Matthew Soerens
@MatthewSoerens
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VP of Advocacy & Policy, @WorldRelief. National Coordinator, Evangelical Immigration Table. Coauthor, Inalienable, Welcoming the Stranger & Seeking Refuge
Aurora, Illinois
Joined November 2009
Notable in this new @APNORC poll: Most Americans oppose arresting immigrants who are in the country illegally while they are at church; just 1 in 5 Americans supports Evangelical leaders agree, citing religious liberty concerns
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So thankful for these pro-life leaders boldly standing for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which my boss once called "a pro-life miracle" They make the case compellingly in the @nytimes
George W. Bush still deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for PEPFAR. But that's currently an injustice of contmporary history for another time. For now, I'm w/ @LeahLibresco @matthew_loftus @HSRdirector in @nytimes asking @SecRubio @marcorubio to not let it get lost in the USAID overhaul.
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“Doesn’t matter if the funding is there from the government, the funding is not there from the government — as a church, we feel like we’re called to take care of the poor, take care of the strangers and refugees in our neighborhoods,” says @NorthWoodChurch's @scottvenable
NEW @dallasnews w/ @adrianjashford: As refugee resettlement groups face an unprecedented funding pause, locals try to ‘step in the gap.’ Pending Jan data, almost 2,000 refugees arrived in TX in Nov & Dec, making it a leading hub for recent resettlements.
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RT @ChurchLead: A new Lifeway Research study finds strong evangelical support for border security, legal immigration, refugee resettlement,…
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RT @liamsadams: Evangelical Christians are overall supportive of legislative action to protect refugees and provide pathways for legal citi…
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@afterall_net @WorldRelief Our views may not align exactly, but I think we may have more in common on agreeing on the need for orderly, secure borders than you presume My view has always been make illegal immigration harder, legal immigration easier (but not unlimited) One example
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RT @carmenjoyimes: Join me in supporting the essential services that @WorldRelief provides for those fleeing war and persecution. We can't…
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RT @LifewayResearch: Evangelicals say illegal immigration deportation efforts should prioritize criminals and security threats. https://t.c…
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RT @PaulDMiller2: Foreign aid is strategy, not charity. It is investment in partner capacity. Teaching fishing, not giving fish. Most of…
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RT @MindyBelz: Churches trying to step into federal funding gap on refugees who've already arrived in the US (that @StateDept contracts to…
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RT @PhilKlay: Interview with Mark Seitz, Bishop of El Paso and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration,…
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RT @CTmagazine: “We won’t always agree on how to design a national refugee policy,” writes @drmoore. “But we can’t say we haven’t been wa…
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RT @jackmjenkins: NEW: A response to this from Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, formerly known as Lutheran Immi…
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And, from @drmoore, an answer to the biblical question: was Jesus a refugee? And does it matter for us?
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