Refugees from Afghanistan, Burma, Cuba and Iraq were among the 1,251 people resettled through the Disciples Refugee and Immigration Ministries program in 2009. The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is one of the six denominations that resettles refugees through the Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program. Disciples helped to place approximately 11 percent of CWS’s caseload.
Those Disciples who promote the work of Week of Compassion in congregations are encouraged to share with them the ministry that Week of Compassion makes possible through funding Refugee and Immigration Ministries in Disciples Home Missions. View a report about the congregations involved in refugee and immigration ministries in 2009 at: www.discipleshomemissions.org/rim
