What if your Global Alliance team
- Could reach several unreached peoples…without leaving your city?
- Could mobilize young people from multiple local churches and schools for missions?
- Could train up new global workers before they leave for their field of service?
Welcome to the Center!!
Welcome to a space where immigrants and refugees can be welcomed and served by the Body of Christ. Members of our Diaspora Network are establishing two new Welcome Centers, staffed by their teammates and with believers from other agencies and local churches. They will ‘welcome the stranger’ with respect, love, and practical help. All done in the Name of Christ, with the hope of introducing individuals and families to His saving grace. They are blessing people who are close to God’s heart:
He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing. "So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt."(Deuteronomy 10:18-20 NLT)
One new center in Eastern Europe will serve families who have left their country
to seek a better life away from war. Some need trauma and marital counseling, and
guidance in how to settle and thrive in their new environment. Another center in South Asia will serve members of a large group forced, by their home-country government, to leave! This ministry will partner with others to provide medical and trauma care, along with skills and job training. We have several good examples already in the Global Alliance of how God is blessing ‘people on the move’ through such community centers.
Malaga Spain - Diez42 Refugee Center, Also known as Ten42
OCGA workers from three different MCs, serve a diverse community of immigrants, refugees, and Spanish nationals. Many of their beneficiaries come from war-affected regions such as Central Africa and Ukraine. These are people with a rich cultural mix from Latin America, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Eastern Europe. For most their first point of contact with Ten42 is the food bank, which provides essential support to hundreds of individuals and families each week.
From there they seek to build lasting relationships through Spanish and English classes, practical workshops, a men’s football fellowship, and a men’s reflection group centered on the Word of God.
From Southern Spain:
This center serves a community of immigrant families and involves yet another OC GA MC:
“Here we are filled with Joy and Hope. More than 100 children participate in our homework help program, English classes, and art activities. There are also over 40 adults enrolled in our English and Spanish classes."
“This year we have introduced a formal curriculum in our Spanish classes that focuses on the citizenship exam that many must pass to obtain nationality. Each conversation opens a window to the stories, dreams, and experiences of those who come to Spain seeking a new beginning. Speaking Spanish becomes a way of speaking about themselves—their strength, their courage, and the hope that
keeps them moving forward each day, fighting for their future and for the loved ones they left behind.”
“Seeking a new beginning” is of course why people end up near our teams as either willing immigrants, or unwilling refugees.
Please pray for our existing centers and especially for the two under development:
- for great partners, strong beginnings,
- deep connections to all who come
- that result in lasting fruit that honors our Lord!
Might God be talking to you and your team about engaging unreached migrants in your area? Have you seen such people in your cities and neighborhoods? Contact us at the Collaboration Hub for more information, resources, and how to begin…