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“From London to Lima, from Rome to Athens, from Paris to Seoul, from Cairo to Tokyo, and Amsterdam to right here in New York City, we stand on the shoulders of the leaders … who won and built our beloved nations, all of our nations, with their own courage, strength, spirit and skill.” President Trump concluded his recent address to the assembly of the United Nations with this stirring invocation of the common responsibility of each leader in the room: Protecting and stewarding the legacies of their respective nation.
Stewardship of the United States, President Trump argues, requires strong protection of borders. It also requires an adherence to America’s founding principles: free speech, free expression and the protection of religious liberty — including for Christians.
Persecution is a legitimate and concerning threat to Christians in many parts of the world. The president accurately asserted that Christianity, in aggregate globally, is the most persecuted religion globally. In his first administration, President Trump was notable as the first president since the inception of the U.S. resettlement program to specifically carve out protections for those fleeing religious persecution around the world. As the president and CEO of World Relief, a global Christian humanitarian organization that has for decades partnered with both local churches and the U.S. government to resettle refugees, I’ve had a front-row seat to the importance of programs like this to offer safe harbor for believers, along with those persecuted for other reasons under the law.
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Stewardship of the United States, President Trump argues, requires strong protection of borders. It also requires an adherence to America’s founding principles: free speech, free expression and the protection of religious liberty — including for Christians.
Persecution is a legitimate and concerning threat to Christians in many parts of the world. The president accurately asserted that Christianity, in aggregate globally, is the most persecuted religion globally. In his first administration, President Trump was notable as the first president since the inception of the U.S. resettlement program to specifically carve out protections for those fleeing religious persecution around the world. As the president and CEO of World Relief, a global Christian humanitarian organization that has for decades partnered with both local churches and the U.S. government to resettle refugees, I’ve had a front-row seat to the importance of programs like this to offer safe harbor for believers, along with those persecuted for other reasons under the law.
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Why refugee resettlement for persecuted is in US interest
The U S cannot meet the needs of millions of refugees, but it can certainly offer safe harbor for some of the most vulnerable
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