Global Displacement and Local Action

In this episode, Kori and John-Mark interview Matthew Soerens and Daniel Yang from World Relief as well as Eric Costanzo, who pastors South Tulsa Baptist Church. The conversation explores the global and historical context for our current crisis of human displacement while helping listeners to see this crisis in the light of the gospel.

Questions discussed include: How might God want to work through migrants from the global South and East to bring spiritual transformation to Western churches? How can we practice Christian hospitality for the migrant neighbors who show up in our communities? How could the church shift national conversations about displacement and human dignity? How should mass migration affect the way we think about the Great Commission?

Listeners can learn more by reading Matthew, Daniel, and Eric’s book Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church or exploring the Churches of Welcome discipleship curriculum that Daniel Yang created.