A foundation of hope and holiness
Embracing our Wesleyan DNA as we press into God’s mission in 2022.
Immigrant Connection
Sixth annual Immigrant Connection Conference recap
Immigrant Connection celebrates diversity, partnerships, regional growth and future sites.
Immigrant Connection hosts Welcoming the Stranger cohorts
The new cohort is offered for persons wanting to learn more on what God says in the Bible about loving immigrants.
Immigrant Connection receives $1 million corporate donation
Funds will be distributed in equal amounts throughout the next three years.
Welcoming our immigrant neighbors
Immigrants are on the move, but God is on the move in the midst of them. And Wesleyans are on the move with God in this moment.
KidZone providing encouragement in Kansas
Among the at-risk students that the learning center serves include children from low-income, single-parent and/or immigrant families.
“God helps those who help…”
Instead of saying “God helps those who help themselves,” we should learn from the Bible that God helps those who help immigrants.
Neighboring well during a global pandemic
The impact of COVID-19 on society’s most vulnerable is sobering.
Immigrant Connection receives Tyson Foods grant
The grant will allow Immigrant Connection to provide counseling and assistance to Tyson Foods employees and their families.
Welcoming the stranger in Arizona
Members of The Good Shepherd congregation of Mesa, Arizona, are opening their arms and their doors to immigrants looking to start a new life in the United States.
Border Stories
Ambassador Jo Ann Lyon and a group of Wesleyan clergywomen visited the U.S./Mexico border to meet immigrants. People made in the image of God.
Wesleyans in the news: January 3
Do you know these Wesleyans in the news?
Immigrant Connection continues to expand impact
“We become beacons of hope and guides of truth helping and serving U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, immigrants, refugees, their families, their employers and all within our communities.”
Immigrant Connection Fall Shadowing Experience
More details to come.
Location: Kansas City, Kansas.
Immigrant Connection Shadowing Experience
This shadowing experience will offer hands-on immigration legal services practice, program management experience and basic work on completing the BIA application for recognition and accreditation.
The Dearly Deported
As we Wesleyans often say, immigration is an issue, but immigrants are people. We must always remind ourselves that these situations impact real people—our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Immigrant Connection Site Map
See this map of how dozens of Wesleyan churches are transforming their communities by offering low cost legal services and the love of Jesus Christ to their immigrant neighbors.
Grand Opening: Immigrant Connection Center in Greenville, South Carolina
The Immigrant Connection office at La Iglesia El Camino in Greenville, South Carolina was featured in this news report.
We Do it Because of the Lost
“I cannot believe all the depth and significance of the training that is happening at this! I believe God is going to use this ministry in ways we cannot yet even grasp…” Dr. Jo Anne Lyon
South Carolina Church Approved to Open Immigrant Connection Office
Iglesia El Camino joins a group of churches and leaders who are choosing to make a difference in their community by “welcoming the stranger.”
City Life Church in Grand Rapids, MI Receives Approval for Immigrant Connection Site
We’re the third Wesleyan church to become an Immigrant Connection site, but I can imagine sites being started across the nation.
Iglesia Des Moines Holds Evento Abogacía Inmigración
Radiant Church, una dinámica Iglesia de Los Wesleyan, que tiene 4 años y esta localizada en Des Moisnes, IA, sostuvo recientemente Un taller de dos horas para pastores de su comunidad acerca de la defensa de inmigración.
Des Moines Church Holds Immigration Advocacy Event
Radiant Church, a dynamic 4-year old Wesleyan church in Des Moines, IA, recently held a 2-hour immigration advocacy workshop for pastors in their community.
Immigrant Connection – Awareness
Interested in becoming more aware & building relationships with the immigrants in your community? Click here for suggestions & ideas.
