SUPPORTING ASYLUM SEEKERS:
A TOOLKIT FOR CONGREGATIONS

Supporting Asylum Seekers

Asylum seekers are human beings and children of God in desperate need. We can help meet those needs, while also lifting up the vulnerable so that they can stand on their own. This toolkit provides guidance and resources for congregations who want to support asylum seekers and welcome their newest neighbors. Welcoming our neighbors as we would welcome Christ is not a political issue; it is an issue of our identity as followers of Jesus, as members of the Episcopal branch of the Jesus movement, and as people who made promises at our baptisms.

Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?

Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?

To these questions, together we answer with a resounding, “We will, with God’s help.”

NOTE: EMM now offers a program called Neighbor to Neighbor to support local groups as they participate in the ministry of  community sponsorship for asylum seekers. Learn more about Neighbor to Neighbor. **If you are a member of a Neighbor to Neighbor team, please note that the Toolkit on this page is not the Neighbor to Neighbor Training Toolkit, but its predecessor. To receive the Training Toolkit, please contact us at [email protected].**

Introduction to Supporting Asylum Seekers:
A Toolkit for Congregations

This webinar aired live on Thursday, December 12, 2019. It provides an overview and introduction to the new resource, Supporting Asylum Seekers: A Toolkit for Congregations. Presenters and practitioners from across the country and The Episcopal Church spoke to group discernment, ministry models, and important considerations when engaging in ministry with asylum seekers.

Request the Toolkit

Click here to request the toolkit. It will be automatically emailed to you upon your submission of the request form. If you have any trouble, please email [email protected] for assistance. NOTE: EMM now offers a program called Neighbor to Neighbor to support local groups as they participate in the ministry of  community sponsorship for asylum seekers. Learn more about Neighbor to Neighbor. **If you are a member of a Neighbor to Neighbor team, please note that the Toolkit on this page is not the Neighbor to Neighbor Training Toolkit, but its predecessor. To receive the Training Toolkit, please contact us at [email protected].**

We hope and pray that this toolkit empowers you and your congregation to discern and live into the ministry of welcome to which you are uniquely called, and inspires you to continue building a relationship with EMM in the days, weeks, and months ahead.

If you have a ministry model to share, a story to tell, a case study to offer, suggested edits, or other items that should be included in future editions of Supporting Asylum Seekers: A Toolkit for Congregations, please let us know.