Church leaders are off the
reservation over Refugees. They worship the UN and have forgotten the example
they got from Mother Theresa and the Good Samaritan. Charity should not be
given with other people’s money unless it’s given as a charitable contribution.
Using tax money to redistribute it to the poor is Socialism. The churches have
overreacted to every politically correct scam so far, so who is surprised to
see them support the Refugee Scam.. See article below:
Faith-based organizations:
Adorers of the Blood of Christ
African American Ministers In Action
AJC
Alliance of Baptists
American Baptist Churches
American Conference of Cantors
Anti-Defamation League
Asian Pacific Islander Christians for Social Justice
Bautistas Por La Paz
Beth Meyer Synagogue
Bethany Christian Services
BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la Paz
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Boston
Christ Presbyterian Church
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Greater Kansas City
Christian Community Development Association
Christian Reformed Church
Christian Reformed Church in North America
Church of the Brethren Office of Peacebuilding and Policy
Church Women United
Church World Service
Community of St. Francis
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children and Families
Diocese of Atlanta
Diocese of Chicago
Disciples Home Missions
Disciples Refugee & Immigration Ministries
Dominican Sisters
Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren
Emgage Action
Episcopal Public Policy Network
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Faith in Public Life
Faith Voices Arkansas
Farm Worker Ministry Northwest
First Christian Church
Franciscan Action Network
Franciscan Peace Center
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Franciscan Spiritual Center
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Grace Ministries, ELCA
Grace United Methodist Church
HIAS
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters
Immaculate Heart of Mary Congregation
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice
Interfaith Network for Immigration Reform
Interfaith Partnership for Refugee Resettlement
Interfaith Worker Justice
InterReligious Task Force on Central America and Colombia
Islamic Relief USA
Jesuit Refugee Service
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
Jewish Social Services of Madison
Justice For Our Neighbors
Justice, Peace and Reconciliation Commission
Larchmont Avenue Presbyterian Church
Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Los Amigos Episcopales
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Minnesota Council of Churches
Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees
National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
National Council of Jewish Women
National Justice for Our Neighbors
National Religious Campaign Against Torture
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
New Hampshire Conference United Church of Christ
New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light
North Georgia Immigrant Justice
Pax Christi
Pennsylvania Council of Churches
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Purchase Friends Meeting
Religious Sisters of Charity
Ridgewood Baptist Church
School Sisters of Notre Dame
School Sisters of Notre Dame – Central Pacific Province
Shadow Rock UCC
Sisters of Charity of New York
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill
Sisters of St. Francis
Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa
Sisters of St. Joseph
Southwestern Washington Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church
St. James Episcopal church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA)
St. Mary’s House
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Tacoma Community House
The Academy for Spiritual Formation
The Episcopal Church
The Newman Center at Buffalo State
The United Methodist Church
Thrive International Programs, Inc.
Trinity Episcopal Church
Union for Reform Judaism
Unitarian Universalist Refugee & Immigrant Services & Education
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ)
United Church of Christ
Wesley United Methodist Church
Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence
Wholly Present
Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice
Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER)
World Relief
Yakama Christian Mission.Rev. John L. McCullough, Church World Service, Sr. Carmella Campione, Congregation of Saint Joseph Rev Margaret Rose, The Episcopal Church, Rev LeDayne Polaski, BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la Paz, Rev. Dr. Karl Travis, First Presbyterian Church, Mr John Lydon, Advent Episcopal Rev. Dr. Mary Schaller Blaufuss, United Church of Christ Humanitarian & Development Ministries Pastor Don Benton, Desert Foothills UMC, Outreach Team Leader Jean Rivers, individual representative, Dr. Siraj Mufti, Muslim Community Center of Tucson, Rev Derwent Suthers, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Bishop Elias Galvan, United Methodist, Sr. Patricia Ferrick, School Sisters of Notre Dame Cantor Ross Wolman, Temple Chai, Rev. Joseph Keesecker, Guadalupe Presbyterian Church, Rev. Teresa Cowan Jones, Sacred Space, Pastor Don Benton Rev. Wendy Watson, Grace Church, Rev Deacon Catherine Wagar, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, Rev Alan Strout, First United Methodist Church, Rabbi Suzanne Singer, Temple Beth El, Rev Martha Sexton, Faith Presbyterian Church, Rev. Sandie Richards, First United Methodist Church of San Fernando, Rev. Robin Poppoff, St Stephen’s in-the-Field, Rev. Will McGarvey, Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County, Rev. Will McGarvey, Community Presbyterian Church, Cantor Leigh