{"id":25077,"date":"2025-04-15T17:25:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=25077"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:38:41","slug":"new-ministry-addresses-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/new-ministry-addresses-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"New ministry addresses concerns around detention and deportation of Church of the Brethren members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to concerns raised by congregations in their districts related to potential detention and deportation among members of the Church of the Brethren, a group of church districts is working cooperatively to provide resourcing and support to affected congregations and to the whole church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This new ministry is offering resources and relational\/pastoral support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.&#8221; <\/em>-Leviticus 19:34 NKJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support of those congregations has begun, and the ministry hopes to share more resources for members and congregations looking to grow in discipleship and support around immigration broadly in the months ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An initial commitment from these districts of $100,000 is launching this ministry initiative. Additional financial support is welcome to help sustain the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you or your congregation has a special interest in this work or need assistance, please contact Beth Sollenberger at <a href=\"mailto:atlanticsoutheastcob@gmail.com\">atlanticsoutheastcob@gmail.com<\/a> as the point of contact to access support or to contribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/general-secretary-signs-statement\/\">General secretary signs statement on Christian presence in the Middle East<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/el-secretario-general-firma\/\">El secretario general firma una declaraci\u00f3n sobre la presencia cristiana en Oriente Medio.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/sekrete-jeneral-la-siyen\/\">Sekret\u00e8 Jeneral la siyen yon deklarasyon sou prezans kretyen nan Mwayen Oryan an<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/meeting-at-the-margins-worship-resources\/\">\u2018Meeting at the Margins\u2019 Advent worship resources focus on the Holy Family and migrants today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/los-recursos-liturgicos-de-adviento\/\">Los recursos lit\u00fargicos de Adviento \u00abEncuentro en los m\u00e1rgenes\u00bb se centran en la Sagrada Familia y los migrantes de hoy.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to concerns raised by congregations in their districts related to potential detention and deportation among members of the Church of the Brethren, a group of church districts is working cooperatively to provide resourcing and support to affected congregations and to the whole church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[3626,3627,1511,3628,1135,2195,3214],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-25077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-ddr","tag-deportation-defense-response","tag-districts","tag-immigrant-aid","tag-intercultural-ministries","tag-service","tag-impact"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25077"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25121,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25077\/revisions\/25121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25077"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=25077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}