Ethnic Conflict: Trigger for Migration

EXCERPT

All of this has far-reaching implications for a 21st century church that exists in an "age of migration." Already, the rising tide of international migrations has stimulated an extraordinary missionary movement from the non-Western world into Western societies; while the church in the West finds itself increasingly confronted by tough questions related to the plight and impact of massive immigration. A biblical perspective calls for attentiveness to the issues surrounding immigrant populations and responsive engagement in situations where ethnic conflict or cultural tensions add to the complexities. This is an area where evangelical Christian witness has, generally speaking, been sadly lacking. Perhaps what is needed is a renewed understanding of the church as "strangers and pilgrims on earth."


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