Hosted by Welcome Churches · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 17 episodes
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A podcast delving into the practical implications of Christ’s command of philoxenia (love of the stranger) for today’s Church. Love the stranger is brought to you by Welcome Churches, a UK-wide network of refugee-welcoming churches.
Welcome Churches hosts Love the stranger, a religion show with 17 episodes published.
You may already know that James is our new CEO - but do you know what led him here? In this episode, Samuel interviews James Lynch, Welcome Churches’ new CEO. They explore the lessons James has learnt - from his involvem
How do you hold onto hope when everything has changed? In this episode, Samuel sits down with Maria and Sarah from Thatcham Baptist Church for a deep conversation about resilience, faith, and the quiet power of welcome.
Back in late March before her departure from Welcome Churches, Samuel spoke with Emily. In their conversation, they discuss the lessons she learnt whilst at the helm of Welcome Churches, including adapting in response to
In this Persian New Year special conversation, Samuel hosts Fatemeh (from Iran, who serves as one of Welcome Churches’ Regional Coordinators), and Jonathan (our Finance and Operations Manager, who lived for an extended p
In this Lunar New Year special, Emily talks with Mina, Welcome Churches' Communications Officer who came to the UK from Hong Kong herself. They discuss the modern significance of Lunar New Year - including how the festiv
God has reconciled us to Himself, starting with Jesus’ incarnation. Samuel talks about the Church as a new community that represents Christ’s presence and testifies to our forgiveness. Celebrating our differences and mak
A prophetic message of hope by Ukrainian church planter and leader, Andrey Bondarenko, specifically for those who have been forcibly displaced, taken from Welcome Churches’ 2024 Welcome Conference: The Road to Restoratio
Back in January, Emily chatted with Lucia Boyd, who worked as Welcome Churches’ Refugee Training Officer. Lucia has amassed a wealth of cross-cultural experience, having lived in Uruguay, Venezuela, North America, Hong K
“A guest always comes with a very sharp pocket knife”. Dr. Harvey Kwiyani - Director of the Acts 11 Project: Centre for Global Witness and Human Migration at Church Mission Society, Oxford - draws on this ancient souther
Samuel and Tim Leese, our COO, speak with Bedford-based church planter and leader, Andrey Bondarenko, from Ukraine. Andrey invites us into his reflections on his unexpected journey to the UK; the process of brokenness an
Here, we take a deep dive into the life story of Samuel Luak - Welcome Churches’ Leader for Refugee Integration and Discipleship, whom we first met in series one, sharing about the blessings of refugee ministry. He tells
What does God have to say about the stranger? This episode unpacks how our LORD is the God of the migrant. His Word is brimming with people of faith, who have sought refuge and sanctuary, and have been exiled and persecu
Without really knowing where it would eventually lead, Adam Martin and his wife, Karina, started out overseas for a couple of years at a church plant in what was first Soviet Estonia, where they were met by an incredible
In this episode, Emily is speaking with Samuel Luak, one of the staff team at Welcome Churches. Born and raised in Sudan, Samuel has lived in seven different countries over the past 30 years. Refugee ministry connects Go
In this episode, Sue is joined by Patrick Johnstone, missionary, international speaker, researcher, author - most notably of Operation World and The Future of the Global Church - and trustee at Welcome Churches. They cha
Get to know your co-hosts, Sue and Emily, as they share their own very different stories of first getting involved with welcoming and journeying with refugees and people seeking asylum. They also trace the charity’s begi
Hello, we’re thrilled to welcome you to Love the stranger , a new podcast hosted by Sue Butler and Emily Shepherd, Joint CEOs of Welcome Churches. Here we outline what you can expect to hear from us in each episode. Visi
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