With so many people around the globe migrating, including at our own borders, how should Christians and the Church respond? Where do we begin to understand a faithful response to immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers? As evangelicals, we start with the Bible.
This NAE webinar explored an ancient and biblical perspective on migration. Walter Kim, NAE president, and M. Daniel Carroll Rodas, Scripture Press Ministries professor of biblical studies and pedagogy at Wheaton College and Graduate School, discussed specific Scripture as it relates to migration and how the Scriptures should inform a distinctly Christian approach to this complex issue. You’ll also hear from Christine Sequenzia Titus, NAE policy director, as she provided policy updates and action steps you can take.
Learn more about God’s long-standing heart for many who choose or are forced to migrate and how you can respond to immigrants within your community, in our nation and around the world.
M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas) is the Scripture Press Ministries professor of biblical studies and pedagogy at Wheaton College and Graduate School. Prior to coming to Wheaton in 2016, his roles included professor of Old Testament and ethics at El Seminario Teológico Centroamericano (SETECA), Guatemala, and distinguished professor of Old Testament at Denver Seminary. Carroll has published technical exegetical monographs in Old Testament studies, works that integrate biblical studies with ethics and theology, and works on the life and mission of the Church. His latest book is “The Bible and Borders: Hearing God’s Word on Immigration.” Carroll holds a B.A. in English literature from Rice University, a Th.M. in Old Testament from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Old Testament from The University of Sheffield.
Walter Kim became the NAE president in January 2020. He also serves as teacher-in-residence at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, after ministering for 15 years at Boston’s historic Park Street Church. He has spent nearly three decades preaching, writing and engaging in collaborative leadership to connect the Bible to the significant intellectual, cultural and social issues of the day. He serves on the boards of Christianity Today and World Relief, and on the Advisory Council of Gordon College. Kim received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, his M.Div. from Regent College in Vancouver, and his B.A. from Northwestern University, and he is a licensed minister in the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.
Christine Sequenzia Titus, NAE policy director, is an experienced government affairs and biblical justice professional, an advocate and a public speaker who has traveled internationally to serve the oppressed. She spent over a decade working and writing for members of the U.S. Congress, international nonprofit organizations and private publications. Sequenzia Titus has been profiled in The Hill, CQ Today, CQ Weekly, Politico and LobbyBlog.com. She holds a D.Min. and M.Div. in international development and urban studies from Fuller Theological Seminary along with a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University.