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Refugees and the Mission of the Church

The world has changed and shifted. Regional demographics on both large and small scales look drastically different and are constantly changing from just one lifetime ago, as the World Christian Encyclopedia, third edition, has shown us. Forced migration is an integral part of the shifting landscape. One might wonder what God is doing in the midst of this. This article focuses on forced migration and the response of the church to the global refugee crisis.