World Relief
World Relief announces Myal Greene as new head amid ‘the most significant crisis of our lives’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 21, 2021
(RNS) — The announcement comes after current World Relief President Scott Arbeiter and CEO Tim Breene announced in February they were stepping down after a combined 30 years serving the organization.
Biden reverses course on refugee cap after faith groups express outrage
By Jack Jenkins and Emily McFarlan Miller — April 16, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — "As a Christian, I’m reminded I should never have, as the psalmist said, put my ‘trust in princes,’" said Matthew Soerens, U.S. director of church mobilization and advocacy at the evangelical Christian refugee resettlement agency World Relief.
Canceled flights, expired clearances: US refugee resettlement in limbo awaiting promised changes
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 8, 2021
(RNS) — In March alone, more than 700 refugees who were scheduled to arrive in the United States had their flights canceled, according to Refugee Council USA.
Faith-based agencies invite volunteers, donations as they care for children at border
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins — April 2, 2021
(RNS) — Some struggle to cobble together resources decimated under the policies of former President Donald Trump’s administration.
World Relief leaders stepping down after guiding evangelical organization through ‘tough season’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 12, 2021
(RNS) — The departures of Tim Breene and Scott Arbeiter come at a time they said feels right for younger, more diverse leadership at the organization.
Faith-based refugee resettlement groups describe what it will take to rebuild program after Trump cuts
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins — February 5, 2021
(RNS) — Biden's executive order may be raising the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. from 15,000 to 125,000, but the work needed to rebuild the gutted resettlement apparatus have many admitting it’s unlikely the United States will reach that target anytime soon.
The pandemic isn’t over, and misinformation can still be deadly
By Myal Greene — October 21, 2020
(RNS) — By engaging people of faith, we’ve defeated pandemics before. We can do it again.
Refugee data on religion disappears as fewer persecuted Christians admitted to US
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins — October 13, 2020
(RNS) — The State Department no longer is making publicly available a number of statistics about refugees admitted into the United States, including their religious affiliations.
Evangelical leaders seek to ‘take the high road,’ stress agreement as election looms
By Adelle M. Banks — October 6, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Today evangelical faith is often being narrowly defined and easily misunderstood and we believe this has long-term ramifications for our public witness in society and effectiveness,’ said the president of the National Association of Evangelicals.
Faith-based organizations express outrage over plan to cut refugee admissions to historic low — again
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 1, 2020
(RNS) — In recent weeks, several faith-based organizations involved in refugee resettlement had asked the Trump administration to raise that number to its historic average: 95,000.
Evangelical, Catholic leaders say Trump has left persecuted Christians in danger
By Jack Jenkins — July 10, 2020
(RNS) — Evangelical leaders from World Relief and Open Doors — along with Catholic bishops — say Trump administration policy leaves persecuted Christians in danger.
Drop in refugee admissions met with outcry from faith-based resettlement agencies
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 27, 2019
(RNS) — The Trump administration’s announcement it would once again slash refugee admissions to the United States to unprecedented lows was met with outcry by refugee resettlement groups — many of which are faith-based.
When it comes to global conflict, churches are the best solution we never think of
By Tim Breene and Scott Arbeiter — September 6, 2019
(RNS) — There is a solution that can help us connect with the needs of communities in faraway places, one that sits on many street corners in our downtowns and backroads in our country and theirs: local churches.
Faith groups fear the end of refugee resettlement in the U.S.
By Jack Jenkins — July 19, 2019
(RNS) — The Trump administration is considering shutting down refugee resettlement for the coming fiscal year, a move that would dismantle an already weakened refugee resettlement infrastructure.
As refugee admissions drop, fewer persecuted Christians admitted to US: World Relief
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 18, 2018
(RNS) — The drop comes despite President Trump’s pledge during his first week in office that helping persecuted Christians overseas would be a priority for his administration.