"Engaging a biblical narrative as a metaphor, the immigration cause no longer resides in the Egypt of political apathy or the desert of inevitable deportation. Today, this just cause stands before the Jordan called reform. With prophetic courage, spiritual fortitude and political will, we will cross into the promise land of integration thus protecting our values, borders and dream. Yet it is important to emphasize that the primary optic prompting evangelical support stems out of a moral imperative to welcome the stranger in the spirit of Matthew 25 and an unbridled commitment family unification and preservation . Unified families results in healthy communities and healthy communities produce a healthy nation. “As Evangelicals, as born again believers, as the spiritual heirs to the mantles of Billy Graham and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we affirm our conviction that it is the time to reconcile border security with security of our values; values that include faith and family. Values that prompt us to worship our Lord and welcome the stranger. We applaud the bipartisan effort . For at the end of the day, passing immigration reform is not about advancing the agenda of the donkey or the elephant. Immigration reform is about living out the agenda of the lamb."
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:27:16 +0000