Welcoming our Global Neighbors with the Love of Christ

At the Refugee and Immigrant Network (RAIN), we see an incredible opportunity to engage our Alliance churches to join us in strategically welcoming, building relationships, and sharing the gospel with refugees and immigrants.

Matthew 25:35 "...I was a stranger and you welcomed me."

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Wells of Refuge - Welcoming Devotional Bible

An Easy to read Bible with additional welcoming content for people whose native language is not English.

Wells of Refuge Highlights

  • Complete easy to read version of the Bible by Bible League International
  • Foreward by Jura Yangihara, president Alliance World Fellowship
  • Preface by John Stumbo, president US C&MA
  • Contributions from international leaders
    • Ken Graham, president Australia C&MA
    • T.V. Thomas, chairman Lausanne Global Diaspora Network
  • Over 20 Refugee / Immigrant Short Stories representing 5 continents and 18 countries
  • Introduction of all 66 books of the Bible by faculty / staff of all four Alliance institutions of higher education
    • Alliance University - ATS / Nyack
    • Crown College
    • Simpson University
    • Toccoa Falls College
  • Over 120 Devotional Welcoming Inserts by over 100 Alliance leaders, refugee and immigrant workers and other affiliates from around the world

As of July 31, 2024 there have been over 22,000 downloads in 177 countries

These are the top 10:

  • Cambodia - 2,486
  • Laos - 1,072
  • United States - 927
  • Bangladesh - 817
  • Nepal - 452
  • Pakistan - 449
  • India - 227
  • DR Congo - 187
  • Iraq - 160
  • Algeria – 128

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Best Practices for Helping Displaced People

We, at RAIN, are deeply saddened and concerned for the tragic situation in Afghanistan.

Join us in praying for the Afghan people. We are praying for those who will stay and those who are being displaced.

RAIN is currently working with CAMA as we prepare information and training to help resource Alliance Churches who want to engage.

The purpose of RAIN is three-fold

Welcoming

Together, Alliance churches welcoming our global neighbors with the love and compassion of Christ, as He has welcomed us into His Kingdom, is the heart of this network.

Engagement

We focus on equipping our Alliance churches to engage their local global neighbors through English as a Second Language (ESL), secondary resettlement services and other welcoming ministries

Training

We partner with academic organizations to train practitioners worldwide in ministry strategies that address the needs of traumatized refugees and immigrants, and those who serve them.

Pray for RAIN… as we believe God for Psalms 2:8

“Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, and the ends of the earth your possession.”