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Michelle Ferrigno Warren
Michelle Ferrigno Warren is the president and CEO of Virago Strategies, and helped found Open Door Ministries, a community development 501(c)(3) corporation in downtown Denver, to address poverty, addiction, and homelessness through social programs. She has served as advocacy and strategic engagement director for the Christian Community Development Association and done coalition work with the National Immigration Forum. She is the author of The Power of Proximity.
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As Christians, we are called to love the stranger in our midst, but how does that translate to our day and age? How can we understand God's heart for immigrants and refugees today? Hear stories of displaced peoples, grow your thinking on immigration on the global stage, and more with these books from IVP about immigration, refugee crises, and God's heart for displaced peoples here and around the globe.
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paperbackServing God in a Migrant Crisis
Ministry to People on the Move
Operation World Resources
by Patrick Johnstone
With Dean Merrill
Foreword by Stephan Bauman"God has used migration for millennia to achieve his purposes for his people," writes Patrick Johnstone. "He is doing so again in our time." Millions are on the move, driven by war, drought, terrorism, poverty, failed states, environmental catastrophes, disease, revolutions, and the desire for a better life. Christians have a unique perspective on the migrant crisis: after all, ...
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paperbackRefuge Reimagined
Biblical Kinship in Global Politics
by Mark R. Glanville and Luke Glanville
Foreword by Matthew SoerensThe global crisis of forced displacement is growing every year. At the same time, Western Christians' sympathy toward refugees is increasingly overshadowed by concerns about personal and national security, economics, and culture. We urgently need a perspective that understands both Scripture and current political realities and that can be applied at the levels of the church, the ...
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paperbackDiscerning Ethics
Diverse Christian Responses to Divisive Moral Issues
Edited by Hak Joon Lee and Tim Dearborn
Foreword by Mark LabbertonRacism. Immigration. Gun violence. Sexuality. Health care.
The number of ethical issues that demand a response from Christians today is almost dizzying. How can Christians navigate such matters? What are faithful responses to these questions?
Edited by two theologians with pastoral experience, this volume invites engagement with these issues and more by drawing on real-life ...
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paperbackIncluding the Stranger
Foreigners in the Former Prophets
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by David G. Firth
Series edited by D. A. CarsonBiblical Foundations Award Finalist
The Old Testament, particularly the Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, and 1-2 Kings), has frequently been regarded as having a negative attitude towards foreigners. This has meant that these texts are often employed by those opposed to the Christian faith to attack the Bible—and such views can be echoed by Christians. While the ...
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paperbackYou Welcomed Me
Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us
by Kent Annan
"Wait, Dad. Are we for them or against them?" Kent Annan was talking with his eight-year-old son about the immigrant and refugee crises around the world. His son's question, innocent enough in the moment, is writ large across our society today. How we answer it, Annan says, will reveal a lot about what kind of family, community, or country we want to be. In You ...
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hardcoverRevolution of Values
Reclaiming Public Faith for the Common Good
by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
- 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award - Political and Social Sciences
The religious Right taught America to misread the Bible. Christians have misused Scripture to consolidate power, stoke fears, and defend against enemies. But people who have been hurt by the attacks of Christian nationalism can help us rediscover God's vision for faith ...
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For the second consecutive year, InterVarsity Press (IVP) has been recognized by Digital Book World—the premier platform offering educational and networking resources for digital publishing professionals—and their partners for achieving their Quality, Excellence, Design (QED) certification on the production of IVP ebooks.