Korn, Temple Isaiah, Rev Sandi John, Chico First Baptist Church, Rev Lucretia Jevne, St. Brigid of Kildare Episcopal Church, Rio Vista, Rev. Anne Jensen, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Dr. Elizabeth Hamilton Cantor Kay Greenwald, Congregation Beth Am, Cantor Devorah Felder-Llevy, Congregation Shir Hadash Rev Zuiko Enji, Floating Zendo, Ms. Lenore Dowling, IHM, Immaculate Heart Community, Rev Susan Champion, Christ the Lord Episcopal Church, Rev. Heather Branton, Community Church of Atascadero, UCC, Rev. Dn. Davidson Bidwell-Waite, Episcopal Diocese of California, Rev. Jason Bense, Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Elder JL Angell, Church, Rev. Martha Sexton, St. Mark Presbyterian, Rev. Diane Mettam, United Methodist Church, Rev Alan Strout, First United Methodist of Santa Barbara, Rev. Lindsay Fulmer, Ladera Community Church, UCC, Rev. Donald Smith, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Elder Merilie Robertson, Woodland Hills Presbyterian Church, Dr. John Wallace, Carmichael Presbyterian, Rev. Will McGarvey, Community Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg, CA, Dr. Douglas Daetz, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Social Ministry Chairperson, Rabbi Barbara Zacky, Board member of IKAR Rabbi Paula Marcus, Temple Beth El, Bro. Mark Schroeder, O.F.M., Franciscans for Justice, Rev. Alice Dawn King, United Methodist Church, Ms. Maureen Shannon-Chapple, Insight LA, Rabbi Keilah Lebell, IKAR, Rabbi Diane Elliot Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, Ikar, Director of Youth Ministry Allison Kunz, Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, Rev. Susan Wallace Hermann, La Canada Presbyterian Church Rev. Mark Shetler, River City Christian, Rev. Kathryn Schreiber, First Congregational Church of Martinez, UCC Rev. Dr. Allison Tanner, Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church Rev Elizabeth Starbuck, Trinity Episcopal Church Rev. Dr. Scott Sinclair, Dr.Rev Sarah Nichols, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, Rev. Fred Morris, North Hills UMC Hispanic Mission, Rev Betsey Monnot, Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, Rev Dr. Ruth Meyers, All Souls Episcopal Parish, Rev Diane Mettam, Rev Colin Mathewson, St Luke’s Episcopal Church, Rev Dr. Jerry Drino, Holy Family Episcopal Church, Cantor Lizzie Weiss , Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, Rev Deacon Patricia W. Pearson , Holy Cross Episcopal Church. Mr. Jackson Dreiling, Holy Comforter Episcopal Church Rev Benjamin Brooks, Westside Oaks, Rabbi Deborah Ruth Bronstein, Rabbi Emerita Congregation Har HaShem, Ms. Anita Sanborn, Iliff School of Theology, Rev Sally Megeath, St. Barnabas, Rev. Anita Amstutz, Anabaptist Fellowship of Alamosa. Rev. Deacon Thomas Mariconda, Regional Deacon Episcopal Church, The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Episcopal Church in Connecticut, Rev Virginia Army, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Rabbi/Cantor Dan Sklar, Temple Israel Rev Dana Campbell, Church of the Holy Trinity, Sr. Elaine Betoncourt, Sisters of St. Joseph, Chambery/West Hartford Rev. Robert Hall, Salem United Methodist Church Mrs. Astrida Miller, St Christopher’s Episcopal Church Rev. Patricia Ashley Dr. Sandra McQueen, Rock Spring Presbyterian Church Rev Linda Jones, Barnesville First United Methodist Rev. Deanna Womack, Presbyterian Church, USA Rev. Elisabeth (Lisa) Garvin, Mississippi United Methodist Church Rev. Jennifer Riggs, Central Christian Church, Rev. George Hoy, Pastor, Rev. Dr. Lanny Lawler, Minister, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Rev. Doctor Patricia Donahoo, Disciples Women Rev. and Ms. Jim and Barbara Dale, First United Methodist Church, Decorah IA, Rev. Rich Hendricks, Metropolitan Community Church Quad Cities, Rev. Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWell, Second Reformed Church, Dr. Ronald Zoutendam, Bethel Reformed church, Rev- Deacon Chuck Lane, The Right Rev. Christopher Epting, New Song Episcopal Church. Rev Gary Cook, Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church Rev. Rick Axtell, Chaplain, Centre College, Rev Merry P. Jones Merry Jones, The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Sr. Nancy Surma, Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio, Rev. Rachel Small Stokes, Immanuel United Church of Christ, The Ven. Bryant Kibler, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Amber Inscore Essick, Port Royal Baptist Church, Rev. Jose Luis Casal, Presbyterian Church USA. Sister Helen Wiegmann, Sisters of St Joseph, Sister Jeanne Barnard, SSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph, Rev. Julie Wilson, Calvary UMC, Sr. Linda Stilling, SSND, Mrs. Toni Moore- Duggan, Racial Justice Circle and St. Ignatius Catholic Community, Sr. Marie Lucey, Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, Sr. Patricia Kirk, OSB, Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore, Sr. Mary Beth Hamm, SSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph Sr. Cecilia Cyford, Sister of Saint Joseph, The Rt. Rev. Michael Creighton, St. Anne’s, Lay Leader Ernestine Aberle, Bel Air Methodist Church, Rev. Leslie Watson Malachi, Nephesh Ministries. Rev. Bryan Berghoef, Holland UCC, Rev. Paul Perez, The Michigan Conference of The United Methodist Church Rev. Mark Thompson, Lansing Central United Methodist Elder Diane Brasie, Grosse Pointe Woods Presbyterian Rev. Amee Paparell, United Methodist Church, Program Coordinator Aram Derbandi, Samaritas, Rev. Elizabeth Vander Haagen, Boston Square Christian Reformed Church Rev. Dr. Tanner Smith, Harbor Life Church, Rev. Wayne Shearier, Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rev. Susan Rich, Trinity Episcopal Church, Rev