Sentences with phrase «church mobilization»

In the wake of the new policy, an «unprecedented level of fear» rose among majority - immigrant congregations, according to Matthew Soerens, director of church mobilization for World Relief.

The organization's director of church mobilization, Matthew Soerens, wrote last week in The New York Times:

Ed Stetzer, Executive Director of LifeWay Research Rich Stearns, President of World Vision Stephan Bauman, President & CEO of World Relief Jo Anne Lyon, General Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church Frank Page, CEO of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention Alton Garrison, Assistant General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Jamie Aten, Director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute Sue Elworth, Vice President of Development, Marketing & Communications of the Willow Creek Association Paul Ericksen, Interim Executive Director of The Billy Graham Center for Evangelism Jenny Yang, Vice President of Advocacy & Policy of World Relief Amanda Bowman, Director of Church Mobilization of World Vision Micah Fries, Vice President of LifeWay Research

The US director of church mobilization at World Relief, a group which helps the government resettle refugees, added, «It's a good rhetorical tool but it's based on bad data.»

Though the announcements may be purely symbolic, they are still a disappointment, said Matthew Soerens, US director of church mobilization for World Relief, which opposes the governors» decisions [full statement below].

Bob Schindler is a former pastor and current vice president of church mobilization for Church Sports Outreach, an organization that helps churches use sports as a tool for spreading the gospel.

However, the situation may not be as discriminatory as the numbers seem, said Matthew Soerens, US director of church mobilization for World Relief.

We also talk with Matthew Soerens, the US Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief and the co-author of «Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis,» about how you can help some of the world's most vulnerable communities.

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Nippert oversteps when she claims that political mobilization is the cause of falling church attendance.

Perhaps the most effective mobilization of church power for social change in recent decades has been on the part of black churches in the south in support of the civil rights movement.

These convictions posit the necessity — before a church lobby can exist, before the mobilization of opinion behind specific policies can be achieved — to create a process for broadening and deepening public debate on urgent questions.

Christian contrasts the unbelievable 14,800 number of heat wave excess deaths in France with the overwhelming mobilization of assistance by churches for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Alluding to the need for domestic revenue mobilization to achieve sustained national development, Vice President Bawumia encouraged Ghanaians, including churches, to fulfill their tax obligations to raise the needed revenue to develop the nation.