Discerning Welcome

"""""Clemot has given the church a wonderful book that encourages churches to welcome others in the name of Christ. Discerning Welcome not only tells us why but how to be a refugee-welcoming church. Here's the guidance of a wise, experienced pastor and attorney who sees the current influx of refugees as a God-given opportunity for North American Christians to rediscover the welcoming, resourceful hospitality at the core of our faith."""" --Will Willimon, Duke Divinity School """"Undocumented refugees face many difficulties. . . . Ellen Clark Clemot has provided an immensely helpful discussion and path to discernment for churches which wish to welcome neighbor refugees and are committed to the mercy of Christ. She carefully considers ethical, theological, and legal issues to help churches provide an ethic of welcome to refugees. All churches need to read this book!"""" --Donald K. McKim, editor of Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith """"This book unfolds a Reformed theology of hospitality with and for the undocumented refugees in our communities. It is a theology that is grounded in the riches of the Reformed tradition and that also distills a wisdom born of pastoral practice, legal experience, and a clear-eyed analysis of the contemporary situation and its challenges. The result is a practical theology of welcome as a civic practice."""" --Luke Bretherton, Duke University"