Brian Chace, Trinity Episcopal Church, Rev. Benjamin Bruins, Trinity Reformed Church, Rev. Sarah Van Zetten Bruins, Trinity Reformed Church Minnesota - Rev. Robert Munneke, First Lutheran, Rev. Lindsay Louise Biddle, Presbyterian Church (USA) Rev. Doug Mitchell, Westminster Presbyterian, Emeritus Reverend Corrine Haulotte, Lutheran Campus Ministry of Winona, Inc. Rev. Dr. W. Lee Domenick, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Andrew Yackel, Urland Lutheran Church, Sr. Sharon White, Sr. of St. Francis, Mr. Louis Schoen, Gethsemane Episcopal Church, Sr. Frances Reichenberger, Sisters of St. Francis, Sylvania, Ohio Rev. Donen Ted O’Toole, Minnesota Zen Meditation Center The Rev Dr. Paula Nordhem, United church of Christ NS Rev. Dr. Theresa Mason, United Methodist Church ( ) Ms. Mary Kozmik, St Paul’s Monastery, Rev. Emily Goldthwaite Fries, Mayflower United Church of Christ Rev. Dr. Neil Elliott, St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, Rev. Jennifer Amy-Dressler, The Duluth Congregational Church Rev. Dr. Ginny Brown Daniel, Missouri Mid-South Conference, United Church of Christ, Rev. Robert J. Eaddy, St. Paul Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Ordained Deacon Sharon Kosek, Pine Ridge Presbyterian, Reverend Ellen Gurnon, First Presbyterian Church, Sister Carol Boschert, Sisters of the Most Precious Blood of O’Fallon, MO, Rev Frank Sierra, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Sr. Anna Marie Reha, School Sr. of Notre Dame, Rev. Jan O’Neil Janet O’Neil, St. Timothy’s Episcopal, Rev. Dr. Kathryn Nix, Trinity UMC, Most Rev. Francis Krebs, Ecumenical Catholic Communion. Rev. Megan Morrow, Nebraska Synod, ELCA, Rev. Jamie Norwich McLennan, The United Methodist Church. Elder Earl James, Six Mile Run Reformed Church Sister Bonnie McMenamin, Sisters of St. Joseph Sister Kathleen Boyle, Sisters of St. Joseph Rabbi Hannah Orden, Congregation Beth Hatikvah Rev Seth-Kaper Dale The Reformed Church of Highland Park, Rev. David Jahnke, Fanwood Presbyterian, Rev. Dr. Debra Brewin-Wilson, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Rev Helen Orlando, Deacon, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Drew Harrison, First Presbyterian Church, Rabbi Ira Dounn Vestry Member Craig Clark, The Curch of the Good Shepherd. Rev. Gail R. Wolling, Upstate NY Synod ELCA The Rev. Julie Calhoun-Bryant, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Ned Wight, UU Congregation at Shelter Rock Rev. Bruce Tischler, Hudson River Presbytery Rev Elizabeth Maxwell, Church of the Ascension Dr. Georgette F. Bennett, Founder, Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, Rev Susan Anderson-Smith, St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, Mr. Jerry Rivers, Church of Christ Rabbinical Student Salem Pearce, T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Rev. Dr. Langdon Hubbard, First Presbyterian Church, Rabbi Michael Feinberg, Greater New York Labor Religion Volition, Fr. John P. Duffell, The Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Rev. Kathy Donley, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Fr. William Cooper, St. Thomas Church. Rev Dr. Chloe Breyer, Cantor Joshua Breitzer, Congregation Beth Elohim Rev. Dr. Kate Davelaar Guthrie, New Creation Community Rev. Martha Brimm, Chapel of the Cross, The Rev Deb Blackwood, PhD Deb Blackwood, Liaison for Refugee Ministries Episcopal Diocese on NC, Rabbi Larry Bach, Judea Reform Congregation, Rev. LeDayne Polaski, BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la Paz, Rev. Diane Faires, St. Paul’s Christian Church, Rev. Dr. Douglas Wingeier, Central UMC William B. Stanley, M.S.W. Trinity United Church of Christ, Concord, NC, Rev. Carla Gregg-Kearns, Good Shepherd United Church of Christ, Rev. Dana Cassell, Peace Covenant Church of the Brethren, Mrs. Emily McCoy, Watts Street Baptist Church, Rev. Jaye White, North Carolina Conference UMC. Rev. Tim Blodgett, Southminster Presbyterian Church Rev. John Bain, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Rev John Scannell, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Rev Dennis James Sagun Parker+, St. David of Wales, Rev. Dave Bean, Pioneer United Methodist Church Pastor Jennifer L Seaich, Beavercreek United Church of Christ, Parishioner Ann Hawkins, United Church of Christ, Corvallis Oregon, President Jan Elfers, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Spiritual Director Mark Lesniewski, Franciscan Spiritual Center, Rev. Suzan Ireland, Lay Leader Jan Nelson, Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference, United Methodist Church, Elder Barbara Clark, First Presbyterian Church, Pendleton, OR, Dr. Howard N. Kenyon, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Rev. Charlotte Wells, the Church of the Redeemer, Episcopal, Rev. Karen Hill, First Presbyterian Church, Rev Deacon Linda Goertz, Christ Church Episcopal Parish, Rev Dr. James Boston, St. George Episcopal Church Dr Nathan Jeanne Stringer. Pastor Bruce Gillette, Overbrook Presbyterian Church Rev. Greg Davidson Laszakovits, Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren, Rev. Carol Dague, Lititz Moravian Congregation, Ms. Maria Ceci, Catholic, Sr. Kathleen Burns, Congregation of Sr.s, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, The Rev’d Rebecca Barnes, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Sr. Mary Ann Adams, IHM, Rev. Allan Wysocki, St. Paul Lutheran, ELCA, Rev. Ashley Rossi, Carmel Presbyterian Church, Rev. Allan Wysocki, St. Paul Lutheran Ms. Alexina Stine-Sevey, Stroudsburg First Presbyterian Elder David Baylor, Presbyterian, Elder Debra Burk, Pine Grove Presbyterian Church, Rev. Sandra Mackie Rev. Francois Lacroix, Wallingford Presbyterian Church Sister Colleen Dauerbach