The ERLC will host “How Christians Can Serve Refugees,” an online conference, April 19 at 1:30 p.m. EST. Conference speakers will aim to answer questions like:

• Why should Christians care about refugees and migrants?
• What are some of the geopolitical factors that have led to an influx of refugees around the world?
• How does the refugee resettlement process work, both here in the U.S. and around the world?
• What are some policies that Congress and the Administration can work on to strengthen the refugee resettlement process?
• What are some misconceptions Christians might have about refugees?
• What are some practical ways Christians can serve refugees in their local communities?

Speakers include Bryant Wright, president of Send Relief, Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry; Matthew Soerens, U.S. Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief; Bri Stensrud, director of Women of Welcome, a non-partisan, advocacy group for immigrants and refugees; and acting Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) President Brent Leatherwood.

“Over the past several years, the world has seen a significant increase in the number of refugees,” says a release about the event on the ERLC website. “Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have been displaced by the war in Ukraine and are traveling into neighboring countries. In the Middle East, the U.S. departure from Afghanistan created an urgent humanitarian crisis as thousands of Afghans fearing persecution from the Taliban fled the country.

“In light of all this, how can Christians help with the global refugee crisis? What responsibility do we have to care for and serve refugees? And how can we get involved in practical ways in our local communities?”

Registration for the conference is available here.