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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: US Christian Churches Back Muslim Invasion All of the major Christian churches in America have come out in favor of importing hundreds of thousands of Muslims into the US from the Middle East, even though such a move will speed up the extinction of both European-Americans and Christianity itself. The Lutheran church in America has become the latest Christian denomination to make a formal appeal to Congress to allow even more Muslim refugees from Syria into the US, according to a report on the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service website. The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), which is made up of a partnership between the three largest Lutheran Churches in America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod LC-MS, and the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (LELCA), brought together over 30 Lutheran bishops, pastors, service partners, and leaders for the annual Lutheran Immigration Leadership Summit (LILS) On October 2627. According to the Lutheran news site report, the next day, LILS participants gathered for a Lutheran prayer breakfast on Capitol Hill where Lutheran representative David Cicilline (D-RI), a staunch advocate for increasing aid to and resettlement of Syrian refugees, motivated our participants with his call for action. After that, the LILS participants attended a meeting with White House officials, including representatives from the National Security Council, Domestic Policy Council, and the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. According to the Lutheran news site, the LILS participants then delivered petitions from thousands of Lutherans asking for the resettlement of more Syrian refugees. The Lutherans are merely the latest in the long line of all major Christian denominations to line up to plead the case for the 97 percent Sunni Muslim refugee resettlement program already in place. 1. The Catholic Church, with 68.5 million members, is now the single largest denomination in America. That church is proud to boast that the United States Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services department resettles approximately 30 percent of the refugees that arrive in the US each year. It also encourages all Catholics to contact their local Catholic Charities agency to find out if it has a resettlement program and, if so, how you can assist them in their effort to resettle refugees and help them build new lives of hope here in the United States. 2. The next largest denomination in the US is the Southern Baptist Convention, which has 16.1 million members. On its website, under an article titled 10 ways you can help with the Syrian refugee crisis that church tells its members that Global migration has brought many Syrians to the United States. Your church has an incredible opportunity to share Gods love with them as they make new lives here. It then urges its members to become involved in an online community project called ethnecity.com, which is centered around integrating as many immigrants and refugees as possible into the US. 3. The third largest denomination is the United Methodist Church, which has 7.8 million members. In an article on its website (US faith leaders: Take in more Syrian refugees, Sept. 28, 2015), it announced that Now, it is time for the US to act, and that its church leaders had gathered Sept. 28 near the US Capitol to press Congress and the Obama Administration to resettle 100,000 Syrian refugees by the end of next year. 4. The fourth largest denomination is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, which boasts some 6 million members. On that churchs website devoted to charities, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told its readers that LDS Charities takes a special interest in the estimated 70,000 refugees living in Utah by supporting local refugee resettlement agencies with a variety of assistance including: Deseret Industries store vouchers, furniture, bedding, food, English acquisition, job coaching, on-the-job training, and employer placement. Furthermore, the Mormon church said, LDS Charities advocates support for local community efforts that assist relocated refugees, and it especially encourages the volunteerism of its members in these causes. 5. The fifth largest denomination in America is the Church of God in Christ, a 5.5 million-strong black Pentecostal church. The Church of God in Christ told its supporters that its Disaster Relief Committee had been working with organizations and individuals in multiple locations . . . As refugees continue to make their way into Europe and other safer zones, we are currently working with our Global Strategy regional coordinators in Europe and the Middle East to connect with partners working with these groups. 6. The sixth largest denomination in America is another black church, the National Baptist Convention, USA, which has 5 million members. They, like many of the smaller black Christian churches, all support the Church World Service which has called for more Middle Eastern refugees in the US (see below). 7. The seventh largest denomination is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, with 4.5 million members. As outlined above, this church is actively lobbying Congress to bring in even more Muslim refugeesand has even submitted its own testimony to the Senate in this regard. According to a Statement for the Record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America submitted to Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights Hearing on The Syrian Refugee Crisis (January 7, 2014, available on the Evangelical Lutheran Churchs website here), the US has a moral obligation to individual refugees and to the international community to begin immediately accepting Syrian refugees into the US refugee resettlement program. 