SSJ, Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia PA, Sister Karen Doyle, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Mary Kelly, Sisters of Saint Joseph Sister Pat Madden, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Sister Anna Herron, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Margaret Anne Birtwistle, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Sister Mary Esther Lee, Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia, Sister Roberta Archibald, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Rev Dr. Carol Lytch, Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Sister Cathy McGowan, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Cecelia Cavanaugh, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Yes Jeanne McGowan, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Sister Mary Clifford, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Anne Wood, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Elaine Cullen, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Merilyn Ryan, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Sister Joan Dugan, Sisters of St Joseph, Sister Patricia O’Donnell SSJ, Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia, Sister Barbara Ferraiolo, Sisters of St Joseph Sister Rosemarie Lorenz, Sisters of Saint Joseph Ellen Poist SSJ, Sister Patricia Loughrey, Sisters of St. Joseph, Philadelphia, Sister Christine Konopelski, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Joan Suberati, SSJ, Sister Pauline Plefka, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sr. Mary Catherine Manley, SSJ, Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia, Sister Elizabeth Meizinger, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Sisters of St. Joseph Chesnut Hill Philadelphia Sheila Falls, Sister Maryanne Zakreski, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Kathleen Mackerer, Sisters of St.Joseph, Sister Regina Kropp, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Sister Theresa Hayburn, SSJ, Rev Mrs. Charlotte Whiting, Salem United Church of Christ of Rohrerstown Sr. Minnette Weldinh, I.H.M, Rev. Anne Thatcher, Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sr. Kate O’Donnell Kate O’Donnell, JPIC Committee of the Sr.s of St. Francis, Sr. Eleanor Marconi, Congregation of the Sr.s, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Sister Beverly Hmel, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rev Dr. Mary Lynnette Delbridge Lynnette Delbridge, Central Moravian Church. Dr. Justin Wainscott, First Baptist Church Rev Clay Calhoun, Church of the Holy Apostles, Episcopal Rev. Chris Buice, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Rev. Anne Apple, Associate Pastor for Evangelism and Pastoral Care Idlewild Presbyterian Church, Rev Meghan Holland, Trinity Episcopal Church, Pastors Larry & Carolyn Dipboye, Grace Covenant Church, Rev. Rebekah Abel Lamar, Idlewild Presbyterian Church Mrs. Cindy Wu, Access ECC, Sister Rose Quilter, Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Rev. Dr. Paul Ziese, MacArthur Park Lutheran, Rev. Carol Tompkins, Member At-Large, Presbytery of New Covenant, Joy Durrant, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Ruling Elder, PCUSA Gail Fekel, First Presbyterian Church of Grapevine, Elder Judy Bochner, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Rev. Charles Walden Charles Walden, Jackson Woods Presbyterian Church Rev. Charles Fredrickson, Hope Lutheran Church Mr. David Leslie, Rothko Chapel, Rev. Sherry Williams, St Michael’s, Mr. Ronald Johns, Oak Ridge Church of Christ Rev. Trevor Jamieson, Cliff Temple Baptist Church Sister Loretta Armand, Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate, Rev Linda Shelton, Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Sr. Ceil Roeger, Dominican Sisters of Houston Chaplain Mary Kathleen Mahowald, Rev. Charles H. Hubbard, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Mr. Fred Ellis, The Episcopal Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Rev. Dr. John Elford, University United Methodist Church, Sr. JT Dwyer, Roman Catholic, Rev. Sylvia Vásquez, San Antonio Dr. Karen Packard, Cedar Park First United Methodist Church, Rev G. Thomas Luck, St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Rev. Caroline Hamilton-Arnold, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Rev. Vickey Gibbs, Resurrection MCC Rev. Dr. Kurt Friederich, Ascension Lutheran, The Rev Canon Dr Robert Brooks, St. Alban’s Church Austin, TX Sr. Sharon Altendorf, Union of Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rev. Jonathan Page, First Congregational Church of Houston, Bishop Erik K. J. Gronberg, Northern-Texas Northern Louisiana Synod/Mission Area, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Rev. Abigail Parker Herrera, Servant Church United Methodist, Austin, Marty Troyer, Pastor, Houston Mennonite Church, Houston, Rabbi Brian Zimmerman Beth El congregation, Fort Worth, Rev. Hannah Terry, Westbury United Methodist Church + FAM, Houston, Rev Steve Quill, Retired ELCA pastor from Missouri City, Rev. Megan Danner, Chaplain and Director of Spiritual and Religious Life, Southwestern University, Rev. Charles Foster Johnson, Founder and co-pastor of Bread Fellowship, Fort Worth Rev. Frank Drake, First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Teresa Summers-Minette, Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church, Ms Margaret Shaw, Lebanon Presbyterian Church, Elder – PC-USA Lucretia McCulley, Second Presbyterian, The Reverend Jeffery Carr, Bridgewater Church of the Brethren Mr. Jonathan Heckel, Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA, Dr. Catherine Howard, Second Presbyterian Rev B. Cayce Ramey, All Saints Episcopal Church