Rev. Charles BrowningGod wants us to be #human. Nothing less. And nothing more.
#theology #Christian #Episcopalian #Anglican #Church #Bible #DavidBazan
PeachMcDRight now I'm pretty happy about our new #Episcopalian Presiding Bishop standing up fearlessly to that 💩
William Lindsey 
"You’d think the United States already has enough homegrown white supremacists that we wouldn’t need to import them from overseas, but apparently there can never be too many. And if the federal government loses support from religious groups along the way, well, that’s just the art of the deal."
~ Lisa Needham
#Trump #immigration #refugees #SouthAfrica #Afrikaners #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Episcopalian
/12
"[Deputy Secretary of State Christopher] Landau was blatant when explaining why white Afrikaners are considered an exception to Trump’s ban on refugees.
'Some of the criteria are making sure [...] that they could be assimilated easily into our country,' he said in response to a reporter’s question."
I.e., these refugees are WHITE.
#Trump #immigration #refugees #SouthAfrica #Afrikaners #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Episcopalian
/11
"I am saddened and ashamed that many of the refugees who are being denied entrance to the United States are brave people who worked alongside our military in Iraq and Afghanistan and now face danger at home because of their service to our country."
#Trump #immigration #refugees #SouthAfrica #Afrikaners #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Episcopalian
/10
“It has been painful to watch one group of refugees, selected in a highly unusual manner, receive preferential treatment over many others who have been waiting in refugee camps or dangerous conditions for years."
~ Episcopal bishop Sean Rowe
#Trump #immigration #refugees #SouthAfrica #Afrikaners #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Episcopalian
/9
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/episcopal-church-white-south-africans-trump
Sean Rowe:
"Just over two weeks ago, the federal government informed Episcopal Migration Ministries that under the terms of our federal grant, we are expected to resettle white Afrikaners from South Africa whom the U.S. government has classified as refugees.
In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step."
"The Episcopal Church is walking away from the partnership because Trump & his people are unreconstructed bigots explicitly focusing on the nonexistent oppression of one tiny subset of the planet’s white people while condemning much of the nonwhite refugee population that the Church has sought to help to a weird limbo in which many have been approved for resettlement in America, but aren’t allowed to actually come here…"
#Trump #refugees #SouthAfrica #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Episcopalian
/5
As Gary Legum reports, Sean Rowe, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal church in the US, has announced that the church is ending its four-decades-long association with the US Refugee Admissions Program.
#Trump #immigration #refugees #SouthAfrica #Afrikaners #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Episcopalian
/4
EpiscoGrrlI am proud to be an #Episcopalian
Presiding Bishop Rowe’s letter regarding #EMM & the decision to not assist with the resettlement of white Afrikaners: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/publicaffairs/letter-from-presiding-bishop-sean-rowe-on-episcopal-migration-ministries/
Not only has federal funding been halted but payment for work already done is being withheld. #BrokenPromises
“I am saddened and ashamed that many of the refugees who are being denied entrance to the United States are brave people who worked alongside our military in Iraq & Afghanistan and now face danger at home because of their service to our country.
“As Christians, we must be guided not by political vagaries, but by the sure & certain knowledge that the kingdom of God is revealed to us in the struggles of those on the margins. Jesus tells us to care for the poor & vulnerable as we would care for him, & we must follow that command. Right now, what that means is ending our participation in the federal government’s refugee resettlement program & investing our resources in serving migrants in other ways.”
Letter from Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe on Episcopal Migration Ministries
Dear People of God in The Episcopal Church: I am writing today with some significant news about Episcopal Migration Ministries, the organization that leads The Episcopal Church’s refugee resettlement ministry.