Refugee Sunday

God's heart for the displaced and the foreigner is not a minor theme in Scripture. It runs from Genesis to Revelation, and it calls His people to respond with love, not fear. The word foreigner or stranger appears more than 92 times in the Old Testament, and Israel is warned 36 times about its obligations to the vulnerable. Jesus Himself said that when we welcome the stranger, we welcome Him. Welcoming the displaced is not a political position. It is an act of discipleship. The stranger in your community is not a threat to God's plan. They are part of it.