Sharon Chapel, Rev. Lucia Lloyd, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill, Tidewater Chavurah, Rev Eric Anspaugh, Antioch Church of the Brethren Rev Catharine Reid, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church Rev Jenny Rake-Marona, Ms. Pastor Anne Hall, Lutheran Church in the San Juans, Rev. Mark Lancaster, Generous Heart Sangha, Mr. David D. Anderson, University Congregational United Church of Christ, Rev. Dr. Richard Russell, Prospect Congregational United Church of Christ Rev. Jeannette Solimine, UCC, Ms. Edie Lackland, Plymouth, Rev. Gail Crouch, University UCC, Rev. Dan Stern, Richmond Beach Congregational Church, Rev. Lisa Horst Clark, First Congregational Church, Bellevue Rev. Roberta Rominger, Congregational Church (UCC) on Mercer Island, Rev. Patty Ebner, First Congregational Church of Bellevue, Rev. David Weasley, First Congregational Church, Reverend Joy Haertig, Magnolia UCC, Rev. Catharine Cline, United Church in University Place, Rev. Sally Balmer, Guemes Island Congregational Church (UCC), Rev. Ruth M Brandon, Everett United Church of Christ, The Rev. Mary Robinson-Mohr, Northwest Coast Presbytery, Rev. Melody Young, Elder Nancy Ellingham, Newport Presbyterian, Rev. Richard Gibson, Rev. Dr. Ellen Acton, Seattle Presbytery, Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dennie Carcelli, Retired, Rev. Dr. Dee Eisenhauer, Eagle Harbor Congregational UCC, Rev. Holly Hallman, FPCPT, Rev. Dr. Tammy Stampfli, The United Churches of Olympia, Ms. Aida Bound, The Hat Project Rev. Sharon Benton, First Congregational Church, UCC Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Yates, Disciples of Christ Chaplain Endorsing Officer, Rev. Rebecca Scott, St Benedict Rev Gregory William Peters, Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church Rev Canon Bill Osborne, St Stephen’s Episcopal Church Rev Beverly Hosea, Emmanuel Episcopal Church The Rt. Rev. Sanford Hampton, Episcopal Diocese of Olympia.
Honestly,
this is probably one of the most maddening aspects of this subject—-why on earth do they think the Bible says
that government must take care of the poor?
Why can’t these “faith”
leaders find ways to take care of the impoverished in the world (starting in
their own towns!) using their own money! (Or they can volunteer to help
the third world in the
third world!)
Your new neighbors? I had to laugh about
the photo the Christian Post uses to illustrate this news. Do these
‘refugees’ in Greece make you want to invite them home? Where is the
photo of mothers and babies? And, why is one guy laughing? Maybe because
they fooled these Europeans!
Is
your church lobbying the President? See below….
This
latest lobbying pitch was apparently put together by Church World
Service (73.6% funded with taxpayer dollars). You will see their logo at
the top of the letter here.
Here
is the Christian
Post: Over 750 Faith
Groups, Leaders Say Trump Must Allow More Refugees in the US. An interfaith
coalition of more than 750 religious groups and leaders have demanded that the
Trump administration allow for more refugees to settle in the United States. The
Trump administration has garnered controversy for its reduction in the number
of refugees being allowed to resettle in the United States.
In
a letter addressed to President Donald Trump and officially dated Aug. 21, the
religious groups declared that “people of faith will not stand by idly as the
United States turns its back on these individuals.” “Refugee resettlement is a critical tool
our nation can use to relieve human suffering, and we urge the administration
to fully utilize it,” stated the letter.
Citing their “collective scriptural mandate” and “our nation’s
history,” the groups urged the president to “commit to resettling at least
75,000 refugees in Fiscal Year 2019.” More
here.
So who are the “faith”
leaders? Check
out the list and see if your pastor, priest, minister, rabbi, or whatever has
signed the letter .
I
see four of the usual suspects—four (of nine) refugee resettlement
contractors: Church World Service, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS),
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and World Relief. Several Catholic
groups, but no sign of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (hmmm!).
Rev. McCullough of Church World Service
being arrested at the White House. Annual salary and other compensation:
$345,366.
National Faith Leaders - Rabbi Burton Visotzky , Jewish Theological Seminary, Rev.
Dr. Chuck Currie, Pacific University Center for Peace and Spirituality, Rev Dr
John Jillions, Orthodox Church in America, Mr. Johnny Sears, The Academy for
Spiritual Formation, Dr. Michael Adee, Global Faith & Justice Project, Rev.
Dr. Mark Douglas, Columbia Theological Seminary, Rev. Bill Remmel, SDS, Society
of the Divine Savior, Sister Maureen Erdlen, Sisters of St. Joseph,
Philadelphia, Rev. Heidi Worthen Gamble, Presbytery of the Pacific, Rabbi Jonah
Pesner, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Rev. Dr. J.
Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Mr. Jason
Miller, Franciscan Action Network
Rev.
John C. Dorhauer, General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ.
Alabama - Rev.
John Mobley, Grace Christian Church
Alaska - World
Vision Child Ambassador Carmen Brooks, Friends Church.
Arkansas - Rev.
Sandra Curtis, Diocese of Arkansas
Arizona - Pastor
Kega Nasios, Glendale Mission and Ministry Center, Sister Eileen Mahony,
Sisters of St. Agnes,
The
Rev. Bart Smith, St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, Tucson, Rev. Randy Mayer, Good
Shepherd United Church of Christ, Sahaurita. Rev Ken Heintzelman, Shadow Rock
United Church of Christ, Phoenix, Rev. Dr. Eric O. Ledermann, University
Presbyterian Church, Tempe
Rev.
