Other Ways We Help
Prayer
Through prayer, compassion, gospel sowing, and discipleship: we follow Jesus’ example of serving others through meeting real needs for the purpose of seeing some of these neighbors come into the family of God.
Monthly Fellowship
Through hosting a monthly fellowship consisting of pastors, local church leaders, and fellow kingdom workers to worship, pray, and plan to engage our neighbors in practical ministries of mercy to welcome them into the family of God.
Empowering Churches
Through building vital partnerships with local churches so that these families can be mobilized to serve their refugee neighbors.
Basic Needs
Through collecting donated items to distribute to these families in need.
Forming Teams of Leaders
Through forming teams of church-based, gifted leaders who share a common vision and understanding of the plan and purpose of God for all nations to hear the Gospel. These teams would engage the different people groups with practical helps in order to serve them towards Christ and seeing them formed into believing communities. Other teams would be involved in business as mission, job creation, teaching English, leading refugee youth programs, and providing citizenship classes and/or immigrant legal services.
Affordable Housing
The Housing Authority of Kansas City, MO - “The Mission of the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri is to develop, rehabilitate and manage decent, safe and sanitary quality affordable housing in a manner that promotes equal opportunity, fair housing and the deconcentration of race and poverty.
In accomplishing this goal, HAKC is committed to maintaining its developments as affordable housing assets that can meet the needs of low-income households in the long term and serve as viable community resources promoting economic independence and self-sufficiency for its residents.” http://www.hakc.org
Kansas City, KS Housing Authority – “The Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority (KCKHA) helps families and individuals with low and moderate incomes achieve greater stability and self reliance by providing safe, affordable, quality housing and partnering with community services and agencies and promoting economic opportunity in a suitable living environment free from discrimination.” http://www.kckha.org
In accomplishing this goal, HAKC is committed to maintaining its developments as affordable housing assets that can meet the needs of low-income households in the long term and serve as viable community resources promoting economic independence and self-sufficiency for its residents.” http://www.hakc.org
Kansas City, KS Housing Authority – “The Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority (KCKHA) helps families and individuals with low and moderate incomes achieve greater stability and self reliance by providing safe, affordable, quality housing and partnering with community services and agencies and promoting economic opportunity in a suitable living environment free from discrimination.” http://www.kckha.org
Training Those Who Serve
Through providing ongoing training in cross-cultural work, ESL, refugee mentoring, etc. for teams and individuals serving in the refugee community.
Internship Program
Through strategic partnerships with ministries like Avant, Refuge is accepting interns that want to gain hands-on cross-cultural experience with the nations within Kansas City. Interns often work through Refuge to receive credit in fulfillment of their degree plan.
