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Home / Resources / Immigration Resources

Immigration Resources

The purpose of this resource is to help congregations understand the issue of immigration within the United States and how we can respond as followers of Jesus. Our hope is that first, we are able to better understand why people come to the United States and the issues they face; second, to find ways to welcome our brothers and sisters who are here as part of our Christian family; and third, to welcome immigrants in our communities.

Read related blogs and news stories here.

Churchwide immigration statement (2014)

English (PDF)
Spanish (PDF)

Religious Leader Sign On Letter Supporting Refugee Resettlement from Interfaith Immigration Coalition, signed by Ervin Stutzman.

Advocacy

  • Support for Refugees (Central Plains Mennonite Conference)
  • Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office
  • Mennonite Central Committee: Migration
  • Sign up for Action Alerts from the Washington Office!

If your congregation has found a particular resource helpful, please let Iris de León-Hartshorn, director for transformative peacemaking, know. Please include the name of the resource, where it can be obtained, and a short description of how it was helpful.

Immigration Resources

Resources for Congregations/Large Groups

  • Radical Hospitality: Responding to the Issue of Immigration (Bible study guide)
  • Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible
  • Cristianos en la Frontera: La inmigración, la Iglesia y la Biblia
    • Author M. Daniel Carroll R; (5 chapters)
  • Video: Dying to Live; 33-minute DVD
    • 2-hour session
    • Download sample discussion questions and group process:
    • Dying to Live schedule
    • Dying to Live questions
    • Circle Process Instructions
    • Reflection guide
  • Open Your Arms: A reflection and invitation by Saulo Padilla

Resources for Individuals

  • DREAMer Fund
  • Radical Hospitality: Responding to the Issue of Immigration (Bible study guide)
  • Groundswell petition: Tell the Obama Administration: Stop the raids on Central American refugees
  • ILRC (Immigrant Legal Resource Center) Know-your-rights “Red Cards” | Multiple languages
  • Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible
  • Cristianos en la Frontera: La inmigración, la Iglesia y la Biblia
    • Author M. Daniel Carroll R; (5 chapters)
  • Missio Dei Vol 19: Immigration and the Bible | La inmigración y la Biblia
    • Author M. Daniel Carroll R.
    • Purchase it online.
    • Free download: English | Español
  • MCC U.S. Listening Project
    • The Immigration Listening Project was launched by MCC U.S. in order to assess attitudes about immigration among Anabaptist churches across the U.S. MCC staff organized listening sessions with 36 groups from Anabaptist churches. The project intentionally included a diverse spectrum: people of color and white people; new and long-time immigrants.
  • Open Your Arms: A reflection and invitation by Saulo Padilla

Resources for Sunday School/Small groups

  • Radical Hospitality: Responding to the Issue of Immigration (Bible study guide)
  • Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible
  • Cristianos en la Frontera: La inmigración, la Iglesia y la Biblia
    • Author M. Daniel Carroll R; (5 chapters)
  • Strangers in the Land
    • Six-week study guide from Sojourners based on Christians at the Border
  • Video: Dying to Live; 33-minute DVD
    • 2-hour session
    • Download sample discussion questions and group process:
    • Dying to Live schedule
    • Dying to Live questions
    • Circle Process Instructions
    • Reflection guide
  • Loving Strangers as Ourselves: Biblical Reflections
    • This resource, in the form of a booklet, reflects on God’s view of the strangers in the biblical text. The booklet is a timely resource for churches. In this booklet you will find seven lessons written by seven different Anabaptist authors addressing biblical texts in which God reminds his people about how to treat the strangers who live among us.
  • Open Your Arms: A reflection and invitation by Saulo Padilla
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