Resources for Churches
“...He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing. So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.”
THINK PIECES ON becoming a SANCTUARY church
- Code Switch podcast - Sanctuary Churches: Who Controls the Story?
- 99% Invisible podcast - Church (Sanctuary Part 1) and Church (Sanctuary Part 2)
- Huffington Post - Why This Church is Providing 'Sanctuary' to Undocumented Immigrants
- Christianity Today - How Churches Can Give Sanctuary and Still Support the Law
- Chicago Tribune - Sanctuary Movement: Houses of Worship Consider Offering Refuge to Immigrants
- North Carolina Council of Churches - Sanctuary as a Sacred Act
Sanctuary meditation for advent
Read Waiting for God in Sanctuary by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.
TOOLKITS FOR CHURCHES CONSIDERING SANCTUARY
- Sanctuary Not Deportation - Resources list, including by denomination
- Interfaith Immigration Coalition - Toolkits list, including for sanctuary
- American Friends Service Committee - Conference Call: How to Offer Sanctuary
- NC Coalition for Justice - E-Course Sign-up
- Unitarian Universalist Association - Taking Action as a Congregation
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - A Discernment Guide for Congregations
- North Carolina Council of Churches - Sanctuary Everywhere
Webinars for churches considering sanctuary
- Sanctuary in the Era of Trump
- UUCSJ & UURISE Webinar on The Path Toward Sanctuary: A Practical Guide
- Solidarity and Sanctuary: A Survey of Options for Action
- Brave New Films - The Call to Sanctuary
- Sanctuary Everywhere Webinar
Legal Resources for Churches
- ACLU - Sanctuary Congregations and Harboring FAQs
- Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law - New Sanctuary Movement Legal Toolkit
