Do you have help refugees in order to be called a Christian? That’s what some high profile Christian church leaders are saying.
A number of Christian church leaders, including Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren, spoke out about the vital need for believers to help refugees at the GC2 Summit at Community Christian Church in Naperville, Illinois last week.
The conference featured a number of sessions focused on the ongoing refugee crisis that is gripping the world, most notably with the millions of people in Syria and the surrounding region fleeing civil war and seeking refuge in Western nations.
Evangelical pastors spoke alongside relief groups, such as World Vision and World Relief, about the urgent need for the Church in America to get involved and help in meaningful ways.
Rick Warren focused his message on the life and mission of Jesus Christ, and urged believers to care about the things that Jesus cared about saying
“Jesus loves the Church, and he loves the world.”
The Saddleback pastor also pointed out that Christ was indifferent to things such as personal danger, politics, and even religious traditions leading him to tell the gathering, ‘If We’re Not Helping, I Doubt Our Christianity.’
Warren’s view is that people are ignoring the largest refugee crisis in our lifetime.
He asked those in attendance, “Why must we care about these refugees? And then answered, Because God commands it. All throughout Scripture, God says you are to treat people who are out of their country kindly,”