Help Afghan Refugees

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While Minnesota Council of Churches continues to resettle individuals with refugee status, in September we also expect to receive numerous families evacuated from Afghanistan. Most will be coming to Minnesota having been granted "humanitarian parole," which means that they won't be eligible for all the same financial and program supports as refugees.

 

Soon to come: ACTION

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The fire hose of injustice, white supremacy, and institutional oppression continues to be penetrating and fierce.

The need for courageous listening and learning has never been greater.

We must bridge the gap of injustice.

Xpost: Episcopal Bishop: The church is dying, and needs to die to move forward

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Reject division, white supremacy; return to community, simplicity

The Rt. Rev. Craig Loya, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, said the Episcopal church has been dying for more than 50 years. It needs to die and return to its roots in Jesus’ teachings.

The church, he said, has been co-opted by the state.