Alison Harrington, Southside Presbyterian Church, Tucson, Bishop Robert T.
Hoshibata, Desert Southwest Conference, United Methodist Church.
California - Rev.
Mary Kay Will, United Methodist Church
Colorado -
Rabbi Kim Harris, Congregation B’nai Chaim
Connecticut - Rev.
Matthew Emery, Storrs Congregational Church UCC,Rev. Dr. Paul Hayes, Noank
Baptist Church,
Delaware - Rev
Robert Stoddard, New Castle Presbytery
Florida - Rev
Richard Proctor, Christ the King Episcopal Church, Rev. Wilifred Allen-Faiella,
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo, PCUSA, Cantor
Jacqueline Rawiszer, Congregation of Reform Judaism,
Georgia - Archdeacon
Carole Maddux, Diocese of Atlanta
Idaho - Rev.
Sara LaWall, Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Rev. Marcus
Schlegel-Preheim, Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship, Rev. Dr. Andrew Kukla, First Presbyterian
Church, Rev. Karen Hernandez, The United Methodist Church, Rev Marci Glass,
Southminster Presbyterian Church, Rev. David W. Manson, Jr. Executive Director,
Regional Council for Christian Ministry / Community Food Basket, Idaho Falls.
Illinois - Rev
Kara Wagner Sherer, St. John’s Episcopal Church, ELCA Metro Chicago Synod
Mission Interpreter Coordinator Ken Olson, Lord of Life Lutheran, Sr. Rose Therese
Nolta, Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, USA-JPIC, Rev. Roger Allen Nelson Roger
Nelson, Hope CRC, Cantor Faryn Kates Rudnick, Temple Beth-El, Rev. Dr. Garnett
Foster, Chicago Presbytery, Sister Marie Louise Jilk, Holy Spirit Missionary, Elder/Mission
and Outreach Committee Chair, Karen Wilson, LoveJoy United Presbyterian Church,
Ruling Elder Laura Crawford, First Presbyterian Church, Elder Donna Crider,
First Presbyterian Church, Mr. Tom Cordaro, Pax Christi, Reverend Kristin
Jackson, Living Water Community Church, Rev. Drew Nagle, Gloria Dei
Presbyterian Church Dr. Kenneth Olson, Metro Chicago ELCA Mission Interpreters,
Rev. Stacie Fidlar, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Rev. Carol McVetty, American
Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago, Pastor Stephen Lamb, Living Water Community
Church, Mrs. Krista Jacques, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, Sister Marcelline
Koch, Dominican Sisters, Rev. David Geenen, First Congregational Church, Rev.
Thomas Aubrey, First Evangelical Free Church, Rev Jacqueline Lynn, Christ
Church, Rabbi Sidney Helbraun, Temple Beth-El, Rev. Lee Gaede, St. Andrew’s
Pentecost Episcopal Church, Rev. Kristofer Avise-Rouse, St. Paul United Church
of Christ, Rev. Janice West.
Indiana -
Rev. Mollie Williams, Trinity Episcopal Church,
Iowa - The
Right Rev. Alan Scarfe, Episcopal Diocese of Iowa, Rev. Marion
Pruitt-Jefferson, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Rev Dan Hanson, St. Paul
Lutheran, Rev. Suzanne Hall Stotu, First Christian Church, Rev. Jim (and
Barbara) Dale, First United Methodist Church, Rev. Brian Carter, Aldersgate
United Methodist Church, Rev. Travis Fisher-King, ELCA, The Rev Dr. Elaine
Caldbeck, St Peter’s Episcopal, Rev. Sara Olson-Smith, St Paul Lutheran Church
Kansas - Sister
Dorothy LeBlanc, Congregation of St. Joseph,
Rev Rachel Ringenberg Miller, Shalom Mennonite Church, Dr. James Wood,
Olathe Wesleyan Church, Rev. Lois Harder, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite. Elder Ken
Grenz, Great Plains Conference.
Kentucky - The
Rev Canon Elise Johnstone, Episcopal Diocese of Lexington, The Rev. Robert
Williams-Neal Honorably Member of Mid-Kentucky Presbytery, Rev. Rebecca Barnes,
Presbyterian Hunger Program, PC(USA), Rev Anne Vouga, St Andrew’s Episcopal
Church, Rev. Kent Gilbert, Union Church, Minister Provincial Janet Fedders,
Third Order, Society of St. Francis, Province of the Americas
Maine - Rev.
Dr. Sarah Foulger, The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, Rev Robert W.
Tobin, Rev Lawrence Estey, Rev. Jane White-Hassler, St. James Episcopal Church,
Old Town, ME, Fr. Jonathan Appleyard, Diocese of Maine
Maryland - Rev.
Andrew Foster Connors, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. Eric
Winnette, Rockville United Church, Mr. David Callahan, Hunting Ridge
Presbyterian Church, Rev. Patricia Hollinger, Church of the Brethren/Quaker, Sr.
Mary Skopal, Sister of St. Joseph
Massachusetts - Rev.
Dr. Janet Zimmerman, Grace Episcopal Church in the Southern Berkshires, Rev
Ashlee Wiest-Laird, First Baptist Church Jamaica Plain, Rabbi Liza Stern,
Congregation Eitz Chayim, Warden Margot Sanger, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Rev
Canon William Parnell, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, Rev. Eliot Moss,
Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, Rev. Rob Mark, Church of the
Covenant, Rabbi Yaakov Komisar, Gann Academy, Rev Victoria Ix, Episcopal
Diocese of Western Massachusetts, Rev. Deacon Terry Hurlbut Terry Hurlbut, All
Saints Episcopal Church, Rev William Graham, St. Peter’s, Beverly, MA, Rev.
