Growing Together Podcast: Churches Reaching Out to Refugees and Immigrants
Hear the story of how one man who came to the US as a refugee as a child is now helping churches welcome immigrants in the name of Christ. Learn more about MNA’s Refugee and Immigrant Ministry at https://pcamna.org/ministry/refugee-and-immigrant-ministry/
Growing Together Podcast: Children’s Ministry within Refugee and Immigrant Ministries
1 out of 4 children is a child of an immigrant. What is MNA doing to reach out to these children and fold them into the Church? In this episode, Chris and Sarah discuss MNA’s Children’s Ministry for Refugee and Immigrant Families.
Growing Together Podcast: Refugee and Immigrant Ministries
One out of seven persons in the US was born in another country – refugees, immigrants, international students and businesspersons. The Lord has brought people from every nation to our local communities – some already brothers and sisters in Christ, others who have never had a chance to know Him. Join in on our conversation […]
Pat Hatch
Born in Buffalo, New York, Pat Hatch taught at a mission school in South Korea in the late 1960s. After returning stateside, she spent several years as a church volunteer, helping to resettle several dozen refugee families. In 1981, Pat founded a local Maryland non-profit organization which annually serves more than 2,000 recent refugees […]
Osman J
Osman is a former Muslim born in Somalia. Due to a friendship with a young Christian friend, Osman met Jesus and came to know the Lord in August 2007. This event marked a change in Osman so noticeable that his family disowned him for his newfound love for Jesus. During Osman’s time in college, he felt the calling to […]
Leslie P Johnson
Leslie previously served as the Cross-cultural Training Specialist for PCA Mission to North America’s Refugee and Immigration Ministry, and has led the ministry’s physical presence at General Assembly for several years. She developed a deep understanding of cross-cultural issues from her own experience living overseas for more than 26 years, raising 3 children in […]
Holly Lankford
The Ministry Liaison position serves both the English as a Second Language and the Refugee and Immigration Ministries, recognizing the natural synergy between the two. Many churches use resources and tap the experience of both teams as they serve refugees and immigrants living in their community. Holly Lankford has coordinated the English as a […]
Angela Pacey
For the last three years, Angela Pacey has had the awesome privilege of leading a team from Christ Covenant Church (CCC) in Matthews, NC, as they stepped out in faith and obedience to serve the Afghan refugee community that has settled in their area. At first, they thought that would simply involve delivering food to […]
Sarah
During a local, summer mission trip with her church in 2009, Sarah worked with many refugee children. A few years later she moved across town to continue this work by living on the edge of a low-income neighborhood, a neighborhood less than a mile from her church. Since then, she has run a Bible […]
