, human rights, faith, service, and politics...

T here’s so much talk about migrants and refugees from the Middle East, we sometimes forget that many displaced peoples still originate in Africa. Pick up that story at…...

A friend recently sent a doc to me entitled, “What does the Bible say about refugees and immigrants” (Thanks Larrie!). He had done a great job pulling together a lot of biblical material. Would you mind looking...