Expressing concern regarding recently announced US measures related to refugee admissions and entry into the US by seven Muslim-majority countries, the World Council of Churches (WCC), ACT Alliance (ACT), and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) affirmed that faith calls all Christians to love and welcome the stranger, the refugee, the internally displaced person – “the other.” In a statement released on 31 January, WCC, ACT and LWF shared and affirmed the concerns expressed by many Christian leaders in the US and around the world about the US Presidential Executive Order “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” […]
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