95,000 Afghan refugees may come to the US: How will Christians help?
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 20 September 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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95,000 Afghan refugees are expected to migrate to America within the next year. In The Daily Article for September 20, 2021, Shane Bennet asks, “How might Christians help Afghan refugees?” and “What does the Bible say about refugees?” He also provides 5 practical ways to help Afghan refugees.
Today's Daily Article was written by Shane Bennett and narrated by Chris Nichter.
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| 1:38.3 | on reaching Muslims with the Gospel. |
| 1:40.3 | According to the New York Times, as of September 14th, about 64,000 evacuees from Afghanistan |
| 1:48.0 | had arrived in the United States. Nearly 49,000 are living on eight domestic military bases, |
| 1:55.0 | waiting to be resettled in the United States. By this time next year, a total of 95,000 is expected. We haven't seen anything like this |
| 2:04.4 | since the end of the Vietnam War. While government agencies work around the clock and refugee |
| 2:10.5 | care organizations rapidly retool, many American Christians may be asking, what in the world, |
| 2:19.7 | and how can we help? My friend Ginny related, |
| 2:21.6 | I was heartbroken as I watched what was happening to Afghans, |
| 2:25.5 | but I didn't want to just sit in a place of brokenness. |
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