Steve Garnaas-Holmes, St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, Bishop Douglas
Fisher, Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, Rev Jacqueline Clark, St.
Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Sr. Betty Cawley, Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston,
Rev. Matt Carriker, Agape Spiritual Community, Rev Jane Beebe, Grace Episcopal
Chuch, Canon Steve Abdow, Episcopal Diocese of Western MA, Rev. Raymond Dlugos,
Order of St. Augustine, The Rev. Linda Taupier, Christ Church Cathedral.
Michigan -
Rev.
Kris Van Engen, New Community Fourth Reformed Church, Rev. Matthew Stob,
Maranatha Christian Reformed Church, Pastor Amy Schenkel, inSpirit Church, Rev.
Kate Kooyman, Christian Reformed Church Office of Social Justice, Pastor Randy
Buursma, First Christian Reformed Church, Rev Dr. Lois Aroian, First
Presbyterian Church
Missouri - Reverend
Carleton Stock, Second Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, Mrs. Diane Waddell,
First Presbyterian
Montana - Rev.
Michael Mulberry, Billings First Congregational Church
Nebraska - Peace
with Justice Coordinator Andrea Paret, Great Plains Conference of The United
Methodist Church
Nevada - Ms.
Sheila Freed, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Rev Jon Davidson, St. Patrick’s
Episcopal Church
New Hampshire - Rev. Woodward, Nashua Presbyterian Church, The
Rev. Deacon Johanna Young, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Dr. Robert
Stiefel, The Chapel at Maple Suites Retirement Community; St. Thomas Episcopal
Church, Dover, NH. Rev Grace Burson, Episcopal Church of New Hampshire
New Jersey - Rev.
Sara Lilja, Lutheran Episcopal Advocacy Ministry NJ, Rev. Paul Rack, Hope
Presbyterian Church, Sr. Regina Chassar, Sister of St. Joseph, Sister Kathleen
Burton, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sister Donna Minster, Sisters of St Joseph, Sister
Jeanne Morgan, St. Joseph, Sr. Kay Coll, Sisters of Saint Joseph of
Philadelphia
New Mexico - Rev.
Glen Thamert, Jemez Springs Community Presbyterian Church, Rev. William Koch,
Covenant Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Antonio Aja, Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Rev. Erica Lea-Simka, Albuquerque Mennonite Church, Rev. Sue Joiner,
First Congregational United Church of Christ.
New York - Sister
Carol DeAngelo, Sisters of Charity of New York, Rev Dr. Jessica Anschutz, UMC, Rev,
Dr John Long, First Presbyterian Church, Rev Heather Ramsey Mabrouk, United
Church of Christ, Rev. Laura Jervis, Rutgers Presbyterian Church New York City,
Rev. Dr. Andrew Stehlik, Rutgers Presbyterian Church, Rev. Yolanda Mapes,
Mighty Companions Ministries, Rabbi Drorah Setel, Temple Emanu-El, Rev. Monica
Styron, First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville NY, Sister Susanne
Lachapelle, Little Sisters of the Assumption, Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Quick,
Gouverneur First United Methodist Church, Reverend Alonzo Jordan, Lighthouse
Community Services, Rev. Taryn Mattice, Protestant Cooperative Ministry at
Cornell University
North Carolina - The Rev Christine Payden-Travers,
Episcopal Priest, Rev. Curt Lowndes, The Gathering Church
Ohio - Sr.
Sheila Marie Tobbe, Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland, Rev Anne Reed, St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church, Sr. Patricia Gardner, Sisters of St. Francis, Dr. Norman
Ekberg, St Anne Episcopal Church, Rev. Horace Huse, Lakewood Church of the
Brethren, Bishop Judith Craig, Broad Street, Rev. Lynn Bozich Shetzer,
Reedurban Presbyterian Church, Elder Laura VanDale, Lakewood Presbyterian, Rev.
CC Coltrain, Center for Spiritual Living Greater Dayton, Rev. Jennell Rue, St.
Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rev. Stephen Hammond, Peace Community Church
of Oberlin, Ohio Sr. Judith Zielinski, Sisters of St Francis, Sr. Margretta
Wojcik, Sisters of St. Francis, Sr. Barbara Vano, Sisters of St. Francis,
Sylvania, Rev. Rebecca Tollefson, Grace Community Fellowship, Sr. Maria Spino,
Sisters of St. Francis, Rev. Kate Shaner, First Community Church Dr. Shannon
Schrein, Sisters of St. Francis, Sr. Fidelis Rubbo, Sisters of St. Francis, Sr.
Marguerite Polcyn, Sisters of St. Francis, Sr. Geraldine Paulszak, Sr.
Geraldine Nowak, OSF, Sisters of St. Francis, Sylvania, OH, Rev. Dr. James
Moos, Wider Church Ministries, United Church of Christ Sr. Brigid O’Shea
Merriman, OSF, PhD Sr. Brigid O’Shea Merriman, Sisters of St. Francis of
Sylvania, Ohio, Sr. Joan Lang, Congregation of St. Joseph, Sr. Rebecca La
Point, Sisters of St. Francis, Sr. Joan Jurski, OSF, Sisters of St.Francis,
Sylvania, Sr. Karen J Hartman, SFP, Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, US Area, Sr.
