Daniel_Cheung
06-23-2009, 11:04 PM
Lutherans Open Their Church Doors To Immigrant Families
http://www.wfn.org/2009/06/msg00135.html
For Howard Lamont being welcoming to
the immigrant population is "simply part of the Christian
message."
"Congregations must develop a passion to reach out to
strangers," said Lamont, a member of Holy Cross Lutheran
Church, Spring Branch, Texas, a congregation of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). "Jesus would not have us
build walls around our churches," he said.
Lamont said he's been impressed with Houston's growing
diversity since moving there in 1977. People from Africa,
Asia, Central and South America, and Europe, moved to the
city and work across the economic spectrum, he said....
http://www.wfn.org/2009/06/msg00135.html
For Howard Lamont being welcoming to
the immigrant population is "simply part of the Christian
message."
"Congregations must develop a passion to reach out to
strangers," said Lamont, a member of Holy Cross Lutheran
Church, Spring Branch, Texas, a congregation of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). "Jesus would not have us
build walls around our churches," he said.
Lamont said he's been impressed with Houston's growing
diversity since moving there in 1977. People from Africa,
Asia, Central and South America, and Europe, moved to the
city and work across the economic spectrum, he said....