Panel on ICE and Faithfulness to Jesus in our City

Written By Sam Choi

Photographer: Steven Garcia Agency: NurPhoto / Shutterstock

Topics Covered in This Panel

  • The Call to Unity & Handling Differences: Why the Church is "Option A" for the city and there is no Option B. The pastors discuss how to model "unity of mind"—not by having the exact same political opinions, but by maintaining the same attitude as Christ. They demonstrate how to hold space for significant disagreement among elders (specifically regarding the Renee Good shooting and immigration policy) while refusing to fall into tribalism.

  • Christian Posture Toward Government & ICE

  • The Shooting of Renee Good

  • The Church’s Role in the Immigration Crisis

  • News Consumption & Spiritual Health

  • Managing Political Anger

  • Civil Disobedience & Protesting

  • Root Causes of Migration

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  • Correction on Migration Statistics: During the discussion on open borders and migration numbers, a statistic was mentioned regarding the number of people who would move to the U.S. if they could ("130 million or 180 million").

    • Clarification: According to Gallup polling, approximately 158 million adults worldwide name the U.S. as their desired future residence. This does not include their children, so it was underquoted.

    • Source: Gallup - "158 Million Want to Migrate to the U.S."

      https://news.gallup.com/poll/245255/158-million-migrate.aspx

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