sanctuary
The Porter’s Gate hopes to bridge gap between mental health and faith with new album
By Kathryn Post — September 21, 2023
(RNS) — ‘Sanctuary Songs,’ a 12-track album inspired by conversations about mental health and faith, was released on Friday (Sept. 15).
ELCA declares self a ‘sanctuary church body,’ marches to ICE building in Milwaukee
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 7, 2019
MILWAUKEE (RNS) — 'Marching is fun, words are great, but action makes a difference,' Bishop Paul Erickson of the Greater Milwaukee Synod said.
With her life on hold, an immigrant woman marks two years in sanctuary
By Yonat Shimron — May 8, 2019
GREENSBORO, N.C. (RNS) — Juana Luz Tobar Ortega will mark her two-year anniversary in sanctuary later this month. A new film documents her struggle.
After arrest of protected immigrant, sanctuary church members cry out for justice
By Yonat Shimron — November 26, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — A group of United Methodists severely criticized the arrest of Samuel Oliver-Bruno, an undocumented immigrant who had been living in their church, as he applied for a deferral on his deportation.
Honduran woman vows to fight for asylum from Utah church
By Brady McCombs — July 10, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seeing other immigrant parents separated from their children at the border makes her even more reticent to return home and face a possible split from her daughters if she tried to seek U.S. asylum again.
When government threatens sanctuaries
By Mark Silk — April 26, 2018
The case of South Congregational Church in Springfield, Mass.
Heeding the sacred call to give sanctuary to the vulnerable
By Traci Blackmon — April 18, 2018
(RNS) — Our immigration enforcement agencies are becoming agents of family separation.
Resisting Trump, churches give sanctuary to immigrants facing deportation
By Yonat Shimron — November 28, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Will law enforcement be sent into houses of worship — against the will of congregants motivated by sincere beliefs — despite the president's oft-stated commitment to religious freedom?
Mark’s Gospel provides a legal loophole for providing sanctuary. Will Christians use it?
By Roger Vermalen Karban — June 13, 2017
(RNS) God doesn’t first create laws, and then create humans to obey them. God creates humans, and then creates laws to help them live fulfilled lives.
Trump ban will hurt Christian refugees fleeing conflict, say Iraqi Catholic leaders
By Josephine McKenna — January 30, 2017
ROME (RNS) The prelates blasted the president’s refugee ban, saying it's a 'trap' to keep 100,000 of their flock in limbo. One archbishop was forced to cancel a trip to Washington because of the executive order.
Sanctuary congregations have doubled since Trump election, say faith leaders
By Lauren Markoe — January 17, 2017
(RNS) More than 800 congregations now call themselves 'sanctuaries.'
Fuller Theological Seminary students want a sanctuary campus
By Kirkland An — November 23, 2016
(RNS) In a letter to the president, students, faculty and alumni petitioned for the school to refuse to comply with immigration officials if they come to deport undocumented members of the Fuller community.
Churches to serve as safe spaces after Ferguson grand jury announcement
By Lilly Fowler — November 21, 2014
ST. LOUIS (RNS) With a grand jury decision on whether to indict the officer who fatally shot African-American teenager Michael Brown, expected by the end of the month, churches in the area are prepared to offer refuge.
Minister sees no choice but to fight for refugees
By Tracy Gordon — April 5, 2012
HIGHLAND PARK, N.J. (RNS) He is young and looks even younger than his 36 years. Yet in the midst of a confrontation with the federal government that could have grave consequences for his future, the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale acts with the poise of a much older man. By Bob Braun.
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