Made for goodness - a JPIT report on the refugee crisis

The Joint Public Issues Team  has created a new briefing looking at the history and consequences of thecurrent humanitarian crisis and highlights four specific areas thatChurches can engage with and campaign on.

The briefing, "Made for goodness: A faithful response to therefugee crisis", provides context and information on the refugeecrisis, biblical reflection and suggestions for an effectiveresponse.

65 million people are now either a refugee, internally displacedor seeking asylum. That's one in every 113 people.

Bill Topping, Public Issues Team Member, said: "AsChristians, we have a key role to play in the upcoming months andyears, highlighting the ongoing plight of refugees and displacedpeople. We must affirm the case for a human response to the crisis,which recognises that we are all made for goodness, and that thehuman dignity of refugees is intimately connected to ourown."

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The Joint Public Issues Team has combined expertise of theBaptist Union, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and theUnited Reformed Church in the area of public issues.