8. The eighth largest denomination is the National Baptist Convention of America, a 3.5 million-strong black church. It supports the Church World Service which has called for more Middle Eastern refugees in the US (see below). 9. The ninth largest denomination in America is the Assemblies of God USA (AG), a 2.9 million-strong Pentecostal Christian denomination. This church is actively involved in providing on-the-ground aid to the nonwhite invaders in Greece, as outlined on its blog, where AG pastors Pat and Brenda Mahar thanked church members for their money and support in their work amongst the Muslims this way: Thank you for your contribution toward the needs of the Syrian, Eritrean, and Afghan refugees! We have used BGMC funds to help feed and clothe many refugees who are boarding ferries on the Island of Lesbos, Greece, coming to Athens. -Pat and Brenda Mahar, pastors, ICF of Athens 10.The tenth largest denomination is the Presbyterian Church (USA), which has 2.7 million members. According to that churchs own news service (Christian denominations and ecumenical groups urge more support for Syrian refugees, September 30, 2015), The Presbyterian Church (USA) is one of a dozen Christian denominations and ecumenical groups that have sent a letter to the White House, urging the president to do more to help Syrian refugees. The US should open its doors to receive many more refugees. Even with more adequate funding for humanitarian assistance, some Syrians feel they will never be able to return home safely and wish to resettle in a third country. Many in our faith communities have a long and rich history of welcoming refugees. We encourage the US to accept more Syrian refugees and to expedite the processing of these applications. In addition to the Presbyterian Church (USA), that letter was signed by some smaller denominations, including the Church of the Brethren; the Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ; the Mennonite Central Committee US; and the United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries. The Church World Service (CWS) is an umbrella organization which speaks on behalf of 37 Christian denominations in the US, including many smaller denominations not listed above. These CWS member churches include the African Methodist Episcopal Church; the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; the Alliance of Baptists; the American Baptist Churches USA; the Armenian Church of America (including Diocese of California); the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; the Church of the Brethren; the Community of Christ; the Coptic Orthodox Church in North America; the Ecumenical Catholic Communion; the Episcopal Church; the Friends United Meeting; the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; the Hungarian Reformed Church in America; the International Council of Community Churches; the Korean Presbyterian Church in America; the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church; the Mar Thoma Church; the Moravian Church in America; the Orthodox Church in America; the Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A.; the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends; the Polish National Catholic Church of America; the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.; the Reformed Church in America; the Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada; the Swedenborgian Church; the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch; the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America; and the United Church of Christ. Some of the larger denominations are also members of the Church World Service, such as the United Methodist Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Presbyterian Church (USA). Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest
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The best thing that ever happened to me was to leave mainline denominational religion and start dealing with my Lord on His terms through His Word and His Spirit.
I would also add that at this point I could give a rip who ends on which piece of NWO turf since we are so close to the end of this dispensation. I would suggest abandoning duhmurrika but I'm sure it would fall on deaf ears. The game is over. Walk in faith, love and God's peace.
As long as the so-called "churches" are taking a 501(c)(3) tax exemption from FedGov they cannot be trusted: "When a church accepts the 501c3 status, that church: Waives its freedom of speech. Waives its freedom of religion. Waives its right to influence legislators and the legislation they craft. Waives its constitutionally guaranteed rights. Is no longer free to speak to the vital issues of the day. Becomes controlled by a spirit of fear that if it doesnt toe the line with the IRS it will lose its tax-exempt status. Becomes a State-Church. The church in America today is, by and large, not speaking to the vital issues of the day. The church has been effectively silenced. There has been a chilling effect upon the churchs freedom of speech for fear of IRS retribution should the church get out of line. The inevitable result is a moral downward spiral in the culture as the church stands mute." #4. To: X-15 (#3) I agree. I would not lead a government church. If a person is giving for a tax deduction they have been deceived or are deceiving themselves. I also refuse the concept of a board et al. It is God's ministry and the Man or Woman called to run it answers directly to the CEO; Jesus Christ. No one else.
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