- Mike Snow - Matthew Soerns - Charles Solomon -
==mike snow================
Feb 24, 2023: Alabama Baptist News: Thomaston Baptist calls new pastor
Mike Snow is the new pastor of Thomaston Baptist Church. He previously served four years as associational mission strategist of Bethel Baptist Association. He also served as pastor of Sardis Baptist Church, Thomaston.
He is a graduate of New Orleans Seminary. He and his wife, Allison, have one adult son.
Mike Snow is the new pastor of Thomaston Baptist Church. He previously served four years as associational mission strategist of Bethel Baptist Association. He also served as pastor of Sardis Baptist Church, Thomaston.
He is a graduate of New Orleans Seminary. He and his wife, Allison, have one adult son.
==matthew Soerens=========
Matthew Soerens is the US director of church mobilization and advocacy for World Relief and the national coordinator of the Evangelical Immigration Table. Previously Matthew served as a Department of Justice–accredited legal counselor with World Relief's local office in Wheaton, Illinois. He is the coauthor of Welcoming the Stranger and Seeking Refuge.
June 1, 2023:
Women of Welcome is a collaborative partnership between the National Immigration Forum and World Relief, one of six faith-based agencies contracted with the US Government to resettle refugees in the country, aiming to help evangelical women understand immigration and refugee resettlement from a Biblical perspective. As attention turns to the border with the end of Title 42 and with new policies restricting US entry for asylum-seekers, the head of the organisation says she believes those women are changing the conversation among evangelicals. “This is why I am confident that this community of women is going to change the dynamic in the immigration space - I’m 100 per cent sure of it - because of the women who are in our community and the growth that has happened with the women in the community,” said Bri Stensrud, director of Women of Welcome. The organisation was founded in 2017 after rhetoric around immigrants and refugees became “inflamed” and “dehumanising” during former President Donald Trump’s first campaign for office, Stensrud said. Previous polling by Lifeway Research showed evangelicals’ views about immigration were being shaped more by the media than by the Bible, she pointed out. Research also showed evangelical women were more supportive than their male counterparts of policies impacting immigrants and refugees, said Matthew Soerens, US director of church mobilisation for World Relief. Women also expressed more ambiguity - voicing concerns about security alongside values like hospitality and compassion, Soerens said. More at Sight Magazine |
==charles solomom==============
The self centered Christian is abnormal in God's economy. When the Word speaks of a believe and his resources in Christ, it is assumed that Christ is central in the life. However, the Christian who appropriated Christ as his life today is the exception rather the rule.
--Charles Solomon; The Ins and Outs of Rejection
--Charles Solomon; The Ins and Outs of Rejection