Valerie Grondin, Sisters of St. Francis, Sylvania, Sr. Carolyn Giera, Sisters
of St. Francis, Sylvania Ohio, Rev. Jane Gerdsen, Diocese of Southern Ohio, Rev
Thomas Fehr, Community of the Transfiguration, Sr. Patricia Corbett,
Congregation of St. Joseph, Rev Mary Carson, St. James Episcopal Church Rev.
Dr. Suzanne Allen, United Methodist
Oklahoma - Rev.
Sally Houck, Salem Lutheran Church
Oregon
- Roshi Mushin Terris, Sangha Jewel Zen Center
Pennsylvania - Rev.
Edward Gehres, Presbytery of Philadelphia, Sister Mary Beth Hamm, SSJ, Sisters
of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Rev Sharon Williams, Nueva Vida
Norristown New Life, Rev John Ward-Diorio, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Rev.
Linda S Trout, Zion Lutheran Church, Rev Canon Maria Tjeltveit, Episcopal
Church of the Mediator, Rev. Sandra Strauss, Market Square Presbyterian Church,
Sr. Anna Louise Schuck, Sr.s of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill. Rev. Randy Orso,
Interfaith LGBTI Clergy Association, Sr. Patricia Lowery, Medical Mission Sr.s,
Rev. Barbara Kelley, St. James Episcopal Church, Rev. Clifford Johnston, Chapel
of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal), Sr. Ruth Harkins, Sr.s, Servants of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rev. Paul Hagedorn, ELCA
Rhode Island
- Rev. Dr. David Ames, St, Martin’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Marilyn B. Kendrix,
The Rhode Island Conference of United Church of Christ, Rev. Shavon Starling
Louis , Providence Presbyterian Church, Rev. Kurt Walker, Chapel Street UCC, Rev
Michael Coburn, Church of the Ascension.
South Carolina - Right
Rev. Gregory Godsey, Saint Francis Old Catholic Church, Ms. Sue Hope,
Dorchester Presbyterian Church, Rev. Robin White, North Anderson Community
Church PCUSA, Rev. David Blanton, Fairforest Baptist Church, Rev Jim Geyer,
Summit Church – Upstate.
Tennessee - Rev.
Charles White, Gordon Memorial UMC
Texas - Rabbi
Amy Cohen, Temple Beth Shalom, Outreach Chair Jan Flavin, Azle Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
Rev.
Beth Dana, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Aaron Dawson, Missional Life
Minister, Monterey Church of Christ,Lubbock, The Rev. Dr. Matthew T. Seddon,
Rector, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Austin, Arthur Murphy, Pastor and Mission
Redeveloper, St. James Lutheran Church, Houston, Ralph Mecklenburger, Rabbi
Emeritus, Beth-El Congregation, Fort Worth, TX, Rev. Kevin L. Mitchell,
Highland Park Baptist Church, Austin, Texas, Rev. Ronald E. Crooks, Katy, TX, Taylor
Fuerst, Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church of Austin, Rev. Ann
Barton, United Methodist, Dallas, TX, San Williams, Interim Chaplain, Trinity
University San Antonio, TX, Rev Dr Jimmy G Cobb, Disciples of Christ, Austin, Rev.
Mary Wilson, Church of the Savior, Cedar Park, The Rev. Thomas C. Gibbons, Vice
President, Compassionate Dallas-Fort Worth, Rev. Christina Hockman, Unitarian
Universalist Church of Corpus Christi
Rev
Kim Smith-Stanley, Round Rock, Presbyterian Church (USA), Cantor Vicky Glikin,
Temple Emanu-El, Dallas
Vermont - Rev.
Dr. Robert Colman, Retired, The Venerable Catherine Cooke, Cathedral Church of
St. Paul, Ruling Elder Dottye Ricks, Graniteville Presbyterian Church, Rev
Heidi Edson, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Deacon Lucy Pellegrini, Diocese
of Vermont.
Virginia - Sr.
Anne Mack, Bon Secours, Rev Alexis Kassim, Little River UCC, Rev. Dr. John
Copenhaver, Virginia United Methodist Church, Rev. David S. Benedict David
Benedict
Washington - Ms.
Dawn Sample, St. Theresa Parish
West Virginia - Rabbi
Victor Urecki, B’nai Jacob Synagogue
Wisconsin
- Rabbi Renee Bauer, Jewish Social Services of Madison, Rev. Glenn Danz, St.
Paul’s United Church of Christ, Rabbi Bonnie Margulis, Wisconsin Faith Voices
for Justice, Rev. Dr. Kendra Grams, First Presbyterian Church of Hudson, WI, Rev.
Ellen Rasmussen, Brown Deer UMC
Wyoming - Rev
Leigh Earle, Christ Episcopal Church.
They cite their “collective scriptural mandate” as the reason for their demands that you, the American taxpayer, pay for their ‘religious’ charity.
Comments
The number of clerics
by state is revealing. There is no surprise that California, Illinois and other
liberal states are locked in the jaws of political correctness, but the long
list of clerics in Texas, Pennsylvania and other conservative states is a
surprise. I believe the clerics are
disconnected from their parishioners on the immigration issues. Churches are losing the support of their
Parishioners because they have gone astray on political ideology. Clerics need
to look at the Trump 2016 Election Map by County. There is a direct
relationship between declining church attendance and the left wing positions
being taken by church leaders.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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